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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 5, 2017 5:44:37 GMT -5
I got to meet Brody and his dad last weekend. Got to hold the antlers. Nothing short of impressive. Green score gross 205"+. The buck was well known in the area with no less than 10 guys after him. Crazy part is that they aged the deer at only 3.5 years old! AND...he has a brother walking around still....
North American Whitetail was going to interview Brody this week.
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 5, 2017 5:37:36 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong. I have the bundle license. In order to fill the doe tags on it I will need to use muzzy or bow. I also have an urban tag. I killed a doe with urban tag in October. I believe I can kill buck or doe with my urban tag with any legal gun still. Am I right in this thinking? Thanks for any input. NO! You must use the weapons that are in season. Same as early archery. You can not use a gun in that season period. So in muzz you can not use a rifle. Must be Muzz or bow. The bonus doe season in 4 doe county's is ok for rifle. This is not true after Nov 18th. See my post, above.
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 5, 2017 5:35:49 GMT -5
Yes, you can use a firearm from November 18th to January 31st in a Deer Reduction Zone. It states it right in the Hunting Guide on page 23.
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 3, 2017 20:04:24 GMT -5
My morning started out eventful, right from the get-go. The moment I sit down, I get the urge to "go". Not good, I thought to myself, I don't want to get down. This was a battle I fought the whole morning!
It no sooner got light out that I saw a bunch of antlers in the brush about 160 yards in front of me. I couldn't see the deer's head, only tines, and they looked LONG. I started to get excited, just watching this buck, bedded, in front of me for nearly an hour. When he finally stood up, to my disappointment, he was a young buck (but very excited to see what he looks like next year).
A bit later, a doe, with fresh bullet graze across her back, started from behind me and worked her way all the way to that young buck. They fed in front of me for an hour or so with a spike that joined them.
At about 9:45am, I saw a long-beamed and tall 9 pointer come charging from my right, heading right towards the other deer. He quickly exited and headed right back to where he came from.
A few minutes later, a new doe came from where all the other deer were, but was heading right towards me. As the doe approached. young bucks started to come out of the woodwork and were hot her trail. Then the 9 pointer joined in on the pursuit. This parade of deer got to about 90 yards from me and they all stopped and started staring to my left, across a fence. I knew something was coming and I was doing my best to look through the trees while trying not to spook the deer in front of me.
Then, I see him. A large-bodied deer working his way through the thick brush and saplings, on the other side of the fence. I can see a large antler frame with long tines. My heart starts pumping. One of the young bucks runs over to the fence to greet him, as if he was buddy he happy to see joining the party. He jumps the fence and starts strutting straight towards the doe, who has remained motionless the entire time.
Once he gets 20 yards from the doe, the 9 pointer charges him and they crash together for a split second. The 9 pointer retreats and the big buck is hot on his tail, chasing him out of sight, grunting and snort-wheezing the whole way. I heart sinks as they disappear, but I knew there was still a chance, as the doe was still 90 yards in front of me.
Sure enough, only a few seconds later, I finally get a good look at this large 10 pointer. He returned to tend to this doe and was standing broadside at 95 yards. I aim, I fire. The first thing I notice is how QUIET this .308 was with my SilencerCo silencer. I had only shot it at the range, with hearing protection. I see the buck fold on top of himself in the scope, not taking a single step. The other deer standing around remained at attention, not knowing what just happened. I kept my scope trained on him for about 5 minutes, watching for movement, but he was down for good. I called my dad and he jumped on the quad and headed my way to help me get this brute cleaned up and out of the field.
I haven't been with him for all the bucks he's killed since I've started hunting, but he's been there with me for all of mine. That's what it's all about!
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 3, 2017 16:56:13 GMT -5
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 3, 2017 10:45:15 GMT -5
Probably going to be my biggest buck, net scored. Very typical 10!
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 3, 2017 10:17:37 GMT -5
Big buck down baby! Still in the stand, shaking. Lol. Pics later!
