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Escanaba in Da Moonlight
Now there’s Escanaba in Da Moonlight— for free yet, eh? I was stuck for a night at a Super 8 in East Scumsuck, Ohio waiting for a storm to blow through night before last. I was feeling lower than a buckless Youper. I had nothing but a laptop and an order of rib tips from Appleby’s to keep me company, and no one was posting on D&DH . I couldn’t stand watching Larry King– never liked him when he was in his prime, so I didn’t want to watch his last show. So I went on Hulu.com and was hunting … More . . .
Daylight Savings Time Hoax
Daylight Savings Time Hoax Well, it’s coming. Daylight Savings Time is ending this weekend. Soon our mornings will be brighter and our afternoon hunts will be plunged into darkness. How is it going to affect your hunting? How does the change back to standard time affect the deer? How does deer behavior change? We talked about this at length last year, with all the scientific studies out now showing that it triggers the rut. If so, we have more data since the 1-week shift in 2006. What do you think? Well, it’s that time of year again! Let’s see … More . . .
Deer Hunting Funnels
There has been a lot of debate over how to handle the Call of Nature when deer hunting. Do the deer smell it? Does it matter? My advice has always been not to try and forget it and hope it goes away. It doesn’t, and while the desire to stay put in your stand or blind is admirable; the amount of extra activity coming from a hunter well afflicted is far more obvious to a deer than the quick trip down the ladder. A hunter also runs the risk of waiting too long, and. . . well, sometimes all those … More . . .
Yeah, but he calls his Girlfriend. . .
Many thanks to mightfofaad in Suffolk County, NY for submitting this on D&DH Forum. This post has already been read 1717 times!Views: 2 Related posts: Back at it — Yeah, we lost Dad O.D. and His Theory of Deer Rifles Report from Turkey Camp — Yeah, Right. Any close calls? Did you fall? Mooseboy Gets his Cherry Popped Moose Gets his Deer Rifle The Shaman Gets His Buck Remnar Gets his Buck
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Playing the Wind or J-Lo and Steve find each other?
From the D&DH Forum Cut N’ Run If deer always walked into the wind in Fall, wouldn’t they all eventually end up in the Pacific northwest? Just kidding. This all reminds me of a story: O.D and Playing the Wind As usual, I’m going take a completely contrary approach to all this. I guess it’s just in me. But now that I’m starting to look at 30 years as a deer hunter, I guess I can start speaking with at least the appearance of authority– either that or the appearance of foolishness. The older I get, the more these seem … More . . .
Come On! Really?
You know, the more I think about this whole Scent Lok thing the more annoyed I get. You figure an entire generation of hunters has been working under these assumptions about scent management. I am not saying scent management is bogus, but I am saying that Scent Lok and its ilk have certainly muddied the waters. For 20 years we’ve been hearing experts tell us this is one of the primary keys to successful deer hunting. I would be the first to admit that a lot of my thought has been down those same lines. I never did agree with … More . . .
Towards a New Understanding
I caught myself this morning while I was writing a response to a fellow on another forum who was defending his use of Scent Lok clothes. I would agree up to a point. Reducing the amount of stink your body is throwing off is a good idea. The results can be dramatic too. However, I have also had some experiences where it caused me to doubt the whole premise. I had two nice bucks in velvet IN my turkey blind this season. They came in on the downwind side too. In fact, I have had several encounters like that over … More . . .
Becoming a Hunting Curmudgeon
So I was showing KYHillChick the latest on Scent Lok, and letting her read the piece on building an outhouse next to my tree stand. She screwed up her face a little and said, “Why do you do that?” “What?” “You’re such a. . . you’re always such a . . .” We finally agreed that curmudgeon was probably the closest fit, although we tried a few more epithets on for size during the process. I don’t know. Honestly, I don’t. I would like to think it is a gift. A lot of folks are not that pleasant about it. … More . . .
Deer and Wind
From Deer and Deer Hunting SHKYBoonie writes: I have been doing a little study of my own through the past 4 years. I have been keeping a very detailed journal of deer sightings on my farms in West KY. Now this is just observation from me and the couple of buddy’s that hunt with me. The way my farms lay and the food plots we have out are best with any variance of a North wind. We have stands set to hunt just about any wind we get although some winds make it hard to get in and out of … More . . .
