Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2022 i Deer & Deer Hunting

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

EMBRACE THE BEST

It doesn’t matter how much you hunt or how many deer you bag, there will come a day when you’ll be on the receiving end of some really mean-spirited jealousy. Here’s my 2 cents on this topic, based on more than 25 years of near-daily encounters (be that in-person or third hand via social media) here at D&DH. Let’s first set the scene: You just shot the biggest buck of your life, and it’s time to celebrate! You might hoot and holler, or merely sit in silence. One thing’s for certain: You simply can’t wait to tell everyone. You don’t want to leave out a single detail and, especially in today’s age, you’re probably going to take a lot of photos and videos with your phone to document this successful…

2 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

CEMETERY FENCE THREAT TO DEER

Nobody knows how many deer have died while attempting to jump over the 1.6-mile spiked fence surrounding the Negaunee, Michigan Cemetery, but that number is sure to increase before the threat is removed. Whitetail deer are good at jumping over fences, but the one around the Negaunee Cemetery is high enough (approximately 10 feet high) that some of them are not able to make it over and end up impaled on the spears that form the framework. I first learned about the hazard posed by the cemetery fence on July 5, 2017 when someone called to tell me there was a 6-point buck dead on the fence. By the time I got to the cemetery, the buck had been removed from the fence and was in a frontend loader for…

2 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

HOW TO KILL A MONSTER VELVET BUCK

Velvet-clad antlers turn back and forth in the thick cover. The tall tines shine like beacons, sending your heartrate skyward. Mere moments separate you from velvet glory, but luck played no part. You worked for this opportunity. It’s time to capitalize. I arrowed three great velvet Kentucky bucks from 2015 to 2018. But my favorite of these successful hunts was the monster velvet 8-pointer I arrowed in 2018 season. The story started in 2017. The big deer showed up two weeks after I filled my tag on a great velvet 9-pointer with a droptine. Fortunately, I was able to keep tabs on the newcomer throughout the season and off-season. Fast forward to summer of 2018. The big fellow returned and was bigger than ever. Sporting a 164 3/8-inch rack, the…

9 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

7 KEYS TO RUT - TIME SUCESS

It was one of the more surreal experiences I’ve had. Just a couple days before, I’d set a stand for the opening day of Illinois’ firearm season. I had three different bucks I knew I’d be interested in and had gotten all of their pictures at that spot, more than once, the week leading up to the opener, each in daylight. I couldn’t imagine a better place to meet one of them. That made the argument I had in my head, walking in the predawn dark to my stand for opening AM a bit odder. I had just started the walk, when I started arguing in my mind that I should veer left at the fork, instead of heading for the freshly hung stand. I’ll spare the details, but I…

10 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

KILLING BIG DEER IS HARD. FINDING THEM IS HARDER.

Scroll through social media during deer season and it’s nothing but booners, booners, and more booners. Most of these are taken by good, skilled hunters, but they lucked into a big deer that just happened to call their hunting land home. In most cases, they’ll kill one deer like that in their lifetime, and the remainder of their hunting career will be filled with “respectable” bucks. But there’s another class of hunters. Respectfully, and lightheartedly, I call them the big-rack fat cats. (Big-time deer hunters who consistently kill record class deer.) And while I’m not a member of their ranks, I’ve studied them immensely, talked to dozens of them, poured over record books, and reached a set list of conclusions. The truth is, very few hunters have ever seen a…

7 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

TRICK WINDS

Regardless of how hard you have worked to effectively pattern deer and plan the ultimate ambush, success boils down to wind direction at the moment of truth. That’s no big news — nor is that beating the wind is the key to tipping the odds in your favor. Hunters choose to hunt where the wind is favorable and avoid the areas where the wind could cost them. It’s really a simple technique that most archers have mastered. But what about those days when the wind changes direction consistently? We’ve all been there, and we know how it works. You’re on stand and everything appears favorable. The gentle breeze taps you on the nose as you watch a well-used trail. Then suddenly and without warning, the wind slaps you on the…

7 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

DEER WARS

It was serious enough to call “the deer wars.” In 2002 Pennsylvania, arguably the most traditional deer hunting state in the union, began protecting as many yearling bucks as possible. To make a buck a legal target, his antlers would need 3 points on one side in the mountainous regions of the state and 4 points in most other areas. Higher antlerless quotas were also implemented to reduce the population of whitetails to a level where the habitat could recover from decades of overbrowsing. It was a major skirmish in the deer wars, but it wasn’t fought against deer. It was fought against decades of policy that caused the overharvest of bucks and the underharvest of does. Some traditional hunters viewed it differently. They saw it as a war against…

