In honor of all the fathers who teach our kids to love and respect the great outdoors and the wonderful deer and other game we hunt, I'm re-posting some of the family photos we've shared in the past. If you've got a photo of you and your son or daughter that you'd like to share please email it to me and I'll post it this weekend (mikehanback@yahoo.com). Last one my oldest son Clay and me, love you man.
This Father’s Day, our friends at YETI explore what it means to be there for your kids in the film series My Old Man, featuring hunting, fishing, guiding, and surfing stories from the wild. “Our fathers sort of set the path for us, it’s the architecture of who we are…” “Find something you like and stick with it…” “As parents, we’re all just trying to figure it out…” I can relate and I know you can too. Do yourself a favor and watch. #MyOldMan #BuiltForTheWild
This buck’s rack is coming along nicely. Did you know and those antlers will grow another 1/8- to ¼-inch per day for the next 2 months? Here are more interesting facts about the whitetail’s summer antlers: --Antlers are made of bone, consisting mostly of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other minerals. Although some of the minerals needed for antler growth are taken from food, scientists note that lot of them are sucked from the buck’s skeleton, which may cause him to develop osteoporosis during the summer. Setting mineral licks for the deer can help. --Throughout June and July, velvet antlers grow via a complex system of blood vessels, which causes them to be hot to the touch. Top whitetail scientist Dr. [...]
Big Deer Hunt Teamer and Montana bowhunter Lucas Strommen was haying on his ranch near the Milk River a few summers ago when he found this buck next to a dike, “gasping for breath and suffering, apparently near death.” The buck had large warts or tumors that nearly covered one side of his face. One growth had sealed his right eye shut. The largest one was about the size of a tennis ball. He had other numerous growths on his back, some around his groin area, a larger one on his leg, a bunch more behind his head and others on the left side of his head and face. Montana law prohibits a citizen to put an animal out of its misery, [...]
I saw a teaser for an article “Deer Relentlessly Attacks Woman” and naturally had to check it out. As the story goes, Cindy Frost spotted a weird-acting doe and fawn on her Ohio property two weeks ago. Since then, she has tried to avoid the doe, but it stares her down, becomes agitated and won’t leave her alone. Telling the story to a local TV reporter on the story, Cindy said dramatically, “I feel like I’m a prisoner. I can’t take my dogs out for a walk; I can’t even walk down to the end of my property and when I go to my car I’m looking all around.” Cindy says that last Thursday, she was out with her dogs [...]