Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2019 i Deer & Deer Hunting

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SHOPDEERHUNTING.COM Whitetail Behavior DVD Deer & Deer Hunting presents an exclusive look inside the mind of a white-tailed deer throughout all four seasons. View footage of all aspects of whitetail behavior and learn more about how deer see, smell, hear and react to danger. You’ll also learn how and why bucks react to certain stimuli during the rut. The DVD includes expert analysis on how deer react to danger, exclusive video of rutting bucks making rubs, working scrapes, chasing does and battling for supremacy, insider tips on how and why deer communicate with each other, and crisp, clear audio of deer vocalizations. Info: www.ShopDeerHunting.com and search SKU Z8923 SHOP DEER HUNTING DEER OF THE MONTH Congratulations to 73-years-young D&DH reader Tom Haack on the beautiful 12-pointer he arrowed Nov. 3,…

It rarely works this well. No sooner had I climbed in the Redneck blind when I was covered up in deer. In fact, though the cast of deer feasting on the brassicas in the Antler King Honey Hole food plot kept changing, there wasn’t a moment when I wasn’t surrounded — and I do mean surrounded. When I first started using elevated box blinds, I had limited experience with them. Luckily, I had a buddy who loves hunting from them. So, I’d deferred to his experience and went with his suggestion of placing it right in the middle of an isolated 4-acre food plot. I knew better, but had asked, and felt I owed him an attempt. Well, I’ve learned an awful lot about hunting from them since then, and…

D&DH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Is the 6.5 Creedmoor a good round for deer hunting? This is a question that has been popping up a lot on social media posts, chat rooms and at local gun clubs. Popular press has taken notice, too, and it almost seems as if the 6.5 Creedmoor is the flavor of the day. Well, it is, but the only catch is that, in my opinion, it won’t be for only a day — it will be for generations. So, the short answer to the question: Is the 6.5 Creedmoor a good caliber for deer hunting is not only “yes,” but a resounding “heck yeah.” Before we dive into the details, I find it most interesting this “new” deer-hunting caliber has gained so much traction in so little time.…

“Gut It, Cut It, Cook It” is one of several great venison cookbooks available at www.ShopDeerHunting.com, with tips and recipes for your hardearned venison. It includes instruction on proper field dressing and butchering and storing and preparing your venison. In this info-packed book you’ll find checklists and descriptions of the tools you’ll need to get the job done right and affordably, advice for shot placement and ammunition, step-by-step photos and instructions for proper field dressing and skinning, the best tips for butchering, wrapping and freezing venison, and much more. You’ll also get a bonus CD of 50 venison recipes, field dressing chart and meat cuts chart. Visit www.ShopDeerHunting.com and search for SKU Z5014 to order your copy.…

COMMUNITY SERVICE Nothing about this whitetail adventure seemed normal. It was late March, and the weather was suited more for chasing turkeys than deer. Even more strange, my ambush location was within sight of homes, a road and municipal buildings. Yep, you guessed it, I was on an urban bowhunt. As commonplace as these types of hunts are these days, you don’t need to be that gray in the beard to remember a time when such hunts were unheard of. I once wrote an article for D&DH back in those early days when the Archery Trade Association was first formulating recommendations for urban bowhunts. Back then, the common line heard from the general public was similar to this comment from a Little Rock, Arkansas, resident who opposed a newly proposed…

DDH TV May 9: When the Going Gets Tough How to deal with other hunters during your hunt on public or private land. May 16: Hunting Bucks by Age, not Antlers An Illinois giant demonstrates judging age vs. antler size. May 23: Make Magic with Mock Scrapes The biology behind scrapes, the why, what and how. May 30: When the Rut is Rocking The DDH-TV team provides insights on deer behavior during this magical time June 6: When the Shot Goes Wrong We cover best techniques for what to do on various bad shots and blood trails. Watch on Pursuit Channel Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. EST, Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. EST, Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. EST and Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST. PURSUIT UP Now streaming past episodes on www.pursuituptv.com!…

Planting and maintaining food plots can be time consuming, and for most land managers/hunters there are just so many hours in the day. And that’s why many food plot aficionados will go to lengths to cut corners to get their seeds in the ground. Smart food plot farmers invest in the right equipment to get the job done quickly and effectively. The Plotmaster is an all-in-one planting system that offers flexibility for creating great food plots. Due to its compact design, it is ideal for planting plots in a variety of settings, including rough, hard-to-get places such as firebreaks and small openings in planted pines, cut-overs, swamps and forested areas. The Hunter 300 and 400 models have a one-point hitch system that works with large lawn tractors, ATVs, UTVs and…

Soils are normally divided into five distinct classifications based on their age, mineral content and general characteristics. Interestingly enough, if you compare a U.S. soil map to a Boone and Crockett Records map of the United States, you will find that a couple of soil types dominate the areas where record-book bucks are taken. Alfisols and mollisols are located in the Eastern plains states, Midwest, upper Midwest and Texas where the highest concentration of record-book bucks are killed. These soil types were created largely by glacial activity and are moderate in age. Because they are moderate in age, they are highly nutrient-dense with a thick layer of topsoil that has not been weathered and depleted of vital organic matter and mineral content. Here are the five classifications: 1. Alfisols. Moderate…