The Forgetful Deer Hunter
I once left my release at home. Luckily I had a shooting tab in the case. I’ve left the black powder at home before the ML Opener. Luckily I had a spare pound at the farm. I’ve left ammo at home, but I had a spare rifle handy. I’ve left my safety harness home a couple of times. I didn’t realize it before I got into the stand. I just sat quietly until it was time to go in. I once left my boots behind on a backpacking trip. Luckily I had an old pair of work boots in the … More . . .
SuperCore Scores in a downpour
When I got up this morning, I was hard at work trying to convince myself it just wasn’t going to happen. The lady on the weather radio told me it was raining, winds gusting to 25 mph, and 52F. That is not my idea of turkey hunting weather. I went out on the porch and got hit with stinging drizzle– not even the dogs wanted to go out. SuperCore was not all that enthusiastic either. After a strong cup of coffee, we decided it couldn’t be all that bad going out to Midway. At least there we would be in … More . . .
Some Days, It’s Like You Don’t Know Squat
From March, 2009 On the way back to the house, I didn’t know whether to write this up as a stunning success or a miserable failure. I guess any time the turkeys reveal something to you, it’s a victory. Back in early March, I had Angus out scouting the bottom end of Hootin’ Holler. It’s one of the larger hollows on our place and dominates the eastern half of the property. We named it so, because the owls frequently nest along the south side. It is also a place that our turkeys frequently use for roosts. Over the Winter, we … More . . .
O.D. and Playing the Wind
I was sitting in one of those old steel lawn chairs, that kind of acts like a rocking chair– kind of springy and such. Whenever I go to the store, that is the chair I like best. My grandfather used to have a set of them– paid me $5 one summer to take them back to the bare metal and put a couple coats of enamel on them. There is one just like Gramp’s in the corner with its back to the window. It is the farthest away from the stove, and I usually can snag it if I get … More . . .
PA Deer Hunters — Bless their Hearts
This comes from a discussion of the current PA deer harvest restrictions going on at Grizzly Gary’s Forum PA ANTLER RESTRICTIONS/HERD REDUCTION 2008 REPORTS This is addressed to everyone who has responded on this thread. I don’t mean to be picking on anyone in particular. First off, let me just remind y’all that I am a complete outsider on this. I’ve hunted a total of less than a week in PA and that was almost 10 years ago. I’m a Ohio guy who does all his deer hunting in Kentucky. I’ve been mostly lurking on here for the past few … More . . .
The Shamanic Anti-Telepathy Hat
It was in the early post- season that the shaman emerged from his laboratory at deer camp with a proud “Eureka!” “Scooter,” said the shaman, “ I’ve been trading e-mails with my old buddy Nosmo, and we think we’ve got an idea on how to get the anti-telepathy hat idea off the ground.” Scooter looked up from his homework. “How’s that Uncle Shaman?” “The problem that I’ve always had with the shamanic anti-telepathy hat idea was that there was no way to prove that it worked. Nosmo thinks we can sell millions of them just because no one can really … More . . .
Maysville Walmart
I just want to put out a big howdy to all you guys that are planning on hitting the Walmart in Maysville Kentucky at 2130 EST this next Friday night. From what I understand from my correspondents, there are a bunch of you that are making this pilgrimage, to the point where there are now some dedicated deer hunting locals that are turning this into a spectator event. The lines for licenses are supposedly long, despite being able to buy them online for years. The various gizmos are flying off the pegs– Cough Silencer and the Butt-Out were big sellers … More . . .
To All You Hunters. . .
I don’t think I need to explain this one. Let me know if there are any questions. I’m still trying to find out out the source. Somebody sent this to me. If you are the author, I’d love to hear from you. This post has already been read 2559 times!Views: 4 Related posts: PA Deer Hunters — Bless their Hearts Marketing to Hunters Deer Hunters: Time to Start Thinking Salt Why do I hunt? On the use of Turkey Decoys and Going Old School Traditional Turkey Hunting Season Why Do They Slit the Thoats of Dead Deer? Getting Permission to … More . . .
