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4-year chase ends with 200-inch KY “Moose”!
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That’s a beautiful 200″ typ! Bowhunting.com says Jeremy Huffman knew about the deer since 2017, but never got a shot at him til last Sept:
> After studying trail camera photos and reflecting on past encounters, he opted to go to a field-edge stand close to the buck’s early-season core area. Rushing home from work, he gathered his gear, arrived at the farm, and climbed into his treestand.
> …an open field. Across it was a thicket and some CRP. To the left a hayfield…to the right a bubbling creek weaved through a block of woods. More timber towered behind the stand.
> An hour later, Moose stepped into view. “He crossed the road and came across the middle of the hayfield like the past 2 times. But this time he didn’t hold up in the thicket.”
> Instead, [the buck] walked all the way through it and popped out into the field…finally walked within bow range. Moose stopped 20 yards away and Huffman took the shot [with a Ravin R10 x-bow]. …the deer ran about 20 yards before falling in sight.
Nice one Jeremy! KY seems to have bigger deer every year….
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Record book 16-pointer was a BIG surprise to MI hunter.
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> “I could tell this deer was a shooter the minute I saw it. My rangefinder revealed it was at 153 yards.”
> Not one to waste time counting points, Tom rested the rifle on the blind’s window ledge, aimed at the animal’s chest and squeezed the trigger.
> “The buck went 40 yards and dropped. I didn’t know exactly how big it was until I got up to it. I had guessed it was a 10-pointer.”
A little bigger than that! The deer is #3 on the all-time MI list with a Buckmasters score of 210 6/8, and bases of 9 5/8″ and 7″@! 🤯
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Biggest OH x-bow buck ever taken by a gal?
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> Bobby is an experienced deer hunter who started taking his daughter Courtney deer hunting with him when she was 4 yrs old. She shot her first deer when she was 8 yrs old and had shot 3 bucks prior to the 2020 season.
> The family lives in NC but they are members of the Ohio River Hunt Club [in OH]. A few days after Thanksgiving in the 2020 deer season, Courtney’s dad started getting several daylight photos of the giant buck. He told Courtney, “The big buck is showing up in the daylight – we need to go immediately.”
> On Nov 27 [they] headed to OH. …arrived at camp late so Bobby asked Courtney, “Why don’t you take my Ravin crossbow?” After the brief instruction…he took Courtney to the hang-on stand and left her at around 2:30 pm.
> About the time Courtney was thinking the afternoon hunt was going to be a bust, she caught movement about 70 yards away. She realized it was a buck, and he was walking down the same trail she and her dad had used to access the treestand.
> The buck came through some thick brush and…stopped in an opening 25 yards away. When the buck stopped in the opening, she already had the safety off and was lined up…. When she took the shot, the buck turned and ran toward a small creek where she thought she saw him go down.
> Everything had happened so fast, she didn’t have time to get a really good look at the size of the buck. But she knew he was really big.
> After the 60-day drying period…the giant OH buck scored 188 5/8 gross typical and 164 4/8 net typical. The score includes impressive main-beam measurements of 28 2/8″ and 27 0/8″ with over 35″ in circumference measurements.
The Buckeye Big Buck Club says it’s likely the new #1 OH x-bow deer taken by a female. Congrats to ’em both!
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Here’s a few deer research nuggets you probably didn’t know.
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> After analyzing 10s of thousands of trail-camera images taken on a hunted property, they found a majority of bucks 3 years of age and older checked scrapes between 2 and 3 am. To me it shows you’re much better off to back off scrapes. Set up several hundred yards off the freshest scrapes you find. That’s where you might catch a buck moving to and from the scrapes at first or last light.
> In an OK study of GPS-collared deer, scientists found that in early fall bucks stick to small core areas and exhibit complex mazes of movement. But come the rut in late October, the same bucks show longer and more linear movements. The researchers surmised that by traveling longer distances in straighter lines, bucks maximize their chances of finding hot does.
> Research shows that the best security cover is vegetation thick enough to hide 90% of a deer from observation at a distance of 200′ or less. Is that thicket 50 yards ahead dense enough to hide 90% of a bedded buck? Think like that as you scout, still-hunt or approach a stand this fall.
> Dr. Grant Woods, the famous biologist from MO, has conducted extensive preseason censuses of deer herds throughout the Midwest. His data show that 50% of mature bucks may spend the spring and summer months at one end of their home range, then shift to a different area for the fall and winter. Woods’ records show the shift typically occurs around the time bucks shed velvet, or roughly Sept 1-20.
> Analyzing hundreds of volatile organic compounds collected from skin particles and sweat emitted by the 65 people, the researchers found that while the untreated shirts stunk, the [scent-killing] sprays worked on the treated shirts by significantly reducing the odor levels of 29 key compounds, either by killing bacteria, binding to the chemicals or converting them into less volatile compounds.
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Hunters do successful C-section on car-killed doe!
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> Jamie Olson, Rick Hanestad and Kevin Bygd performed a successful C-section on a doe hit by a car on a highway north of Boyceville, WI. Out came twin buck fawns, and after sleepless nights, antibiotics and steroids for their underdeveloped lungs, they were doing great.
> The DNR took the fawns after Rick Hanestad was denied a license to rehab. Hanestad was hoping to raise and release the fawns on his property with his neighbor, Jeff Bodsberg. According to Hanestad, the care the fawns were receiving will not be replaced by the state.
Rick is a big-time deer hunter – look at all the shoulder mounts!
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1. MO deer travels 200 miles in 3 weeks!
Can’t link it but it’s at granitegeek.concordmonitor com:
> “We thought it was an error. It looks like someone took the GPS collar and drove across the state of MO.”
> …has important implications for population management and the transmission of disease, especially CWD.
