Hope all’s well! Even though the deer season is pretty much over, it really never is info-wise so let’s get after it!
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Aggressive calling got this IA BEAST to commit!
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IA hunter Zach Mixer wasn’t having much of a season, and when he hunted hard Nov 10 and 11 and didn’t even see a single deer, he was a little discouraged. So the next day he slept in, headed out late, and everything changed. Realtree.com had the story:
> It was overcast and spitting snow with 20 mph winds out of the N/NW. He decided to hunt a transition line between timber and soybeans. The wooded area was full of oak and hickory trees and intermittent dense cover. Deep valleys extended to the east and west.
> The hunt kicked off much like those before it – extremely boring with no deer movement. But around 2:40 pm everything changed. Mixer looked up and spotted a deer cruising along a trail with its head down. It was about 60 yards away, working east to west.
> “I could see a big frame and grunted at the buck twice. The buck stopped behind a honeysuckle bush. I could not see his head….”
> …the deer ran down into the western valley, and Mixer could then tell it was a very big one. He worried his grunts had spooked the buck. But…the deer reappeared and worked down along a trail that led into the cut soybeans. Eventually it breached the 30-yard mark and started feeding on browse. Mixer couldn’t shoot due to thick cover….
> …he emitted a very soft bleat but the deer didn’t even raise its head. Then he softly grunted 3 times, but the buck didn’t pay any attention….
> After a few long minutes, the deer turned and started working westward…disappeared behind some honeysuckle, and that’s when Mixer went for broke. “After seeing the size of this buck, I made the decision to be aggressive. I let out two growls and a long snort-wheeze.”
> …the deer popped out of the timber, walked into the bean field, and started stomping its hoof. The buck slowly crept forward, head on a swivel, and eventually stopped just 10 yards from Mixer’s treestand, offering a quartering-away shot. Already at full draw, the hunter released the arrow and watched it pass through the vitals….
> “It was a humbling experience. I hoped I would have the chance just to see a buck of that caliber, let alone get a shot at one.”
The deer scored 204 6/8 and was 5.5 yrs old.
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MS hunter gets a last-minute 150-class buck after a crazy hunt!
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> “I got tons and tons of pictures of him, but I couldn’t hunt him because I never got the right wind. It went on the whole time I was seeing him. I needed a south wind. It was very frustrating. It’s hard to see a deer like that on camera and not be able to go after him….
> On Jan 31…the wind was blowing from the south. “…I got up and went hunting. As I was walking out to my stand, I checked my cell camera.” There was only one small deer in the plot…however Beith could only see what was in the plot, not what was around it.
> “As soon as I hit the woods, deer ran everywhere. I was pretty frustrated because I figured he was one of those deer.”
> “About an hour later, I heard my neighbor shoot 3 times. I thought the worst.”
> As the morning hunt came to a close, Beith had firmly made up his mind that he would hunt a different stand that afternoon. He lowered his bow to the ground and went back to his truck. Along the way, he realized he didn’t have his bow.
> “Rather than go back and get my bow, I decided to hunt that stand again that evening. I tried to keep a positive attitude about it.”
> “I saw 2 spikes that came out fairly early. About 5:45, something caught their attention. They were looking off to the right.”
> It was Too Tall. The buck walked within 30 yards of Beith and stopped. Beith was adjusting his sight for the distance when the buck walked closer and stopped. The buck was 20 yards away but was directly facing Beith, so he didn’t have a good shot. After several minutes, the buck turned slightly, giving Beith an opportunity to shoot.
> Beith watched the deer while he drew his bow…his arrow had fallen off the rest. Beith let his draw down and when he did, the deer spooked. “I was plum disgusted.”
> The buck ran about 40 yards but began walking back toward Beith. …legal shooting time ended at 6:03 pm which was only minutes away. The buck came into range, and Beith made the shot at 5:55 pm.
> The deer was down 100 yards from the food plot. “The first thing I did was thank God.”
Heck yeah! The main-frame 10-point with a forked G3 grossed 157 7/8, with 10″ and 11″ G2s, and G3s measuring 10 7/8″ and 10 1/2″. The inside spread was 14 1/2″ with main beams averaging 20″.
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Believe it or not this is not a buck…or a doe. 🤔
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> “We took pictures and got him back to the skinning shed. I said something about the tarsal glands not even being black – it’s not even rutting. Somebody else said something about how skinny his neck was. Then the guy who shot it was starting to skin it and said, ‘Boys, this is a doe.'”
> …the deer weighed 175 lbs with 8 scorable points, including 2 kickers on the base of 1 antler.
> “…the deer was actually not chasing a doe but walking behind it. The doe urinated and this deer lip-curled just like a buck would.”