17 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

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Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

PLAYING DETECTIVE WITH CAMS

It’s the only time I remember doing something so bold, but I’ll never forget telling a dear friend that we had to get moving, as I was going to kill a specific buck, that sit, assuming I’d be on time. Fast forward about four hours later and we were loading said buck into the back of my truck. Pretty sure that friend still believes I’m way smarter than I am, simply due to the glut of Reconyx images of that buck, doing the exact same thing the previous 3 days in a row. I’d just got done looking at them, when I’d made that proclamation. Quality cams are very good at telling us a bunch of stuff about the buck in our pictures. We just have to know what to…

4 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

Caul-Fat-Wrapped Grilled Venison Heart

When it comes to the gut pile, I’d be willing to bet more hunters pull out and save the heart compared to any other organ. In regard to caul fat, I suspect the average deer hunt leaves this behind (or might not even know what it is). I personally am a proponent of starving coyotes and instead feeding my family every edible bit from a kill. Also, caul fat is pretty tasty—almost like venison mozzarella, in my opinion. With this recipe, you can put together two ingredients from a deer’s cavity to create something pretty tasty. This recipe is also incredibly simple, though I want to share some tips on cleaning both caul fat and the heart. Caul fat is a spider-web-like membrane of fat that encases the digestive organs…

2 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

D&DH Community

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Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

Life LESSONS

Dad had a bit of a running start. We could always tell that my wife enjoyed the outdoors by the activities and events that Judy often related after returning to the cabin following an afternoon in the woods. She had much earlier, as a child, realized she was interested in the outdoors, but no one in her immediate family hunted or paid much attention to the outdoors. Her mother did, however and strangely enough, encouraged Judy to take forestry as a 4-H project. “That was fun,” she told me much later. “I learned about tree species, by bark and leaf identification, and by general appearances. We had spruce and pine in our yard, so I already knew about conifers and deciduous trees.” Years later, her college entrance exam reported she…

11 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

THE EXTRA MILE

Preparation is key, and luck is created. Know where deer bed down, the destination food sources they use, and the travel routes used between these locations. Plant micro food plots along these lines of movement. With a goal of intercepting deer movement, plant a food plot species that syncs up timewise with the destination food source deer target. Remember, mature bucks rarely move further than 100-200 yards from their bedding areas in daylight, even during the early season. Place food plots close enough to their daytime lairs. “Early season can be tough getting the bucks out into the food plots before dark,” said Whitetail Freaks’ Kandi Kisky. “We go in as tight as possible to the bedding areas and plant food plots. You need to be within 60 to 70…

2 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

CARRYING CAPACITY CONUNDRUM

Carrying capacity for deer is often mentioned but it is seldom defined in meaningful terms. Even the scientific literature has referred to the phrase as “a slippery shibboleth.” There is a range of popular definitions. One end suggests that carrying capacity is reached when deer begin to “damage” their habitat. Another definition indicates that carrying capacity is where a “balance” exists between deer foraging and vegetation growth. Given the first definition, one could argue that habitat damage begins with a single deer. The second definition seems equally difficult to pin down because the so-called “balance” moves around depending on environmental variability, especially weather. Many ecologists believe it is not meaningful to expect a balance point at all. The purpose of this article is to offer a widely accepted definition of…

9 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

WE’RE ALL THE FACE OF HUNTING

It happens with more and more frequency. A hunter posts pictures and/or a blurb about a successful hunt on a popular social media platform. Immediately the haters pile on, doing their best to shame, harass, and sometimes threaten them in what in any other circumstance would be considered an act that would get those with different views suspended or banned from the platform. They scream about killing Bambi, screech about gun control, challenge the hunter’s manhood or sexual proclivities. The tsunami grows as more haters pile on until the feeding frenzy subsides. This is just one of many reasons you cannot find me on any social media platform. Years ago I had to open a Twitter account for business that required my tweeting pictures and words about my hunts. Some…

8 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

5 WAYS TO BEAT A VARIABLE WIND

1. Get high. A hilltop is often a better choice than a valley. Wind direction is sometimes steadier on the highest terrain of the area.2. Live on the edge. Because the wind is sometimes steadier in open areas, consider placing your stand along the fringes rather than in dense areas near a field.3. Go deep. If the wind remains variable in an open area, though, it is better to take your chances in the thickets. Keep in mind, when deer come to a food source, such as a field, they often spend time there. That means you will probably be detected as soon as the wind switches to the wrong direction. By setting up in the thickets where deer are more likely to move through without spending time, you could…

1 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

WERE ANTLER RESTRICTIONS DESIGNED TO MAKE PENNSYLVANIA A ‘TROPHY’ STATE?

