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Post by tynimiller on Oct 26, 2023 7:30:24 GMT -5
Also for the record the namesake was Babe because Don was so confident given historical trends that he was killing this deer this year...the old Babe Ruth "call your shot" lol
*well someone was going to - his grandkids had a full green light to shoot him too.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 26, 2023 7:13:31 GMT -5
Just saw Higgins killed another possible booner. Shot yday, recovered today. 6.5 yr. Old 182" gross buck he named "Babe". Yup, he rough scored right around 181 and was a main frame 8 with small stickers. For a main frame 8 to gross over 160 is insane alone.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 25, 2023 10:18:43 GMT -5
Don's podcast called Chasing Giants with Don Higgins is one of the better deer hunting casts out there I think. There are a lot I like, and his is one of them.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 25, 2023 10:17:37 GMT -5
Don is from Illinois and owns I believe touch over 100 acres in middle of farm type area. Like the Drury fellas (well much smaller degree and not in same part of country) he's created and manages strictly for world class deer. It's crazy impressive. Has all the 200” deer he shot been on His private farm? Some reason I was thinking not…. No, if memory serves one wasn't but neither was Trump his 193' or Joey the 185' from last couple years ago. I know Smokey and Mel were off his, but I don't believe the first 200 was. You can see his top 5 here: www.whitetailmasteracademy.com/
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 25, 2023 7:41:28 GMT -5
What is nuts is everyone talks about the Drury brothers, and it is justified. Higgins on smaller farms in statistically harder states to do it in has a 220, 206 and 214 grossing B&Cs..... There are some incredible hunters but if you asked me to give you a list of three I'd want all their knowledge instantly if transferrable it'd be Don Higgins, Dan Infalt and probably one of the Drury brothers. Just incredible hunters I can't say I'm familiar with the Higgins. But, I'll research them. Don is from Illinois and owns I believe touch over 100 acres in middle of farm type area. Like the Drury fellas (well much smaller degree and not in same part of country) he's created and manages strictly for world class deer. It's crazy impressive.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 24, 2023 11:21:12 GMT -5
What is nuts is everyone talks about the Drury brothers, and it is justified. Higgins on smaller farms in statistically harder states to do it in has a 220, 206 and 214 grossing B&Cs.....
There are some incredible hunters but if you asked me to give you a list of three I'd want all their knowledge instantly if transferrable it'd be Don Higgins, Dan Infalt and probably one of the Drury brothers. Just incredible hunters
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 24, 2023 11:16:44 GMT -5
Absolutely nearly all 3.5 year olds will exhibit that I've found in our area - of course always have that one narrow buck that springs up every now and then that are just flat awesome as they get older for sure. My good friend John Trout III killed a buck who’s antlers barely got to his ears in width . But he was TALL and gnarly. Scored 168 as a non typical. I’m totally against any kind of DNR imposed antler restrictions.. Oh man don't open that bucket up...but I've always appreciated a conservative APR approach if you are going to do anything. I think 3 points on one side is a fair restriction, but completely support not forcing anything on youth hunters and truthfully think the best situation is only to have such things should you be a two buck state...do it to the second buck. Kinda give a nod to do you and harvest what you as a hunter want, but with the second do a touch of age structure pursuit. I've always loved the narrow or basket types that grow old, absolutely some of the coolest bucks - that one had to be a freaking awesome buck!
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 23, 2023 8:53:13 GMT -5
I've always used the antlers must be outside the ears. A good goby. Absolutely nearly all 3.5 year olds will exhibit that I've found in our area - of course always have that one narrow buck that springs up every now and then that are just flat awesome as they get older for sure.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 12, 2023 8:24:23 GMT -5
Congrats! Lots of does out there. Donate one to Hunters and Farmers Feeding the Hungry! I do donate just no desire to shoot does been doing this 35 years Call upon your youth and go down some old rats of the trees LOL Congrats man
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 11, 2023 15:32:07 GMT -5
I've seen some I think would have scored better but my 175 incher from 2018 is the biggest confirmed. Now I was hunting a buck hard that went 183, but a neighbor got him and I never did see him in person.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 9, 2023 13:20:35 GMT -5
FTR a trespasser is an attempted poacher not a hunter - turn them in. FTR shooting over a line is a poacher not a hunter - turn them in. So sick of hunters every year complaining BUT never actually using the resources provided to help fight the scum infiltrating our ranks. FTR-Shooting the antlers off to make it a doe is a poacher not a hunter - turn them in. Has this truly happened?? That's another level of stupid.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 5, 2023 12:48:20 GMT -5
FTR a trespasser is an attempted poacher not a hunter - turn them in.
