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New world record x-bow buck and #2 all-time typ?
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> …didn’t know the giant was in the area, but soon he was face-to-face with the buck of a lifetime. “As the buck made his way up the ridge toward me, I saw the side view of his rack and then saw all the mass. It was just an unreal sight. My initial thought was, This deer looks like a moose! It didn’t even feel real, and time stood still.”
> As the deer approached…He was able to stop the buck at 40 yards, sending a Beman arrow tipped with a 2-blade Rage broadhead….
> Official Hoosier Record Book scorer Larry Walsman…resulted in a green gross score of 213 1/8″ and a net of 208 4/8! …include an inside spread of 21 6/8″, 28″ (right) and 27″ (left) main beams, and several mass measurements of 7″. The G-2 tines are 12 5/8″.
> “When you get this much bone on a buck’s head, normally there will be some non-typical points to significantly reduce the net typical score. But this buck’s headgear is freakishly clean and balanced. This is the kind of trophy the B&C scoring system is intended to reward.”
π€― WOW DUDE!
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New WI state x-bow record?
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> The 13-pointer had been documented on trail cameras for at least the last couple years in southwest Trempealeau County. …both Kevin and his wife Bayli had seen the buck in Oct while bowhunting on the 5-acre parcel owned by Bayli’s father.
> Kevin and Bayli, who are both WI state employees, took additional vacation days to try their luck…persistence started to pay off. Late in the afternoon Oct 23 Bayli saw the animal live for the first time. She grunted at the buck, which momentarily stopped but then continued walking south and out of shooting range.
> The next day Kevin saw it too, and well within shooting range. This time Hector came stomping in to push out a small buck that had just made a rub. But it was 4 minutes after the close of shooting time. “I thought our luck might have run out,” Kevin said.
> Last Thursday Bayli was working so Kevin set out his own. By 7 am the sky had lightened a bit β it was 36 degrees with a light southeast wind. At about 7:35 Kevin heard corn rustling from the west. He turned to look and to his amazement saw a very large whitetail buck moving along a trail 75 yards away: It was Hector.
> The buck did keep coming. But not all the way. “Wouldn’t you know it, he was downwind and stopped on a dime and started stomping. It was the worst feeling. He stopped 10 yards from where I could take a good, clean shot.”
> The buck then walked back toward the river where Kevin had stashed the canoe. Kevin fully expected the deer to smell it and take off. But…the whitetail instead sniffed the paddleboat and, like a bloodhound, tracked Kevin’s footsteps all the way to his treestand. The big buck then stood directly beneath Kevin, looked up, and licked a tree peg.
π€― What the…! π
> “I’m like, this can’t be happening.” The buck took a couple of steps away from the tree, head up and nose working. Kevin seized the opportunity and settled the sights of his crossbow on the deer’s vitals and squeezed the trigger.
> “I was shaking so bad I didn’t know if I could climb out of the tree.” Within an hour the neighbor came out to the property and helped track the deer. A heavy blood trail made it an easy task. About 85 yards away they found the buck.
It weighed 233 lbs field-dressed:
> The 13-pointer is a typical main frame 12 with about a 2″ claw tine on its left antler. It has a 19″ inside spread. It has been scored 4 times…. The green score on the buck is 200 5/8 gross and 196 7/8 net… The [x-bow] record now is about 16″ less.
Amazing deer dude, congrats!
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How ’bout this MA buck β took 5 years to get him!!
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Lol had to have this buck in just cuz of that picture! MA bowhunter Patrick Burns was compiling trailcam pics of that deer for 5 YEARS! Some details from Field & Stream:
> “I stumbled on the first set of sheds in Sept of 2016 while scouting and have been obsessed with him ever since. He was a 160-class buck in 2016…was guessing he had to be 4 or 5 yrs old then.
> “In 2019 I got a lot more photos with even more in 2020. I had to play some defense. One guy put a photo of the buck on social media complete with information about where the camera was when the photo was taken.” [WTHeck who would do that???]
