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20ga slug gun brought down this 185-inch IL buck. 🤯
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Matt Lawler’s deer has 21 points, a 23 5/8″ inside spread and green-scored 185 7/8″! It all started in 2019 when the owner of a farm he leased told him about a big deer. Matt brought in his friend Matt and they got to looking – info from NA Whitetail:
> “I never did see him in person in 2019 or 2020, but he would show up on our trail cameras at night. It was almost like he was hunting us.”
> The next time the buck made an appearance was Sept 7, 2021 in full velvet captured on a trail camera.
> “I knew that the only pictures I had of the buck from previous years came before the rut, and I had to capitalize on his early season pattern to tag him. I chose a tree to climb with my saddle between what I thought was his core bedding area and the food plot he loved to visit. I just needed him to rise early one evening and give me a chance.”
> Fast forward to Nov 5, when Lawler finally had a live encounter with Old Timer. The rut was on, and the young hunter had already passed on 12 bucks that morning, some being 150-class bucks.
> When he first saw Old Timer, the buck was 75 yards away. The sight of the buck took Lawler’s breath away and made his knees knock. The buck got within 42 yards, but he turned and chased another buck away from a hot doe.
> On Nov 19, the opening day of the IL gun season, Lawler hunted the same stand…Old Timer was chasing a doe 70 yards out, but…wouldn’t stop for a clean shot. Lawler took a break at noon but was back in the stand by 1:30.
> At 3:00 Lawler spotted Old Timer bedded down with a doe 200 yards away. The young hunter made the bold decision to climb down and head toward the deer. With a 12-mph wind blowing in his face and high weeds to hide him, Lawler sprinted in their direction!
> He got up on a berm and peaked around some cattails and saw the buck standing broadside at 60 yards. Lawler decided to get closer, then he sat down and raised his 20ga slug gun and fired. Old Timer dropped in his tracks, and a second shot finished him.
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Is this the future of deer blind material? 👀
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Here’s how it works:
> Each shield uses a precision engineered lens array to direct much of the light reflected from the subject away from the observer, sending it sideways across the face of the shield to the left and right. Because the lenses in this array are vertically oriented, the vertically oriented strip of light reflected by the standing/crouching subject quickly becomes very diffuse when spread out horizontally on passing through the back of the shield.
> In contrast, the light reflected from the background is much brighter and wider, so when it passes through the back of the shield, far more of it is refracted both across the shield and towards the observer. From the observer’s perspective, this background light is effectively smeared horizontally across the front face of the shield, over the area where the subject would ordinarily be seen.
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Do you let your deer hang for 3 WEEKS? 🤯
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> …as hard as it is to watch that delicious harvested animal just hang, it is the best option to tenderize the meat. The real question is how long?
> Lots of people butcher it up immediately, process it and store it. Yes, it works but why not make your yearly meat as good as possible? A little bit of patience goes a long way.
> So how long? Well, personally I would say nothing less than a week, but preferably 2-plus. Field & Stream seems to agree with me to a degree. They recommend letting an old mature deer hang for up to 14 days while closely monitoring the temperatures.
> …important to monitor the temperatures…. However, if temperatures do act in your favor, staying around 40 degrees and below, you can age it to up to 21 days for what will be the best deer you ever eat, especially if you cut it off the bone.
> Yes, it seems like you are almost letting it rot at that point, but that rot tastes some good.
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How what deer eat changes year-round.
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Browse = The leaves, buds and ends of twigs of woody to semi-woody, broad-leaved plants.
Forbs = Leaves and stems of non-woody (herbaceous), broad-leaved plants.
Mast = Hard or soft fruiting bodies. Examples: acorns, nuts, berries, apples, etc.
Grass = Examples: warm and cool-season grasses, sedges and some crops, such as corn.
> Dr. Hewitt points out in his book Biology and Management of Whitetailed Deer, these broad selection patterns are often masked by “important geographic and seasonal variations.” For example, as higher quality forages flux from abundant to unavailable, low-palatability foods become more important and constitute larger portions of the whitetail diet.