FTR shooting over a line is a poacher not a hunter - turn them in.
So sick of hunters every year complaining BUT never actually using the resources provided to help fight the scum infiltrating our ranks.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 28, 2023 14:12:46 GMT -5
From manufacturers of ammo, availability and ballistics I'd go 350 personally. Not a boom stick guy at all as many know, but I do see a day coming where I hunt with a gun more out of state on public land excursions and 350 is on my list due to how widely legal it is in most states for more seasons.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 26, 2023 14:01:17 GMT -5
yup got it and will participate.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 1, 2023 8:34:05 GMT -5
Should have moved muzzleloader before or during early archery. 😃😃😃 That would get the butt hurt going lol Honestly I have long thought primitive ML should be around Halloween so essentially where you guys are saying.
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Post by tynimiller on Aug 31, 2023 16:31:06 GMT -5
Many folks was saying that’s what the DNR wanted…. Even elected officials had said that! Only ignorant fools blame the deer biologist for the inclusion of HPRs. That was forced through legislatively and then through NRC once trial was up. To be fair the biologist provides analysis and recommendations but never that I know has the power to just do.
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Post by tynimiller on Aug 31, 2023 6:16:41 GMT -5
Life is better than we deserve my friend! I took a hiatus from nearly everything forum based...hopefully be back more regularly now. My personal opinion is muzzleloader season was created with the intent to allow primitive firearm hunters some time in the woods of their own...it is anything but primitive any more. Let me put it this way - no deer biologist is going to come in and say let's do 4 -5 weeks of firearm season...but essentially that is what Indiana has. If I was a gun hunter (do some but very little) I'd have a custom smokeless muzzleloader made and would only hunt with that thing - and would essentially nearly double my legal days I could buck hunt as it is legal for firearms and muzzleloader season. Now for the record this is just me sharing my thoughts here - doubt I ever care enough to complain about it in a survey or recommend amendment to anyone at DNR or on the NRC We have had many deer biologist in the last 30 years and not a single one has changed the gun use…If anything they added more long range equipment.Hmmm To be fair the last expansion of firearms use was not a biologist decision.
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Post by tynimiller on Aug 30, 2023 15:56:17 GMT -5
tynimiller tynimiller Then what is the reason you want such a drastic change made? BTW, welcome back to the forum. It's been a while. I trust your wife and son are well? Life is better than we deserve my friend! I took a hiatus from nearly everything forum based...hopefully be back more regularly now. My personal opinion is muzzleloader season was created with the intent to allow primitive firearm hunters some time in the woods of their own...it is anything but primitive any more. Let me put it this way - no deer biologist is going to come in and say let's do 4 -5 weeks of firearm season...but essentially that is what Indiana has. If I was a gun hunter (do some but very little) I'd have a custom smokeless muzzleloader made and would only hunt with that thing - and would essentially nearly double my legal days I could buck hunt as it is legal for firearms and muzzleloader season. Now for the record this is just me sharing my thoughts here - doubt I ever care enough to complain about it in a survey or recommend amendment to anyone at DNR or on the NRC
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Post by tynimiller on Aug 30, 2023 12:15:29 GMT -5
The way muzzleloaders have become, they really need to just do away with ML season as we know IMO. Have a primitive firearms season - flint or percussion caps only. Shoot, smokeless muzzleloaders have stronger ballistic stats than many centerfires people grab. Like it or not, technology is running the show with deer hunting today. Cameras that send images to your phone 24/7/365 are a larger threat to mature bucks IMO than a new muzzleloader could ever be. Take a look @ last season's numbers for muzzleloader harvested deer. The total harvest of deer with muzzle loaders was 11,853 deer. Of those, 4,267 were antlered bucks. I don't see those numbers as a significant threat to the deer herd. To be honest "threat to deer herd" numbers is not any motivation or thought to my personal opinion of it.
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Post by tynimiller on Aug 30, 2023 7:52:04 GMT -5
The way muzzleloaders have become, they really need to just do away with ML season as we know IMO. Have a primitive firearms season - flint or percussion caps only. Shoot, smokeless muzzleloaders have stronger ballistic stats than many centerfires people grab.
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