> Between 2002 and 2015, the deer population in the state trended down…since 2016 the state’s deer harvest has increased, possibly as a result of declining coyote densities.
State Wildlife Area Pass – a step in the right direction and about dang time! 👊 Should be the case in every state because EVERYONE who uses the resource needs to help maintain it AND the state folks who work to do that:
> CPW is not a taxpayer-funded agency. It gets just a tiny fraction of its $260 mil in revenue from taxpayers. The bulk of the agency’s revenue comes from hunting and fishing license sales, federal excise taxes on the sales of hunting rifles [and] ammunition [and fishing gear], donations and grants. Without hunters and anglers, CPW couldn’t afford all the expert biologists and conduct the exhaustive research behind our vast conservation efforts.
Dang straight!
Because the NY state gov’t has demonstrated that it is smarter than everyone else…🙄
Sounds like some politicians didn’t like the heat they took on last year’s Sunday hunting changes: #meow
> They have introduced a Senate bill that would allow the game commission, and not state legislators, to decide how many Sundays would be open for hunting.
> So far 613 have submitted the required documentation with 353 purchased.
Controversial because it favors outfitted folks over DIYers.
Sounds pretty minimal for hunting:
> Resident big game deer hunting licenses will go from $14 to $15 for a total of $35 (including the basic resident hunting license).
Oldest buck was 10.
First done to control deer, now an important food source. Love it.
…in KS and NE. Would allow FireStick muzzleloaders in KS and legalize carrying a handgun for self defense during NE archery season.
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Wow look at that thing!
> …stand almost 6′ tall and weigh several hundred lbs. One hunt is held a year to manage their numbers on the island.
> …you can choose a bow or muzzleloader for the hunt and must bike or hike through the island searching for sign. The deer are primarily nocturnal and prefer hiding in swampy areas that are off-limits to hunters.
> It generally takes 3 years of preference points to be successful….
Sounds like they need to hire some US hunters to go over there!
14. Giveaways!
15. 2A stuff.
Headline of the Day
😳 Spooky.
Line of the Day
> Bowhunters routinely spend hours tracking the blood trails of the animals they’ve wounded, and they never find many of their victims, meaning that the animals die slowly and in agony. Families are torn apart, and orphaned young are left to starve.
That’s the Peta kooks spreading lies as usual…this was about a NJ town considering bowhunting to reduce the deer population.
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Deer Disease News
> The area extends from Warren to the NY state line, between the Allegheny River and Youngsville, and covers 212 square miles.
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Real nice blade for EDC and in the deer woods/camp:
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> A polycarbonate blend provides the strength and dependability needed for today’s fast-shooting bows while the integrated LED light provides exceptional shot-tracking in full daylight as well as in low-light conditions:
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Includes stuff like video previews, colorization of night pics and tagging:
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> T100 weighs in at only 36 lbs and is ultra-compact so that it is easy to carry and deploy.
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Plenty of good bows out there but a lot of them will set you back close to 4 digits. Check this out: The PSE Stinger Max is just $400 for the bare bow or $479 for the package deal. Is it any good? Outdoor Life thinks so:
> It’s tempting to call this rig a beginner’s bow – and it would be great for a new shooter because of its adjustability and affordability. But this is also a legitimate hunting bow for any archer who wants to save some money on their hunting equipment.
> The SS Cam was smooth and the draw weight builds quickly. The transition to the bow’s 80% letoff is a tad abrupt but not uncomfortable. The draw stop on the cam contacts the bow’s inner cable, which I liked, and the backwall was firm and not at all spongy.
> You will notice some post-shot vibration and a slight hum of noise. It’s important to note that this should be expected from a bow with this adjustability and price tag. Your hand will tickle a little, but the shooting experience…proved solid.
> Without accessories, the bow tips the scale at just 3.8 lbs – that’s light. Any shooter, even kids, will be able to handle this bow with ease.
> My bow arrived set at 70 lbs of draw weight, but the generous limb screws can be backed out a full 15 revolutions, which means most any shooter can set the Stinger Max to a draw weight that is right for them.
> Set at 66 lbs of draw weight and a draw length of 29″, the rig propelled my arrows at a 3-arrow average speed of 272 fps, which produced a kinetic energy rating of 68.66 ft-lbs. More than enough to down most any big-game critter….
> If I was deer hunting from a ground blind or treestand and knew my shots would be inside 50 yards, I would have no reservations about taking this bow along with me.
Spendy bows aren’t going away, but are good, cheaper bows a new trend?
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> Not leaving cameras out for at least a few weeks, if not months, is a problem. But so is checking them too quickly or too frequently. For summer scouting recon, place your cameras in spots where you have high confidence of seeing animals. Do your darndest to avoid the temptation to check them too quickly.
> …still a difference between a no-name $40 camera and a well-known brand…in the $100 to $200+ range. …I’ve gone through dozens of cameras, and the worst performers have always been the cheapest options.
> The time when the deer are moving is also the time when you’re likely to get blown-out images from the rising and setting sun. No matter where you set your cameras, take a long hard look at the horizon and think about morning and evening sunlight to position them accordingly.
> I think about whether I need a 9-shot burst to capture rut activity, or a 30-second delay between images because I’m taking inventory on a mineral lick. Think about what your camera offers in trigger speed, burst modes, video-clip length, and a host of other factors, and use them to maximize each individual setup.
> No matter how high you position them or what angle they’re aimed, never walk back to your truck without ensuring that your camera will actually capture images of the deer that walk past.
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“People still come up to me and say, ‘Man, ladybugs…that’s cool. What does that mean to you?’ I probably have the crappiest tattoo not only in country music but maybe the world.”
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Lol! How ’bout antlers next time Blake, no mistaking that!
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