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28 11, 2016

Pennsylvania Bowhunter Shoots 8.5-Year-Old Buck

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The Deer-Forest Study blog, written by biologists and researchers from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is one of my favorites, and I monitor it weekly. Biologist Jeannine Fleegle posted this one earlier this week: A couple of weeks ago, we got a phone call from a hunter reporting a tagged deer. Nothing out of the ordinary about that this time of year. (Note: The PA researchers tag some wild does and bucks every year and monitor their movements with GPS and the like; the tagged deer are legal game, and hunters who shoot and report them get a reward.) When we looked up the tag, we discovered that this buck (11144) was tagged in 2010 as a yearling, which [...]

21 11, 2016

Iowa Giant Buck

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From Stevan Louch, thanks for sharing: My brother David killed this buck November 7 in Oscalossa. It's a main-frame 8-point. Biggest antlers I've ever held. I don't know what the record is for an 8-point; let me know what you think and if there's a possible record here. He shot it with a Bowtech and Grim Reaper broadhead. This is obviously a huge and beautiful buck, and to me the kickers and stickers give it more character. But my research of the 5 top 8-point bucks in the world shows that all of them, scoring 180 to 183 net B&C, have amazingly typical antlers with fewer deductions than David’s awesome buck. But the Louch Buck has a frame and beams [...]

11 11, 2016

Virginia Bowhunter Shoots 21-Point Buck

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Today’s guest blog from Virginia hunter Wayne Mills: I was given permission on a new place and began scouting it in early October. The set up was classic. There is a really good bedding area in a deep ravine, briars, honeysuckle and cedar trees with a small stream running through it. There are pasture fields on both sides of this bedding area, which is about 100-200 yards wide and 300-400 yards long. Downhill from the bedding area there is a strip of hardwoods 60-80 yards wide, running perpendicular to the ravine with another pasture beyond. When I scouted it I noticed white oaks and several persimmon trees loaded with fruit. The oaks were heavy with acorns. I set my stand [...]

24 10, 2016

Virginia: 21-Point Cold-Front Giant!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:32-04:00October 24th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

I posted Friday that with the weekend beginning on October 21, the best hunting of the year was about to heat up: Historical “rut curves” assembled by biologists over decades show that bucks really begin to rev up their scraping around October 20…the data show that 5 to 7 percent of a herd’s does are bred by bucks around October 21… With the cooler weather…that will occur in the Eastern U.S. (last) weekend, I predict the buck movement and hunting will get better… after (last) week of 80-plus Indian Summer days here in Virginia, a cold front will blow through later this afternoon, and the low tomorrow morning will be 44. …the next couple of days should be good. Virginia [...]

21 10, 2016

October 21: The Best Hunting Starts This Weekend

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After lazy weeks of fattening up on grain and acorns in summer and early fall, whitetail bucks get antsy and start to move around more in mid-October. Historical “rut curves” assembled by biologists over decades show that bucks really begin to rev up their scraping right now, around October 20. Better yet, the data show that 5 to 7 percent of a herd’s does are bred by bucks around October 21, give or take a few days. That’s not a whole lot, but good things happen when bucks start to rip more scrapes and prowl for the first estrus does. The more they are on their feet, the better your chances of seeing and shooting one. Bonus: There’s little hunting [...]