> Chris Cook, the AL Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division’s Deer Program Coordinator, said the 8-point…was what wildlife biologists call a pseudohermaphrodite. “A deer like this with hardened antlers will have testes inside the body cavity. They don’t have fully developed male or female organs.
> “They may have external female organs, but they would have to have underdeveloped testes that were still large enough to produce enough testosterone to have that antler growth.
> “While it may look like a doe on the outside, it’s not truly a doe. But it’s not a buck either. It’s very unusual for a functioning female to have antlers like that.”
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Check out this ultra w-i-d-e OH buck! 🤯
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All @ohiotrophybucks posted was that James from Fairfield County, OH harvested this “flying” buck, but in the comments it says it was 26″ wide!! 🤯
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One of the coolest – maybe we should say “coldest” 😁 – we’ve seen:
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Diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma in 2020, got to go on a dream deer hunt recently and got a nice one! 👊
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Congrats deer brother! 🙏✝️ Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, so great.
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> “According to the biologists, there’s a window for this to happen. That’s why we picked the Sept dates.”
> …2021-22 deer-hunting season concluded Sunday, Feb 6 with 196,988 deer checked…. OH’s average harvest compiled from the past 3 seasons is 184,746 deer.
> “The [TPWD] received a petition for rulemaking requesting that firearms be made lawful for use during the general season in Collin, Dallas Grayson, and Rockwall counties. Under current rule, harvest in the affected counties is restricted to archery equipment only.”
List at that link. They start Feb 21.
> The Pomme de Terre WMA amendment would allow primitive firearms for deer hunting beginning on the 2nd Saturday in Dec for 2 days.
> Wildlife agents have tagged 96 coyotes since the program started and only about half have been claimed.
Looks good, hope the user experience is too!
Way too much to excerpt here but WOW.
Dang does that look good!
11. 2A stuff.
Headline of the Week
> After a months-long investigation, 8 individuals have been charged with violations related to poaching at least 27 bucks.
🤯
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Deer Disease News
> The specimen for testing came from a hunter-harvested adult buck taken on private land in Tensas Parish….
Tensas, Franklin and Madison.
Deer Hunt Area 143:
> The disease was detected in a buck mule deer found dead in emaciated condition in late Jan.
> In response to the recent detection of a deer with chronic wasting disease in Union County, the AR Game and Fish Commission, US Fish and Wildlife Service and USDA APHIS Wildlife Services will conduct a sampling effort on Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge…to further understand the prevalence of the disease in south AR. The plan is to begin sampling deer on Felsenthal NWR starting on Monday, Feb 7.
Put in by the state to fence off his deer farm where CWD was found.
Some state law prevents them from saying whether they’re deer or not.
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> The new Ovix camo pattern is suitable for a variety of environments and the X-Bolt’s shortened, threaded barrel allows you to mount a suppressor on this rifle while maintaining a reasonable overall length.
> This rifle is an X-Bolt at heart, and therefore comes with a 3-lug bolt with shortened bolt through, a tang-mounted safety with bolt release, crisp Feather trigger, an outstanding rotary magazine and an action that’s bedded fore and aft.
MSRP is $1,379.99-$1,459.99:
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> …featuring Easton exclusive FMJ arrow technology combined with the classic Easton XX75 Autumn Orange finish. Available in 4 popular sizes (250, 300, 340 and 400 spine), includes HIT inserts and 5mm X Nocks installed.
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> …designed for the outdoors or everyday carry. The razor sharp blade can easily be opened with one hand and locks open with the lockback design. The aluminum handles offer a sleek and lightweight design. Closes to 4 1/4″….
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> …the most versatile storage toolkit a whitetail hunter can bring into the stand. A Carbon Alloy lining adsorbs any odors from your gear while an unprecedented 17 pockets allow you to deeply customize your loadout exactly the way you want.
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…as part of a new membership package.
Who knew?? Here’s a few:
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Optics: What “exit pupil” is and why it’s important.
Good, simple info from Savage – can’t link it but it’s at savagearms com:
> When you’re hunting in low-light conditions…you want your optic to gather as much light as possible for a clear picture. Considering the exit pupil is a great way to optimize your optics and will help make you a more successful hunter.
> …exit pupil requires a little bit of math to understand, but we promise it’s simple. Stroff explains it like this: If you have a pair of binos that is 8×42, you need to divide the objective lens diameter by the magnification power to find the exit pupil (42 divided by 8 = 5.2).
> If you have a pair of binos that is 10×42, your exit pupil 4.2, and will gather less light. The bottom line? More magnification, smaller exit pupil, less light gathered.
> …don’t go overboard on the magnification if it’s not necessary! Doing so will only make it harder to see that big buck at the end of shooting light.
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What’s the DB and who does it?
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