> In 2020 Burns found both of the buck’s shed antlers again…estimated inside spread of 18″, the set tallied a possible score of 183″.
> Confident he had finally pinned down the deer’s primary bedding area, Burns quietly slipped in on the morning of Nov 4. “It was a sea of mountain laurel,” Burns says, with some of it 9-10′ high….
> The deer showed up on trailcam photos at 4:45 am. 12 hours later Burns saw the buck moving through the woods, more than 100 yards away, walking the ridge though the laurel thicket.
> “As he got further away, I decided to grunt to see if he might turn. He stopped in his track and paused for 10 minutes. Then, finally, I started hearing movement again. He was heading straight to me. He stayed in the thick cover the entire time.
> “He eventually gave me the opportunity for a shot and although he was facing me almost straight on, I knew I could make an ethical shot. After the shot he spun and ran for 20 yards and expired.”
Amazing hunt story. What do you think that buck will measure now? π€
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Rut reminder: Where are the does right now?
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> Right now the whitetail buck’s world is all about the does, even at the expense of food, sleep and safety. In other words, find the does…and you’ve almost certainly found a buck or 2 somewhere nearby.
> …mature bucks are starting to become increasingly active and mobile during the daylight hours in most areas as their interest in does starts to redline and go off the charts.
> “And in some cases there’s still good foliage on the trees to conceal us, so from now on it’s time to either be hanging in a tree or sitting tight in your ground blind.”
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How to train your dog to find deer.
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> “…the breed really doesn’t make any difference. What counts most is a dog having intelligence, perseverance, a good nose, and a desire to please his owner and the courage to go up mountains or through briars or whatever it takes….”
> “…all you need is a drag rope and a liver from a deer or some other animal as the smell is so strong. The first time, drag the liver non-stop for some 50 yards and reward the dog with a treat when he finds it. Next, progressively lengthen the trail, pick up the liver for stretches at a time, and then put more and more twists and turns in the trail.
> “You should also begin to periodically put down drops of bloodβagain from a deer or some other mammalΒ β so the dog can get used to scenting blood. The goal is to continually make the trail longer and harder to follow, eventually doing away with the liver and maybe only having a drop of blood every 10 to 15 yards in a long, twisting trail.
> The last stage of the training…”I mount 2 deer hooves on a walking stick and lay down a trail of several hundred yards…on that entire track I might only put down a few drops of blood. Once a dog can decipher a trail like that, he’s ready for pretty much anything.”
> I began to trace the area where the buck had ran but couldn’t find any trail. I think it is called milk thistle but this stuff is 5-6′ high and everywhere. I lost sight of the buck running thru this stuff.
> …after 10 minutes of looking for a trace of blood to begin tracking, Buster [he named the fox that hung around his stand] comes up sniffing around and takes off! Sure enough my pet fox tracked this buck to his final steps and the blood trail was found.
How crazy is that!
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Passed at 89, was chairman of O.F. Mossberg & Sons Inc. and grandson Mossberg founder Oscar Mossberg:
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Emerald ash borers have slowly been killing them….
Great to hear:
> In pure numbers, 8,713 IN women bought some type of hunting license in 2005, plus another 1,993 paid for combination hunting/fishing licenses. In 2020 the totals were 17,862 and 6,802.
One red stag that escaped from somewhere in in the GA woods and:
> “We’re not going to make a person burn a buck tag. We just want to be notified so the deer can be tested.
> “He’s covering an incredible amount of ground, sometimes 15-20 miles between sightings on trail cameras.”
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Lol that’s crazy!
Outstanding! ππΊπΈ
…which also help the DNR.
If you don’t know what that term means:
> …every year that a hunter applies for a limited-draw tag and doesn’t get it, they can buy a preference point. Think of these as a loyalty program: The more you buy, the more likely you are to draw a tag.
> Point creep occurs when the number of hunters applying for a tag increases faster than available tags. Therefore, the number of points needed to draw a particular tag “creeps” upward. Over time, as more hunters compete for the same number of coveted tags, an individual’s odds are diluted.