Like most hunters, Louisiana’s James McMurray would love to have a huge private lease where he could hunt lightly pressured deer. But then again, maybe he wouldn’t. McMurray has always hunted public land and has done pretty well. One morning in particular stands out. He was hunting Big Lake Wildlife Management Area in the Tensas Parish on a cold January day. Unfortunately, when he arrived at his chosen spot, hunters were already there. Moving to his second spot, McMurray slung his rifle over his shoulder and headed out. In his hands were a pair of rattling antlers he’d made from a 6-point buck he killed earlier that season. McMurray had done quite a bit of grunting over the years, but had just taken up rattling. “I’d been in the woods…

You hear hunters on TV justifying the shooting of smallish legal bucks countless times a day. They often explain how critical it is to remove young deer, and even old-timers, with inferior headgear. They simply need to either get those genetics out of the herd, or remove a bully buck that’s terrorizing their deer woods. Unfortunately, much of what they are saying isn’t true. The reality is that there’s next to nothing you can do to impact genetics on your hunting grounds, as it applies to wild, freerange deer. Here’s why. The Genetic Split It begins with the realization that the buck is merely one-half of the breeding equation — each fawn made up of the genetics passed on by both the buck and the doe. Though twin fawns commonly…

1 Sig Sauer KILO3000BDX Binocular Rangefinder Featuring Sig Sauer’s BDX technology, the KILO3000 BDX is the world’s most advanced laser rangefinder. When paired with a Sierra3BDX riflescope, the onboard Applied Ballistics Ultralite calculator sends ballistic drop data via Bluetooth directly to the Sierra3BDX’s BDX-R1 reticle, providing an illuminated holdover dot and wind hold. Download the free BDX App for IOS or Android to set up ballistic profiles and synchronize custom profiles to your KILO for exact ballistic solutions. This model can range distances on reflective objects up to 5,000 yards, on trees up to 2,000 yards and on deer up to 1,500 yards. Other features include 10X magnification, 42mm objective aperture and 18mm eye relief. It uses a CR2 battery. Weight: 31 ounces. Length: 5. inches. Width: 5 inches. Height:…

Antler King’s No Sweat food plot mix is an excellent hunt plot for minimum or no till areas, such as logging roads, shady locations, or areas where you cannot use equipment. No Sweat contains an excellent mix of perennial and annual seeds, which have been chosen because they are shade tolerant, easy to establish, fast growing, pH tolerant and palatable. This unique no-till hunt plot will come back for two to three years and will “sweeten” up your back woods deer stand. The special variety of perennial clover will provide high protein forage all spring and summer, keeping deer on your property until hunting season. As the weather turns colder, deer will be attracted to the special variety of oats, which are extremely soil, weather and cold tolerant. The variety…

Here are 12 tips for getting the most out of your treestands and ground blinds. Though many times conditions demand that hunters sacrifice and adapt, it’s still important to use as many of the following as possible: 1. Have low impact entrance and exit routes, as well as a safe hunting wind. 2. Always run steps past the stand platform to provide hand holds for when stepping onto the treestand. 3. Never place stands or steps so they lean backward or to the side. 4. Strive for stand orientation that doesn’t force you to look and shoot into the sun. 5. Orient the stand so you don’t have to turn 180 degrees to shoot. 6. Bow or gun pull-up ropes are a must have for every treestand. 7. In trees,…

Cervidae, the deer family, is almost entirely defined by the fact that they have antlers. So why then are these iconic structures lost every year, only to be grown back at a great nutritional cost to the animal? Every male member of the deer family leaves the very symbol of his deerhood somewhere in his home range after the breeding season is over. It is often said that one’s trash is another’s treasure, and so it is with shed antlers. Since we all admire the beautiful antlers that adorn members of the deer family, there is great interest in finding, collecting and displaying them. Sheds are welcomed prizes presented to man and mouse as a reward for a hard day’s effort afield off the beaten path. All the deer in…

If you are considering a 6.5 Creedmoor, Federal Ammunition combined the hottest cartridge in shooting with the proven Trophy Copper bullet to create one of the most effective hunting loads available. The 6.5 Creedmoor started out as a target round, but hunters have quickly adopted it for its long-range accuracy, ample power and manageable recoil. The Trophy Copper makes the most of the platform, thanks to a copper, polymer-tipped bullet that retains 99 percent of its weight, penetrates deep and expands consistently. Its grooved shank increases accuracy across a wide range of firearms, and the nickelplated case prevents corrosion and aids in easier, faster extraction. Info: www.FederalPremium.com.…

For the average bowhunter, paper tuning is as far as you need to take the process. A clean arrow punch is normally all you need to shoot even fixed-blade broadheads at moderate ranges. But if you want more from your equipment, one-hole accuracy with fixed-blade broadheads and more consistent accuracy at longer ranges, you’ll need to push tuning to the next level. This is accomplished through in-line tuning. In-line tuning was conceived specifically for fine-tuning compound bows shot with releases. It provides feedback regarding precise rest alignment. To begin, stand 20 yards from a large target and fire a three- to five-arrow group at a small aiming point located on the upper edge of your target. Strive for a technically perfect shot each time and heed the bubble level on…

The last day of deer season has a certain temperature about it. Robust laughter bursting across a card table of happy flannel-clad hunters with their bucks hanging outside on a meatpole creates a warm feeling. By contrast, standing alone in a barren, snowy woods, clinging to the slim hope that your buck will appear in the waning seconds of the season creates a cold, lonely feeling. I have felt both. Whether I’ve killed a buck or not, it’s almost inevitable that I’ll be in the woods for one final sit on the last day of the season. Although I or someone nearby probably still has a tag, I really have no intention of shooting a deer. In fact, the last deer I killed on the final day of the season…