Video: Milo Hanson’s World Record Typical Buck
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How To Hunt A Whitetail Buck On 40 Acres
Mike: I hunt on 80 private acres, 40 of which are on the west side of a road and the other 40 on the east side. When I sit in a stand on the west side all I see are does, no matter the time, food source or wind direction. When I hunt any of my stands on the east side all I see are small bucks. Not just one or two, but like 5 or 6, with the biggest one maybe a 6-pointer. There is sign of bigger bucks in the area, and locals have seen some big deer on both sides of the road. So where should I hunt? Wait it out on the east where all the small [...]
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History of the .30-30 For Deer Hunting
Introduced by Winchester Repeating Arms in 1895 as the main chambering for their Model 1894 rifle, the .30-30 was the first sporting cartridge loaded with smokeless powder. The original .30-30 Winchester load featured a 160-grain bullet driven at almost 2,000 feet per second, a huge step up in performance as compared to the black powder cartridges of the day. It didn’t take long for hunters across America to fall in love with this revolutionary rifle/cartridge combo, which shot flat and hit and dropped game hard. The .30-30 quickly became the go-to for deer and bear at short to moderate range. In the 20th Century, Marlin Firearms began chambering lever-action rifles in .30-30, and in 1948 the gunmaker introduced the venerable [...]
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Can A Whitetail Doe Have Two Buck Fawns?
Hey Mike, I have always heard that when a set of deer twins is born, the sex is always split---never are they both male or female. Is that true? Doug from Illinois Doug, thanks for the question. Whitetail biologists say that as for the sex of all fawns born each year across the country, it averages out to be about 50-50 buck/doe. To the heart of your question: No, it is not unheard of for a doe to have 2 buck or 2 doe fawns. But at the end of the day, in a herd anywhere, it averages out to about 50-50 buck/doe fawns. More about deer fawns: Top whitetail scientist Dr. Grant Woods says that in a normal herd, [...]
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Mature Whitetail Buck Harvest Highest Ever Reported in U.S.
If it’s brown it’s down! A lot of us started out deer hunting that way decades ago, but those days are finally over. According to the National Deer Association’s 2021 Whitetail Report, hunters killed more mature bucks in the 2019-20 season than ever reported. Out of a harvest of 2.9 million bucks, a record 39% of those animals were estimated to be 3½ years of age or older. “Hunters now shoot far more bucks that are at least 3½ years old than 1½ years,” said Kip Adams, NDA’s Chief Conservation Officer. “That’s a monumental shift in attitude from two decades ago. “Hunters are clearly reaping the benefits of more naturally balanced age structure in herds across the whitetail’s range.” Interestingly, [...]