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23 05, 2013

Whitetail Fawns: Who’s Their Daddy?

admin2020-06-10T09:23:36-04:00May 23rd, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Science|2 Comments

While we’re talking about fawns, here’s something I bet you didn't know: Studies show that about 1 in 4 sets of twin or triplet fawns (22% to 25%) had 2 fathers. From a story by QDMA biologist Kip Adams: There are several explanations for joint siring. Remember, bucks will repeatedly breed does during the 24 to 36 hours they are in estrous. It is plausible that a buck breeds a receptive doe and then gets displaced or run off by a larger, older or more aggressive buck while the doe is still receptive. The larger/older/more aggressive buck then breeds the doe, and the doe can have fawns sired by each of the bucks. The initial breeder may have been a [...]

22 05, 2013

Fawns Dropping!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:36-04:00May 22nd, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Science|3 Comments

Tony in NY ran across this little guy this morning. To me there is no finer, precious sight in nature than a whitetail fawn. As a hunter to the core, you know what I'm talking about.

22 05, 2013

Virginia: Monster Rack Pickup

admin2020-06-10T09:23:36-04:00May 22nd, 2013|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|7 Comments

The Virginia Whitetails' Facebook page posted this rack/skull that was picked up near Culpepper/Rixeyville (Culpepper Co.), about 30 miles from where I was born and raised and still live. Hard to say what killed this deer. We didn’t have a big EHD outbreak that I know of last year, but the rack does look like it might have scraps of velvet still attached. More likely it was hit by a car, as this is a fairly well populated area. VA is growing some big bucks, maybe I ought to stay closer to home to hunt and film. BTW, that rack has the look of a big one that comes from VA: wide, not the longest tines and a touch gnarly.

21 05, 2013

If a Doctor Asks About Your Guns…

admin2020-06-10T09:23:36-04:00May 21st, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Hunting|11 Comments

According to this blog, a Fox News producer recently changed doctors, and the questionnaire the person filled out at the new medical office asked: “Are you concerned about unsecured weapons in the home?” Strange and incredibly intrusive question, but I had heard this was going to happen with Obamacare. I did not know it was already happening. Fox’s Judge Andrew Napolitano (everybody likes that guy, including me) explained that the question about firearms comes from a post-Sandy Hook executive order by President Obama. Napolitano went on to say that the question is "exceptionally troublesome," but noted that Congress approved of the gun question when it passed Obamacare. "Most people will think they have to answer,” the Judge said. “They don't [...]

20 05, 2013

Georgia: New Alcohol Limit for Hunters

admin2020-06-10T09:23:36-04:00May 20th, 2013|BigDeer|1,008 Comments

Recently Georgia house passed SB 136 that would lower from 0.10 to 0.08 the legal intoxication limit for boaters and hunters. That’s the same as it is for drivers. I had never thought about it… Did you know your state might have a legal limit for hunters? Well, take a look at the map I dug up. For example, the gray states restrict the possession and/or discharge of a firearm by a person (any hunter included) who is legally drunk. It makes good sense, you obviously shouldn’t drink and hunt with a firearm, or a bow for that matter…or climb a tree stand. A few beers after the evening hunt is okay, but NEVER before it.

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Whitetail Fawns: Who’s Their Daddy?

Fawns Dropping!

Virginia: Monster Rack Pickup

If a Doctor Asks About Your Guns…

Georgia: New Alcohol Limit for Hunters