> A perfect case for this can be made by simply looking at variation between regions at different times of the year. During winter months, browse use has a strong latitudinal gradient with northern herds relying on them significantly more compared to southern populations that can access forbs later in the year.
> …fall diets vary the most among regions, and preference is hinged heavily on mast presence. Locations and times that observe mast drop see these shifts in deer activity to focus on such food sources – hence the importance of in-season scouting.
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MN is testing deer, moose, bears and wolves for Covid.
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Okay, gonna put some context around this testing in MN and other states. Disclaimer: Not telling you what to “believe,” just giving y’all some context because we’re constantly on the lookout for threats to hunting, which are constantly there – they just get more obvious sometimes. Is this animal-testing deal a potential threat to hunting? Up to you to decide for yourself!
A. Here are some things you might not be aware of.
1. The PCR test is not a valid test for disease:
– It can’t be used to test for the presence/absence of any disease, according to the inventor of the PCR test, Nobel prize winner Dr. Kary Mullis – here he is saying so on YouTube. He started fighting Fauci about using the test during the HIV days…and then turned up dead just before Covid was found in the US.
– It is not a yes/no test. It is a threshold test. In other words, if the test is run at X number of cycles it won’t “find” anything. But if it’s run at a higher number of cycles, it will…bearing in mind that doesn’t necessarily mean anything (see #1). This is why Dr. Mullis says in the above video that it’s too easy to manipulate to get false positives.
2. With that in mind, it might not surprise you that using PCR test for Covid is sketchy – sorta admitted by the CDC last July. In that document, the CDC indicates that the test can’t distinguish between Covid and the flu (so maybe that’s why the flu disappeared in 2020 and 2021?), and by extension that would also mean the common cold because that also is a coronavirus.
That is all documented info, not opinion. You’ll have to determine for yourself why it hasn’t been talked about on “the news”….
3. So: That is the same test being used by state wildlife agencies and the feds to look for Covid in wild animals.
B. Now here are some things you are aware of.
1. “They” are after our guns.
2. “They” want to stop hunting.
3. “They” don’t want people eating meat.
4. “They” say masculinity is toxic.
5. etc.
6. “They” use animal rights, environmentalism, the mass media, public policy and lawsuits to try to manipulate society into their societal goals (all of the above).
So the question seems to be: Do A and B intersect, and if so how?
Again, this is just offering information – it is not an opinion!
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> …allows hunters to use air bows and air rifles during primitive weapons seasons for deer after Nov 30 on private land.
Check out this biased first paragraph: 🤪
> State environmental leaders are contemplating a push for an extended deer hunting season, a move that could see more bucks being harvested without antlers and does killed while they carry larger fetuses.
> TPWD staff recently nixed a proposed rule change aimed at legalizing the use of firearms to take whitetail deer during the general, youth and special Managed Lands Deer Permit seasons in Grayson, Collin, Rockwall and Dallas counties.
> The proposal…also called for the removal of a prohibition on the use of crossbows during the archery only season, the creation of a 4-day antlerless season around the Thanksgiving holidays and mandatory reporting on all buck and antlerless deer harvests.
…a couple noteworthy items:
> Fawn survival to 12 weeks of age across the two-year study was 40%, with the sharpest decline occurring within the first 20 days of life. Elevation was a significant habitat characteristic in predicting fawn survival in Bath County, with higher fawn mortality risk associated with increasing elevations.
Also mentions that habitat management – in the form of burns and timber harvest – is beneficial and implied more could be done.
…in some areas? Others suffering from not enough animals from CWD.
Duh but here’s the stats:
> The total economic impact of the firearm and ammunition industry in the United States increased from $19.1 bil in 2008 to $70.52 bil in 2021.
Archery industry vet Jason Fogg.
