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This 200-inch WV buck got spotted when the hunter was out for a run!
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> We have a special urban hunt…that occurs around Charleston, our capital. Typically, the season comes in about 3 weeks before the regular archery opener. The urban hunt has different zones, and you must apply for a tag and be approved to hunt.
> …while he and his girlfriend were out for a run…they saw 2 large bucks, both with big 150-class racks. Immediately, Al began trying to gain approval to hunt this zone of the city. Also, he got right to work to gain permission from the landowner.
> …he was amazed at the amount of buck sign he was discovering…large rubs on multiple trees. Al waited a couple of weeks before going back to check the cam, which was set out on Sept 22, 2021. It shocked him…a true WV monster buck.
> Al hasn’t been bowhunting long, so in the weeks preceding opening day he reached out to…David Miller. David is no stranger to killing giant whitetails in the mountain state. Al knew he wanted to avoid making any mistakes…he listened carefully and took tips from David.
> …on Oct 20, the buck started showing daylight activity…. Al made a clean entrance to his stand on Oct 22….
> Another doe appeared, but she had company not too far behind her. Al knew he was pursuing a giant buck, but nothing could have prepared him for what he laid eyes on next. The deer he’d been watching through a trail camera for weeks was hot on the doe’s trail…way bigger than the hunter imagined.
> Once the giant buck got into shooting range, Al mouth-bleated to stop him. But with all the deer moving, the buck didn’t cooperate. So Al tried repeatedly, and again the buck never broke stride. All Al could think to do was shout “HEY!” [That] slowed the buck, but it didn’t stop him. Al knew it was now or never, so at 35 yards, he let the single most important arrow of his life fly!
> Al’s shot had been perfect, clipping the heart, and coming out just in front of the buck’s off-side leg.
Officially scored a mind-blowing 208 1/8 gross and 200 4/8 net non-typ! 🤯
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“I hunted one buck for 50 straight days and never saw him. I had enough nighttime photos of him to keep my hopes up, but it got to the point where hunting wasn’t even fun.”
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> A certain percentage of bucks, no matter where they live, are nocturnal by nature. Others learn to be nocturnal due to hunting pressure. I am going to guess at least half of all bucks are born with a tendency to be nocturnal once they hit age 4, about the time their antlers reach jaw-dropping proportions.
> If you find them on camera but only after dark, you have to hunt very carefully to keep your pressure low until that buck starts moving in daylight.
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“…surely you’ve heard…that public-land deer hunting is an exercise in frustration with a dangerous chance for mayhem…projectiles whine overhead and limbs shatter to the ground.”
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> Hunt Low-Pressure Public Lands – Finding such places is the research and scouting part of this program. Most research can be done via computer and phone. Study [state] statistics to find low-pressure areas that still have reasonable chances for finding your deer.
> A major part of this research will…be identifying public lands open to hunters. These are not limited to federal and state forests.
> Habitat, Habitat, Habitat – A 100-acre public-hunting lake isn’t going to hold many deer. But the 20-yard fringe of cattails or willows around it might.
> Think Big and Far – …in the Plains states and Rocky Mountains they’ll move as many as 10 linear miles in a night. Daily migrations from bedding cover to fields can easily cover 3 or 4 miles. Think big and go far. Even Eastern woodland deer can hike surprising distances, especially during the rut. If your usual deer haunts are looking empty, don’t just sit there. Go look for them.
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Big Horn Armory’s Model 89 .500 Mag lever gun seems very cool!
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We’ve always been intrigued by these guns, glad to see a review on one, on sportingshooter.com. Some excerpts:
> …what if you were able to develop a whole new action not much larger than the [Winchester] Model 92, yet capable of handling rounds so powerful that something as large as the Model 86 was normally needed? [Greg] Buchel and his team have achieved it. They essentially created a slightly larger and much stronger Model 92. It’s called the Model 89 because that’s the number halfway between 86 and 92.