One of the criticisms hunters made of the antler restriction and herd reduction program was that the Pennsylvania Game Commission wanted to convert Pennsylvania to a “trophy state” on par with Midwestern big buck states, and abandon faithful, traditional hunters in favor of luring out of state hunters. That would be a foolish goal because no state favors non-resident hunters over its resident hunters. In some so-called “trophy states,” states, it’s difficult for a non-resident to get a whitetail tag. Resident hunters have always been and will continue to be the life-blood of Game Commission revenues, through both license fees and federal funding under the Pittman-Robertson Act. Also, that viewpoint lacks understanding of the many barriers preventing Pennsylvania from becoming a big buck mecca. And although Pennsylvania has some pretty…

1 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

PICKING A SAFETY HARDNESS TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE HUNTS

Some of you older, rather I should say “more experienced”, hunters remember the 1960’s and earlier before portable treestands were invented. Deer hunters recognized that if they got even a few feet up in a tree they could lessen the chances of being detected by the always overly cautious whitetail. So we built sometimes, elaborate death-traps. These old stands started out strong enough, but trees increase their diameter every year and before long the tree growth pushed the boards off the screws or nails. These stands, and the boards nailed to the tree as a ladder, are very dangerous so please don’t use them, no matter how many deer you have killed from them. The modern portable stands and ladder stands have evolved with better designs and lighter materials. But…

8 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

DECOY DELIGHT

Parker Brown had the hunt of a lifetime, but he earned it. Around five years ago, Brown decided to focus on hunting top-end whitetails, which takes exceptional dedication and patience. That journey has produced successes and drawbacks along the way. Some seasons, he’s even finished the year with unfilled tags. That’s part of the game. But he didn’t eat a tag last season. It was the thing of dreams, and it resulted in a monster buck on the wall. It all played out on November 4, right at the start of the 2021 rut. The day produced a 15-degree temperature drop and a southeasterly wind at 5-8 mph. He went afield in the predawn darkness, easing through the terrain mix of uncut milo and timber ridges. A bubbling creek cut…

3 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

GET TO KNOW THE PRE-RUT BUCK

Many deer behaviors are common, regardless of the season. However, much of what they do is seasonal. Consequently, the way whitetails act and react during September and October is much different than during the rut. Whitetails have ained the reputations of being very secretive creatures, especially mature bucks during September and October. As a result hunters often refer to this time as the September lull, October lull or pre-rut lull, because of the lack of deer sightings. However, we must remember that the deer do not make such classifications. No one thing causes them to be secretive. Rather, the lack of deer sightings is a result of a host of factors. PHYSICAL CHANGE Daylight begins to decline rapidly by the end of August, and the nights become cooler. The shorter…

3 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

4 BEST BULLETS FOR WHITETAILS

For years hunters have sat around the campfire and fussed over the best cartridge for deer: .270…30-06…7 Mag…maybe one of the newer 6mms? It’s good fun, but we are missing the point. Isn’t it the load and the bullet that kills deer? Put a well-constructed bullet of the right grains into a buck’s boiler room and he won’t go far. HORNADY INTERLOCK Weights for Deer: Thirteen loads in the American Whitetail line, from 100-grain .243 to 150-grain .30-06; 180-grain for mule deer and elk. Comments: The InterLock bullet features an exposed lead tip designed for controlled expansion and brute terminal performance. This bullet features Hornady’s unique but proven “secant ogive design” and an InterLock ring. The raised ring inside the jacket is embedded into the bullet’s core, which keeps jacket…

2 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

A Whole Other World OUT THERE

After “fifteen days” predictably failed to flatten the curve the immediate question in my mind, one still verbally unanswered by anyone I know, but regretfully an answer growing blatantly clear, is how safe are we willing to be? Or, how afraid are we willing to be? Either way it’s phrased, the question ticks—ticks—and ticks; a truth bomb yet to be diffused. In his book, The United States Of Fear, author Mark McDonald M.D. cuts to the chase by claiming America is now made up of two distinct classes of individuals: the rational and the irrational. I’m not sure it hasn’t always been that way, but never have the ramifications been so stark. Enough: I just needed to set a tone. If you agree that the ramifications of a socio-political nightmare…

