When To Plant Deer Food Plots
Do you plant food plots for deer? If so, do you go by these dates? Click on picture to enlarge it.
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03, 2016
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03, 2016
Antler Injuries & Non-Typical Deer Racks
According to Penn State’s Deer Forest Blog, a lot of things can go wrong during the 160- to 170- day growing season when bucks put on their new racks in spring and summer. Biologist Jeannine Fleegle notes that antler injuries are fairly common with wild deer. When a growing antler is damaged or broken, it bleeds profusely, and blood can fill the inside of a velvet beam or tine. When the antler starts to harden and mineralize later this summer, a heavy, swollen, club-like antler can appear. Common question I get: How long will a buck carry that abnormal rack after the injury year? Fleegle points out that the deformity could persist for several sets of antlers or for the [...]
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03, 2016
New eBook Offers Shed Antler Dog Tips
Today’s guest blog is from Dan Cole, who has published the new digital eBook, How to Find Whitetail Deer Sheds. Below are excerpts from the chapter on shed-antler dogs: The Pros of Antler Dogs There’s a huge difference between a well-trained dog and one that just finds the occasional antler. A well-trained dog can be worth its weight in gold. A good dog will find sheds that we would more than likely miss finding, and they can run pretty much tirelessly for most of the day, covering a huge amount of area that we couldn’t get to in three days of hiking. Learning how to exploit the nose of a dog is the trick to having the success you hope [...]
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03, 2016
Shed Hunt Reports and Tips
Kelly K. from South Dakota walked another 15-20 miles last weekend and filed this report: Mike: Another weekend of shedding turned up 15, including three great horns for the effort. The weekend was sunshine (which I hate) and very warm, 98% of snow is gone so I am covering some of the same land I have walked before. I am always amazed at what you miss! I have picked 5 horns into the 70-inch-plus mark so far but cannot match any of them for a set, but still looking.—Kelly Great tip from Kelly: “Shed hunting is no different than deer hunting, put in a bunch of time finding where the deer groups are right now, and wait until the [...]
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03, 2016
Georgia: Old Ghost Buck Scored 156 7/8
I saw on Twitter that Georgia hunter Jay Chambless shot an exceptional buck for the southwest part of the state last November, so I asked him to give us the story. He sent this fantastic and well-written report. Mike: Thanks so much for letting me share this adventure! It all started in September 2014. A buck showed up on one of my trail cameras that really caught my attention, a buck that I had never seen before. The deer sported a tall 10-point rack, with incredible brows and long beams. Looking at his body, it was very evident the deer was mature. I judged his age to be 5.5 years old at that time, and figured his rack to be [...]