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KS 200-incher arrowed at just 6 yards! 🤯
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Bailey Pattin tells NA Whitetail that he had to wait until the weather and wind was just right before making his move on this gorgeous typ. After turning down a low-percentage 34-yard quartering-to shot, a couple weeks later Bailey and his bro Brock made their move:
> …arrived at their stand at 2:00 pm on Saturday. The air was cooling that evening, and the brothers saw about 15 deer…does and young bucks. At 7:20…Bailey had a feeling they’d soon be seeing the buck.
> “We locked in on the area where we thought he would come from. Then we heard a twig snap right behind us. We never said anything, but Brock looked at me and his eyes were so wide.”
> The buck had sneaked in behind the brothers…Bailey grabbed his bow and waited for the buck to clear some brush…. “After he cleared the brush, I settled my pin on him and he was at 6 yards. It hit him hard, and I knew it was a good hit.”
The brothers think the deer will top out at 200 gross. Amazing deer guys! 🤯 Here’s what that sucka looked like on the trailcam:
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Get a loada this AB double-wide 11-point! 👀
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> Being in full velvet, weighing 250 lbs and scoring 183″, Brett wanted to know the age of his buck so we received the incisors for cementum annuli aging. We determined his buck to be 8.5 yrs old, making him the oldest whitetail Brett has ever harvested!
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Took 2.5 HOURS to drag out VT’s new top BTR perfect buck! 😬
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Great-looking buck taken by Greg Jenne – great enough to be the BTR “perfect” state record. He told Buckmasters he was hunting alone on papermill land, and cell service was non-existent:
> He arrived before daylight and still-hunted along a…logging road, ultimately arriving at a clear-cut. When a drizzling rain began…he decided to return to his truck. As soon as he stood, however, he spotted a deer at the edge of the timber.
> When he looked at the buck through his .30-06’s scope, he knew immediately he was going to shoot it. “I took my gloves off in order to shoot better, and then I reached for the trigger. I had the wind in my face.”
> The minute the deer cleared a tree, he took the shot. He had no idea how many points….
> …it didn’t take long to find his prize. “I couldn’t believe the size. To be honest, when I saw that whitetail’s antlers, I thought I’d shot a baby moose!”
> Since cell service was nonexistent…he couldn’t call for help. The drag took him 2.5 hours, 10 yards between stops to catch his breath. It was pitch black and raining when he finally reached the vehicle.
> The buck, estimated to be 9 1/2 yrs old, was about 20 lbs heavier than the average whitetail in the area. The mainframe 5×5’s one small flyer wasn’t enough to kick it into the BTR’s typical category, so it ranks as a new state record among Perfects with a score of 180 7/8″.
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Cold fronts DON’T get deer moving better??
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> Numerous scientific studies of buck movement using GPS tracking collars all group really well around a particular bullseye: Daily buck movement rates accelerate with the increasing number of does coming into estrus and becoming receptive to breeding, no matter when the local peak occurs in a calendar year.
> …movement rates are high – compared to the pre-rut and post-rut – during cold fronts and warm spells alike.
> No study has shown a strong or consistent correlation between deer movement rates and air temperature, barometric pressure, wind, rainfall or the moon. At least not strong and consistent enough to justify the diehard belief among some deer hunters that these factors are most important.
> Food, hunting pressure, time of day, the rut – these are important and influential factors in deer movement that have been repeatedly validated by science. Key on them.
> “I’m going to put my hunting hat on when I say, I can’t find any compelling evidence that’s going to make me go hunt by looking at the forecast or the barometer,” said Dr. Bronson Strickland of the MSU Deer Lab. “We just literally don’t see any clear and consistent patterns.”
> “‘But,’ some will say, ‘that’s in the South.’ To which I’ll respond, studies north and south have failed to find a strong correlation between buck movement and air temperature.
> “Once you get into the rut I don’t think there’s anything that bothers a male deer except a female deer.”
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Who the heck would use a 4-barrel rifle/shotgun combo??
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And who could afford one, since these bad boys are custom-built for $170,000 to $200,000! 🤯 From the Hunting News:
> Vierling is a German word that stands for “quadrupled,” and it is the name of the 4-barreled break-action shotgun by Austrian Delux hunting arms manufacturer.
> The top and bottom barrels are chambered in 20ga (3″ shells), and the side barrels are chambered in 9.3x74mmR.
> The gun has 2 triggers and a switch behind the top lever. This switch changes the triggers from the over-under 20ga shotgun to the side-by-side rifle…. The overall weight of this Vierling is 4.6 kg (about 10 lbs).
Sounds way too heavy for a 20ga or a rifle, and what if you pulled the wrong trigger?? Kinda reminds us of this:
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Lol! Anyhow, for that much $$$ we’d buy a whole buncha nice rifles and shotguns, a great safe or 3 to put ’em in, and upgrade the side by side! 🎯
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4. MN: Realtree.com says wildlife artist Nicole Larson rattled in a dairy cow (😂), then this 4-yr-old stud buck:
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> Intended to help safeguard the health of the state’s deer herd from the threat of Chronic Wasting Disease.
> The update released Thursday indicated a total of 10,061 deer checked…2,556 [fewer] than the 12,617 reported after the first 11 days of the 2020 season.
Still not enough time has passed to make any conclusions.
> …due to the impact of Hurricane Ida…. It is intended to mitigate the anticipated reduction in fawn survival and subsequent lack of recruitment into the deer herds.