> I was astonished when I first held one of the new creations, as it balanced and felt just like a very solid Model 92 but was still seeming so compact I was curious as to just how strong the action could be. Greg explained that using the best modern steel and manufacturing techniques had allowed Big Horn to develop an action which, even after literally thousands of full power .500 S&W Magnum rounds fired through test actions, had not stretched or loosened at all.
> The fit is so precise the 89 has a Skinner sight fitted on top of the moving bolt and, after shooting several of these guns over the past 18 months, I can attest they’re super accurate hunting rifles
> We weren’t shooting from a bench, yet at 50-100 meters no rock or stick was safe. The combination of great receiver sights and whatever Big Horn puts into these guns meant even offhand groups were spot on, with bullets seeming to follow each other to the same spot over and over.
> Out to a couple of hundred metres it will stop almost anything you wish to point it at with great efficiency
Love to put everything here but no space to do it! The Big Horn site says MSRP is $2,699 and lists a bunch of options including barrel length. Do NOT look at the other guns they make unless your wallet is out in the truck! 😁 Check out this Model 92: 🔥
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Based on that, Santa might be getting his first letter from me in decades…😁
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KUIU finally comes out with a line for eastern deer hunters: Proximity. 👀
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Why this is a top item this week: Folks who wear KUIU swear by it, and it’s a huge hunting brand that strangely until now hasn’t come out with stuff targeted to whitetail hunters east of the Mississippi River and bowhunters in general. Here’s more from KUIU.com:
> These purpose-built outer layers were developed for the hardcore whitetail and western big game hunter when being quiet is top priority. …provides warmth and silence when every step and move matters….
> The versatile WindPro jacket can be used as a mid or outer layer for silent wind-resistance. Tested and proven to protect from the elements….
> This is a system that was built the same way the company has designed everything it has produced: discover what the problem is, then find a way to solve that problem with better fabrics and designs.
> Built from the ground up, this lineup is custom built for those who are stationary in a treestand when the November rut is rocking, going up and down climbing sticks, and slipping through the doors of a ground blind in cold-weather environments where whitetails and their noses and ears are on high alert.
> The company designed the new line with industry-best technologies, using proprietary materials and manufacturing processes to achieve the end result. That includes a low-sheen brushed fabric along with an extremely wind-resistant SynthaCell foam membrane for superior wind protection and warmth retention….
> …the Proximity lineup comfortably layers over baselayers, insulated mid-layers, and a safety harness….
Looks like so far the line includes a Hooded Insulated Jacket, Insulated Pant, Wind Pro Fleece Full Zip, Wind Pro neck Gaiter and Wind Pro Beanie in several of the well-known KUIU camo patterns.
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But it doesn’t say if that counts against your tags…so it looks like it would?
> The state Supreme Court upheld the amount which included $20K for the deer itself and $54K for the cost it took to investigate the case.
> “We know that the Center for Biological Diversity wants a lead ammunition ban everywhere as part of their overall strategy to undermine our nation’s sportsmen and women. We will continue to fight to ensure the rulemaking process – by FWS or any agency – isn’t corrupted and becomes just another tool for animal extremists to use in their quest to destroy America’s hunters, trappers and anglers.”
Did you know that the Center for Biological Diversity was initially funded by a Swiss billionaire? Wonder why they care about what happens here…🤔 (Can’t link that – it’s at
www.acsh DOT org/news/2020/07/13/ratty-conversation-center-biological-diversity-14905)
…350 Legend vs 12ga slugs (last column for recoil):
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> Those states include: AL, ME, PA, WV, VA, TN.
> The USDA claims these “rabies vaccines” are embedded in food bits that are currently flavored with fishmeal. This will…encourage all sorts of wildlife to eat the vaccine traps, causing unknown consequences in wildlife animals that will obviously ingest the tainted treats.
Are kids in math class “scientists” then? 😁
> …identified possible inconsistencies with neck tension in a small number of .308 Win Norma Tac 147 Grain FMJ cartridges within the ammunition SKU and corresponding Lot Numbers identified on www.Normashooting.com that may allow the projectile to become loose, including during transport. Continued use of the potentially affected ammunition could impact safe firearm performance leading to property damage and/or injury.