From its recent form 10-K:
> While our increase in sales shows significant demand for ammunition during the pandemic that we believe is outpacing supply, we do not believe supply chain disruptions resulting from restrictions and limitations on supplier operations caused by the pandemic are resulting in significantly less supply….
> …because it did not appear to be a predatory attack….
Okay but…?
Can be fatal.
15. 2A stuff.
Gov. Larry Hogan is 100% a Rino (Republican in name only).
Does the ATF know what the Second Amendment actually says??
16. Keep an eye on…
Australia, Canada and New Zealand are still under the Queen of England (look who’s on their money!), which is relevant because England is the birthplace of “animal rights” and exported it plus the “hunting is cruel” stuff to the US and Canada. So will the crazies bring the duck hunting debate here?
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Deer Disease News
Northern Yadkin County deer that was at a taxidermist.
> “To think a ban on deer movement will end CWD, that’s not how it works. It’s a narrative that’s been pushed for years, that deer farming is bad and it’s the root cause of CWD. But that’s not the case.” Newton said CWD exists among wild deer in about 11 states that have no deer farms.
In a forthcoming survey, has to do with CWD found at a few farms.
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> The new Sako 100 Explorer will come in 2 different stock configurations and will also be available in over 10 different cartridges. The rifle will also include a quick barrel change system that works with a supplied torque wrench….
> The 2 configurations that the Sako 100 will come in include a more traditional wood stock which still features an integrated recoil pad as well as a comb height adjustment piece, and the Sako 100 Explorer Carbon…made from lightweight carbon fiber.
> …user-adjustable trigger pull weight that ranges from 3.86 lbs all the way down to a scant 1.7 lbs.
No further info but the post says it looks like it should be available late this year:
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> The newest member of the Vanguard family is the High Country…designed to be light enough to carry on big-game hunts at high elevations…. The High Country I tested in 6.5 CM weighed just 7.15 lbs with its 24″ fluted barrel.
> The cold-hammer-forged barrel is finished in flat dark earth Cerakote for corrosion resistance, and it’s threaded 1/2×28. It comes with Weatherby’s Accubrake ST muzzle brake, which adds 2″ to the barrel, as well as a seamless thread protector. The barreled action is free-floated and incorporates an integral recoil lug.
> High Country rifles are available in 9 chamberings – 5 standard rounds and 4 magnums. Standard cartridges…have 24″ barrels while magnum chamberings sport 26″ barrels and weigh a couple ounces more.
> The Vanguard High Country rifle carries a suggested retail price of $949, which places it in competition with Browning’s X-Bolt Composite Stalker ($910) and Bergara’s B-14 Wilderness Ridge ($975).
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> When I’m hiking around in the spring, I’m hunting for great stand locations, such as pinch points and or scrape lines, as much as I’m watching for tines.
> I get really excited when I find good deer sign up against something that restricts travel. For instance, a body of water, thick brush or maybe even a steep dropoff on a ridge. Setups such as these are special. They give you the opportunity to keep the majority of the deer movement on one side of you, thus giving you a chance to capitalize on certain winds. Such spots are rare but money if you can find them.
> In early summer, I go back to those spots and use the information I gathered…to set up and prep stand locations. You can make all the noise you want knocking down trees and trimming shooting lanes. One thing I like to do is use deadfalls and any brush I can to block off trails that may be behind my stand or in any of my blind spots.
> Once I have everything prepped and ready, I set up a couple Stealth Cams on video mode facing trails I think could be ideal areas for a shot. After a few weeks, I tiptoe into the area and check my cards. This gives me a good idea of how the setup is working, as well as time to adjust, if necessary, before archery season begins.
> One of the first years I really put an effort into early-season “homework,” I arrowed my largest velvet whitetail to date. The archery season here in Saskatchewan opens on Sept 1, and this buck was in a steady routine coming past my blind more than a month before the season started. Had I not been prepared so early, who knows whether I would’ve been fortunate enough to get that chance.
Deer hunters are like:
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“(With doe) deer, it’s like middle-school girls. They’re very social and it’s very cliquey.”
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