5 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

SOLVING A SHED HUNTING MYSTERY

To paraphrase the late, great Paul Harvey, “we may never know the rest of the story.” What we do know is that one hunter shot a buck, and two other hunters claimed the antlers. “Huh?” you say? Yes, it’s a mystery, but here’s what we know. It wasn’t a case where hunters shot a buck and fought about who got to claim it. There was no argument at all. The hunter who took the shot and the hunters who recovered the bullet have never met each other. Nobody tagged the buck. The bullet was recovered months after the shot, but the buck didn’t die. His antler carried the bullet until he shed the antler. A father and son found the antler. The hunter who fired the shot remains anonymous. A…

4 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

ARE DEER PATTERING YOU?

Do you have a favorite spot to set up a blind or treestand for deer hunting? I have “go-to” honey holes, which have proven productive over the years. Scouting and ground reconnaissance helped me select each spot, paying attention to deer signs to ensure I would see animals moving naturally and regularly. However, some spots that have produced some of my biggest bucks have slowed down significantly. I started to analyze and pay attention to the deer I saw and soon discovered my not-so-sweet spot’s bane. Deer know every inch of their territory. Every trail is like a hallway to use in our homes. When somebody rearranges the furniture in a house, we take note. Deer are no different, and portable blinds, holes in the fence, or fallen trees are…

9 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

VELVET FAST FACTS

• Whitetail antlers are fascinating, and there are many interesting things that surround velvet, including:• Velvet is the fastest growing known tissue in the world• The velvet process begins at the pedicle, and antlers push outward from there.• Antlers grow in spurts, not at a consistent, gradual pace.• If a velvet antler is damaged while growing, it will likely throw some non-typical junk.• Small fibers in the velvet allow bucks to feel with their antlers until velvet sheds.• The brain uses the hair-like fibers to map their headgear. The size and shape imprints, helping them to navigate through tighter areas even after the velvet is gone.• Rising testosterone is the primary trigger for shedding velvet.…

1 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

QUIETKAT RANGER 7.5 REVIEW – THE ULTIMATE ELECTRIC BIKE

MOTOR, BATTERY, AND DRIVETRAIN Like its sibling the Apex 7.5 (which we are also doing a comparison test with), the Ranger comes with two available motor options. The 750W version tested here starts at $3,499, while the 1,000W model is $3,799. Both versions come with a 48V/12.8Ah battery, which gives it 614Wh of power. Like all of QuietKat’s models, they can be ridden as a pedal-assist bike or with the stock thumb throttle, without having to pedal at all. Unlike QuietKat’s mid-motor models, the Ranger comes with a hub-drive motor. There are some interesting advantages to this setup. The first is that power is applied directly to the rear wheel and not through the cassette and chain, which brings us to a second big advantage: If for some reason you…

5 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

FEATURE RICH

The best gear, used the wrong way, doesn’t deliver the performance we want or expect. These days that typically means some posts on social media about how a product is junk, or a waste of money. The reality, more often than not, is that we are the reason that product didn’t perform like it should have. That gap between our expected performance and the actual performance we end up with can often be traced back to a failure to understand or leverage the product features in the best way possible. As hunters, we love gear. We have different camo for different times of year or locations. We have different rifles or bows depending on what we are hunting. Different calls for different times of the year. Then we find one…

9 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

HUNT SMART

No doubt, the No. 1 cause of a spoiled opportunity is a deer scenting you. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be a mature buck. More often than not, it’s one of those educated, mature does that destroys your opportunity of a lifetime. You know how it works: They stomp, snort and let everything around (including the big buck bringing up the rear) know you are there. However, hunting smart will decrease the possibility that any deer will smell you. First the obvious: Activated-carbon clothing is helpful. It’s typically more expensive than standard camo clothing, and while I don’t believe it is foolproof, it does help. It could save you from being detected by a deer that passes through a crosswind. I would also suggest you select as many ambush…

1 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

FORMULA FOR THE FAWN-TO-FALL FEAT

What the heck is that? I was pulling on my boots in preparation for an early morning trout fishing session on a gurgling spring creek in the hill-and-bluff country of southeastern Minnesota when a glance to the open field across the road-flanking stream led to a small animal jogging along, all alone. It was exactly May 16, and a perfect, cool and sunny springtime morning. My thought process went as follows. Raccoon? No way, moving too fast and gracefully. Coyote? Na, too small. Bobcat? Could be, but it’s awfully red. Fox? Gotta be. I grabbed my binoculars to confirm what bare eyes were telling me, but was quickly proven wrong. It was a whitetail fawn, all alone, in the middle of rolling field that had been soybeans last year, jogging…