11. 2A stuff.
Headlines of the Week
Well that’s good to hear! #nodrones
Wow – something to look out for now, dang.
“Migrants.”
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Deer Disease News
…to discuss CWD detected in Lauderdale County earlier this year and the DNR’s response to it.
…to study prion diseases including CWD:
> “NPDPSC collects tissue samples and clinical information from cases of prion disease to monitor its incidence and investigate possible cases in which these diseases have been acquired from other humans or animals, such as chronic wasting disease transmitting from deer to humans.”
Which has not happened…but test long enough and bet they “find” it!
3 deer on Long Island. Bluetongue is not contagious, is transmitted by insects only, and is more common during droughts.
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> With the 1121XR, big-game hunters can have accurate knock-down power at long distances without having the extra weight that typically comes with such a platform. Competitors and long-range shooters can have the accuracy of a bolt-action gun with the benefit of quick follow-up shots due to minimal recoil and muzzle bounce.
> The rifle comes with…our popular RA-535 Advanced-Performance Trigger…one of the best trigger options you’ll find on the market. …comes with our premium bolt carrier group with an easy-to-clean black nitride finish. The rifle also features the stainless steel RISE Armament RA-701 Compensator.
20″ 416R stainless barrel, 1:11.25 twist button rifled, free floating, 9 lbs 8 oz, sub-1 MOA, $2,449.
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> After letting off our initial arrow, our first impression was with respect to the trigger, which broke cleanly at 3.5 lbs. This level of refinement is another benefit of reverse-draw technology as it puts less tension on the trigger….
> Our second observation was the complete absence of any noise or recoil, which is best attributed to the included string dampening system.
> We broke the advertised velocity by 2 fps out of the gate as recorded by our Caldwell G2 chronograph. This wasn’t a fluke either, as we followed this up with 9 more shots and gathered an average velocity of 512 fps.
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> We identified 3 species that were really prominent—sericea lespedeza, multiflora rose, and knapweed. They were taking up hundreds of acres and were outcompeting native species of vegetation. Unfortunately, you have to use a herbicide to control them….
> Then we really aggressively used prescribed fire to stimulate that native seed bank. One huge blessing of the Ozarks, since they’re so rocky and steep with shallow soil that hasn’t been plowed much, is that the native seed bank is still right on top of the soil.
> …when we removed the invasive exotics and used fire to stimulate that seed bank, we got hundreds and hundreds of acres of beautiful wildflowers, forbs and native grasses. We did not pay for those seeds. They were in the soil and had probably been dormant for 75 years or more.
> So now we just have lots of acreage of native plants and forbs, supplemented by food plots that provide quality forage and cover. Once we started doing that, our wildlife populations grew in quality and quantity by leaps and bounds.
> Most people who use prescribed fire only do dormant-season burns, before spring green-up. And that works, but grasses hold their seed much later into the winter than forbs do, and forbs are the real deer food. Deer do not eat grasses at all. You may see a deer out in a grass pasture, but it’s eating ragweed or clover.
> …we’ve tried to restore native vegetation by using growing-season fire, and I think that has been a huge benefit to our habitat. We usually do a dormant-season burn first since there’s a lot of fuel and it’s easier to control a fire during dormant season. But after we’ve reduced that fuel level, our next burn is a growing season burn.
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“It’s shocking how many people go hunting without even opening their envelope to see what permit they drew.”
> “They often don’t check their permit until after they have harvested an animal and then finally discover that they hunted in the wrong unit or season or sometimes for the wrong species entirely.”
Being a warden must be hilarious at times. A bud once told me that a guy in CO proudly brought a dead mule to a check station in elk season…and yep it had a brand on it…🤣
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> Swayze kicked off the first velvet season in MS in a big way! Swayze has been praying hard to get an opportunity at this deer in velvet! God answered her prayer this afternoon. She had to pass up multiple bucks waiting on this one. Like always, I was way more nervous than her! Praise God for answered prayers.
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