Happy Saint Hubert’s Day
Over on 24hourcampfire.com we all got together back in 2005 and decide that Christmas on Dec 25 was just not cutting it for us hunters and that we’d all move our serious gift-giving to The Feast of Saint Hubert on 11/3. It really bites if you’re getting a rifle or a shotgun and you have to wait almost a whole year to use it. Moving the gift giving to November 3 cleans that all up nicely. I just got back from the pagent. KYHillChick, Angus, and I just finished parading up and down the driveway. I was in my lederhosen, … More . . .
EVEN MORE!!! -on the DST and DEER
Check this out on 24hourcampfire.com Daylight Saving and the effect on White tail!! swoosh23 New Member This weekend I was informed by a fellow hunt club member that we would be at a real big advantage on todays (sunday) hunt because the deer would be off thier normal pattern by a hour due to day light savings change. He also stated that it would take them a few days to get use to it. I about fell out of my chair with laughter, but held it together. Out of respect I just sat quietly and laughed inside, and could not … More . . .
More on DST and Deer
Woods Walker said: What….no scent-loc version??? And that green camo…..now THAT’S a joke! By the time the clock change occurs, most of the green is out of the woods in most areas. You need to have one in Realbush “Last Week Of October” pattern, so that it “blends” with the woods. Our scientific studies showed that deer did not mind the Woodland pattern. The whole point here is that the deer are comforted by showing them the old time. It wouldn’t help if they couldn’t see the clock at all, right? As to the Scent-lok feature: we’d thought about that, … More . . .
The Shaman Presents the Anti-DST Clock for Deer
NOW! The shaman presents! The Shamanic Camo Clock! Just $48.95 Place this revolutionary clock in front of your stand and set it to daylight savings time to reassure the deer that nothing is wrong. Scientific studies show that this clock, when used in conjunction with a proven scent control plan ( included absolutely free), will dramatically improve your deer hunting success. Read what they’re saying: Shaman noted D&DH Stumpsitter says: People just don’t understand the stress it puts on these animals. The deer get confused and start getting up in the middle of the night and it throws off the … More . . .
How is the change from DST going to affect the deer?
Dang! I’m missing all those threads about “How is the change from DST going to affect the deer?” I always howl when I find one of them. Occasionally I get the devil in me and start posting stuff about how the deer get confused and start getting up in the middle of the night and it throws off the rut and the bucks keel over out of all the frustration, ’cause the doe is staying in her bed and they’re always late getting out into the field in the evening and it makes them get thin, missing meals and all– … More . . .
More on Deer Porn
First off, I want to plug Steve Gruber’s new show, Deer City USA. I haven’t seen it yet, but the following conversation is mostly about Steve and the show. I orginally posted my blog entry “Deer Porn” as a new thread on the Deer & Deer Hunting Forum: Deer Porn Since then it’s been one of the more active threads on that forum. I just wanted to invite you all to go and read what’s been going on. Chief among the activities was the visit by Steve Gruber of Wolf Creek Productions and host of Deer City USA, who has … More . . .
Deer Porn
A bunch of things have come together to force this issue to the fore at our house. 1) We started getting the Outdoor Channel again on our cable. It had been missing for several years. 2) I got a DVR. 3) It’s been hot and muggy and I’m inclined to just stay in the house and watch TV. I have not been watching deer porn or turkey porn all that much for quite a while. I was aghast. 1) The music is much louder than before. How do you keep the deer from hearing it? What does Rap, Trance and … More . . .
Marketing to Hunters
It all depends on the product, and the price, and the claims. Mathews: seems like a good bow, but there are bows out there that will kill a deer for a lot less. Scent-lok: I’ve always been leery of this technology, the price is prohibitive, and a liberal dose of sodium bicarb works more reliably for me. I have a mismatched set of bibs and quad parka, both from Remington, both purchased in 2003, both from Walmart that have never seen a washing machine, and I can still have a doe 5 yards downwind and I’m invisible to her. They … More . . .
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