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Post by arlowe13 on Dec 2, 2017 7:14:26 GMT -5
In the stand for my first firearms season hunt. Got today and tomorrow to get it done, then I'm probably done for the year.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 27, 2017 13:29:45 GMT -5
My brother just texted me and he's out in Switzerland and heard no shots or seen a deer yet. Evenings have been better, lately, in Switzerland Co.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 26, 2017 18:24:58 GMT -5
My dad shot a nice 11 tonight. First time we've seen it. Big bucks still chasing does in Switz Co.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 25, 2017 13:15:59 GMT -5
here's the pic...congrats!
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 20, 2017 16:47:07 GMT -5
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 19, 2017 13:13:22 GMT -5
Last pic for the next couple weeks. Will hopefully be back out the last weekend of firearms. I'm a sucker for big 'ol 8 pointers. Would love a chance at him.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 19, 2017 10:11:21 GMT -5
www.organicconsumers.org/news/health-officials-adjust-advice-hunters-regarding-chronic-wasting-diseaseNew evidence about chronic wasting disease leads health officials to reconsider their advice Canada’s leading pathologist on mad cow disease shook up the deer hunting world this year when she delivered to an international gathering of prion disease experts an alarming study with implications for human exposure to chronic wasting disease (CWD). By feeding moderate amounts of diseased venison to macaques monkeys over a period of years, Dr. Stefanie Czub found what no one wanted her to find: CWD can be transmitted to non-human primates who are genetically close to humans. In an interview with the Star Tribune last week, Czub (pronounced Shoob) said she quietly revealed her study findings to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) before announcing the preliminary results in May at the Prion 2017 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. In turn, just before this year’s deer and elk hunting seasons, America’s top public health agency “strongly’’ recommended that hunters who harvest deer and elk in CWD-infected zones have the animals tested before eating the meat. Czub takes it a step further. Her advice to North American whitetail hunters, including the 500,000 people who will hunt deer this year in Minnesota, is to test your kill regardless of where you harvest it. “This is a disease with a long, extended incubation period,’’ said Czub, a professor, veterinarian and researcher at the University of Calgary who also works closely with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. “It’s not your average food poisoning.’’ To Minnesota State Public Health veterinarian Joni Scheftel, the most compelling aspect of Czub’s research is that two test monkeys became infected with CWD prions after eating muscle meat from infected whitetails that appeared healthy at the time of their death. Prions are abnormal proteins that cause fatal nervous system disease. “It certainly got all of our attention in public health,’’ Scheftel said of Czub’s research project, now in its ninth year.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 18, 2017 9:09:23 GMT -5
I'm guessing we'll have a sub-15,000 deer killed day. Dad is reporting from Switzerland Co that he's heard no shots, yet. That's just unheard of...pun intended.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 17, 2017 14:43:22 GMT -5
I've seen more deer this year than the previous 7 years I've been on this property. We counted 40+ deer last night in a less than 30 acres tract. It's been a crazy year.
Last night while in the stand, I saw 7+ different bucks. 2 mature, at least 4 2.5+ and a couple spikes.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 15, 2017 15:12:26 GMT -5
Yup, coming down pretty good. Deer everywhere on their feet in switz co right now. Just got to my stand. Here goes everything!
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 15, 2017 14:28:58 GMT -5
Saw an absolute HEARTSTOPPER on our property standing in the middle of a field when heading to Vevay to grab food. Only a few hundred yards from the thicket I'm about to head to.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 15, 2017 13:14:20 GMT -5
Got skunked for the first time since I can remember on this property. Quite odd. Hung a climber on the way out in the middle of a thicket. Getting up-close and personal for the evening hunt after the rain subsides.
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Post by arlowe13 on Nov 15, 2017 7:04:28 GMT -5
I'm in a stand I haven't sat in for the previous 2 seasons. Right on the edge of a little cedar patch above a thick bedding area. My guess is the big boys have the does on lock down so it's time to get aggressive.
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