Seems like a lottery? Sounds like a fix is needed to make it equal β where folks who can afford to buy the points every year are not favored.
2020 #s, way wider than just hunting and fishing but:
> Outdoor recreation generated $688 bil in gross output during a year of shutdowns and closures, and 4.3 mil jobs in communities across the country.
> Industry segments like boating and fishing, biking, camping and RVing, hunting and shooting sports, and powersports experienced record sales and unprecedented growth.
> …combine the versatility of a utility trailer with the pack-up-and-go of a small cargo trailer.
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He’s an Army vet. ππΊπΈ
> …under certain conditions, it is possible that some of these MSRs may discharge a second round when the trigger is released when there is a live round in the chamber.
14. 2A stuff.
15. Keep an eye on…
Corporate media is still banging the drum about:
Here’s the big one coming next:
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Sounds pretty cool! A veteran too: ππΊπΈ
> Beryl Novak bought 40 acres of forest here in 1966 for $700, eventually moved an old 1-room shack to the site for a deer hunting cabin and then liked it so much he moved in for good.
> That was 1977. He hasn’t lived anyplace else since. He hasn’t slept in any other bed, not a single night away, since May 1993.
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Keepin’ the TP handy! π
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Deer Disease News
Eau Claire County.
Been around for around a year and the FDA hasn’t approved it yet. Probably would be used for deer farms only.ο»Ώ
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For hunting and/or EDC β really digging the orange one:
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$399.99 for this package:
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> Spartan Forge is a new app that uses artificial intelligence to predict whitetail movement, and its founder says it was 65% accurate at predicting movement of wild whitetails in a collared deer study.
> Bill Thompson created Spartan Forge after 20 years of experience using predictive AI software as an Army Intelligence warrant officer.
> “My goal with Spartan Forge from the beginning has been to automate the cycle of gathering intelligence for the hunter and to make it as easy as possible,” said Thompson. “Not to remove the need for scouting, but to make scouting smart.”
> Spartan Forge uses data from multiple collared-deer studies conducted by state agencies…and pairs it with local variables like the weather forecast, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, humidity, sunrise/sunset, and moon overhead/underfoot factor. The AI algorithm interprets all those factors to predict what the deer in your area will be doing.
> “The machine looks for pattern data and makes projections for your area so you can understand how to hunt.”
> Quality satellite imagery…detail is so good that users can see individual tree limbs on prospective trees where they might want to hang a stand. Currently 40% of the US is covered to this level of detai
> Recently, I hunted a new property for the first time. Spartan Forge predicted core area movement and very abnormal patterns. According to the app’s projected abnormal movement pattern, I made a few soft grunts about 45 minutes before shooting light faded. Soon after, a solid 8-point buck emerged from the leeward point of the ridge, which confirmed my suspicions that bucks would be bedded nearby.
> While I didn’t release an arrow, the encounter did give me a little extra confidence in the app.
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Good stuff from The Iowa Sportsman magazine:
> Young deer will have the largest territory during the rut. A 1- to 3-yr-old buck is likely to have a large home range during the rut because he can be anywhere a doe will pull him to one minute, and then get in a backwoods bar fight the next and be on his way to the next farm to search for an easier doe.
> Middle-aged deer will have a medium-size range during the early season and pre-rut, but this area will shrink as the rut kicks into full swing. 3- to 5-yr-old bucks are your more aggressive fighters that won’t stop until they have a dominant hold on a home range for the year. Once they have run other bucks off, they pin themselves down to enjoy the fruits of their early-season labor.
> 5- to 9-yr-old bucks tend to have the smallest territory because they are large enough to [scare] off most contenders, and they are smart enough to know that does that aren’t ready to breed don’t need chased for miles until they change their mind.
> A big buck’s territory can literally be as small as 10 acres, while a young buck’s territory can be as large as a mile or more if he is getting the short end of every stick in the woods.
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“I was using my dad’s old Mathews Z7 compound bow, which has taken a lot of game over the years. I even had on my lucky backpack my grandfather gave me….”
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