8 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

SAFETY & COMFORT

1. MUDDY OUTDOORS MSH500 The MSH500 from Muddy Outdoors weighs just 1.9 pounds and has a 300-pound capacity. It features a quick-set, one-hand carabiner clip; easy-cinch, adjustable chest strap; and quick-attach leg buckles with a convenient quick-release. The harness also features Sitka’s Optifade Elevated II pattern. Extra padding in the shoulders provides comfort and eliminates pinch. The lightweight design aids in scent control because there’s less fabric to absorb odors. The MSH500 comes with a tree strap, suspension-relief strap and lineman’s rope. MSRP: $99.99 | WWW.GOMUDDY.COM 2. ULTRA-LITE HUNTER SAFETY SYSTEM The ULTRA-LITE from Hunter Safety System features a mesh upper body, providing a comfortable, snug fit and without sacrificing movement. The HSS 1.25-inch upper-body webbing, tether and waist buckle continues to provide the strength you expect from HSS without…

1 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

DID THE BUTCHER REALLY STEAL YOUR VENISON?

After a successful deer hunt, proper processing of the carcass is an important step toward enjoying high quality venison on the dinner table. Proper shot placement, clean and complete field dressing, appropriate chilling and aging of the carcass are all important contributors to meat quality, and all of these have been discussed in previous issues of DDH. To complete the conversion of the carcass to edible meat, cutting and fabrication by a butcher-processor is the final step. Utilizing an experienced, reputable butcher-processor, whether a commercial plant or a neighbor down the road, can provide final assurance of satisfying conclusion to a successful hunting experience. However, even with a reputable butcher shop, some hunters especially first-timers, are surprised and disappointed by the amount of meat available to them when the process…

4 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

pursuit Community

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! FACEBOOK.COM/THEPURSUITCHANNEL INSTAGRAM.COM/PURSUITCHANNEL @PURSUITCHANNEL/TWEETS PURSUIT CHANNEL: BIG BUCK TUESDAYS PRIMETIME Pursuit Channel invites viewers to tune in to prime time Big Buck Tuesdays, presented by Athlon Optics. The popular Tuesday night prime time block is host to some of Pursuit Channel’s longest-running and most-popular shows. “We have a lot of momentum as a network these days and it’s great programming that has propelled us to where we are today. Tuesday night is a strong night for outdoor television viewing and we’re grateful that our viewers can tune in for these popular programs,” said Rusty Faulk, Founder and CEO of Pursuit Media. “These shows have been around for a long time producing great content, and together make for an awesome night for our viewers. We’re also grateful…

3 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

THE INVALUABLE LASER RANGEFINDER

How important is knowing the exact distance to the target? In bowhunting, it’s everything. Even with a compound bow sending its arrow off at near 300 fps, at 40 yards if you incorrectly guess the distance to a deer by +/-3 yards, you’ll miss the vitals. And don’t think you can eyeball the distance accurately, because you cannot. Military testing has proven this. That’s why, to me, the development of affordable laser rangefinders is perhaps the most important bowhunting equipment innovation of the last several decades. This difficulty is what spurred the first rangefinders for hunting, which of course borrowed technology from the military. At first all we had to use were “coincidence” rangefinders, popularized by Ranging, which use the triangulation principal. That is, they featured two windows and a…

2 min

Deer & Deer Hunting|September 2022

NEW GEAR

1 WHITETAIL ALMANAC The WHITETAIL ALMANAC is a comprehensive calendar predicting the daily feeding and travel patterns of the white-tailed deer. The listed information will indicate when a major feeding period should occur and where to hunt during that period. Green Days suggest stand placement along Travel Routes or the edge of a Food Supply. Days which are Red in color, suggest hunting in or around a whitetail Resting Place. The Whitetail Almanac is FREE to use during the 7-day trial period. After that time, you will need to purchase a Monthly or Yearly Subscription from the Apple App Store, or Google Play Store. Visit www.whitetailalmanac.com for more information. 2 OZONICS HR500 OZONE GENERATOR The all new and patented HR500 ozone generator from Ozonics delivers a significant reduction in sound…

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