7. NY: Erie County only county that won’t allow youth hunting.
Can’t link it – it’s at spectrumlocalnews com:
> Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz (a democrat): “While…acknowledges hunting as a valued tradition for many families, it remains silent on the inherent danger of expanding firearm access for our youth.”
One of the funniest guys you will ever see!
> Allowing the NDA to reach a goal of improving 1 mil acres of public land by 2026, at least 5 yrs ahead of earlier expectations.
Through the TPWD, believe you can’t enter after the 15th.
Pretty cool! How to put your head down with all that headgear!
…confiscated taxidermy, $$$ goes towards conservation.
Tough to tell if it was more health risk or financial:
> Sig Sauer has an extremely large presence at SHOT Show sending over 140 employees to the show and our pre-show Range Day event. Maintaining this presence, or even a scaled back minimum presence for 2022, represents a significant health risk to all 2,600 of our employees across our 13 US locations, as individuals attending the show return to our facilities and risk continued exposure to our entire employee base.
> Additionally…it is incumbent upon us to review this decision from a financial perspective. For the first time in many years, the SHOT Show space was redrafted, necessitating the need for a complete booth re-configuration and design. Out-of-pocket expenses from this point forward will be well over $1 mil, and based on the uncertainty of large scale shows and events, this expense is not financially prudent.
15. 2A stuff.
So much for the whole “ARs are bad” deal….
Sure hope not but doesn’t sound good….
NY: Did you know this statue is outside the UN HQ in NYC? And why do we have the UN HQ in the USA??
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Deer Disease News
1. WY: CWD confirmed in more hunting areas.
In the NW portion of the state including the Teton Wilderness and Greys River watershed. Can’t link it – at oilcity news.
Rutland County.
> “Based on mortality we have previously documented and the continued reports from landowners, hunters and other individuals in the field regarding dead deer, we have determined we have a significant hemorrhagic disease outbreak in western SD.”
She ain’t right so….
Go to michigan.gov/deercheck for details.
MN also says farmed deer need to stay put/no movement because of CWD.
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Loaded up with a slug or 00 buck would be some serious medicine for deer or hogs:
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Runs a mere $5,332: 🤯
> No etched holdovers, instead just a clean crosshair. When paired with the mobile app, the dS Gen II displays reticles which always show the correct aiming point by considering all of the factors affecting your shot, such as distance, temperature, angle, caliber, bullet weight and air pressure.
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Interesting:
> Tract Optics is a direct-to-consumer optics company started by 2 former longtime employees of Nikon.
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Upgrades with S35VN steel, green canvas Micarta handles, and lightweight aluminum handguard and pommels:
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> …extra-sturdy double-step design that provides more points of contact while climbing, as well as the Primal Quick-Connect installation system for easy setup. The 4 lightweight Stixs connect together can be quickly deployed, and come with a carry-bag for easy transport.
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> Wildgame Innovations is coming in swinging with the launch of the Encounter cellular trail camera and updated HuntSmart app. The newest release is designed to work on ALL cellular networks….
> The unit incorporates red, yellow and green cell signal-strength indicator lights so you know immediately if the camera is set up in an optimal transmit/receive location. …can send images straight to a mobile device via the HuntSmart app and even access accounts directly from any computer via the HuntSmart website.
> The Encounter provides 20-mp image captures with a 0.5-second trigger speed and illumination extend to 80′.
> The HuntSmart app allows users to monitor signal strength, adjust image transmission settings, battery life, SD card capacity and data plan performance from any location….
MSRP of the cameras are $120 – no contract, can’t find what the monthly data charges are.
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> One Nov morning IN hunter Chris Thomas went to his ladder stand and got a shock – some slimebag had ripped it off! Chris was royally bummed and didn’t know what to do. He plopped down beside the tree to think, and just after sunrise a gang of pumpkin-colored hunters marched by on a deer drive. What the heck else could go wrong?
> Chris had nothing better to do, so he sat tight. 2 hours later he looked up bug-eyed as a huge buck raced down the ridge with some does. He aimed his shotgun, and the buck tumbled over…a 198″ non-typical giant.
> It clearly happens on public ground and can occur on private land. When another hunter walks under your treestand, or roars by your blind on an ATV, you’re naturally going to think he spooked every deer within a mile. You’ll get mad and flustered and want to move to a new spot or go home.
> Don’t. As long as the intruder hikes or drives on and gets gone in a hurry, sit tight. A buck might have been 150 yards away, standing stock-still and hidden in thick cover until the intruder passed. Or a 10-pointer might have been a half-mile away and was never aware of the guy’s disturbance. Either way, a shooter buck might stroll into sight 20 minutes or 3 hours later and turn a miserable start into an epic hunt.
Heck yeah! #optimism plus gotta remember deer sense and “know” things we don’t, so they might be used to folks in their woods that we don’t even know about when we thought we were all alone out there…🤔
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“Some will lose jobs for missed work and suffer all kinds of domestic problems for missed birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, funerals and other minor (to them) events.”
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> Roy said he watched this doe on his hunting land in Moultrie County, IL for 4 years. She was wearing a GPS satellite tracking collar. He finally harvested her in the 2012 season when it appeared to him that her health was declining.
> Turns out she was first tagged by researchers with Southern IL IU Carbondale in Wolf Creek State Park, about 9 miles from Roy’s land. Roy said the researchers told him the doe was 7.5 yrs old.
> The researchers graciously allowed Roy to keep the collar, and he had the doe mounted wearing it.
Yes he did! Strange but kinda cool mount Roy!
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