Updated KY Deer Regs are Posted
After a looooong delay, KYDFWR has finally got the updated 2018-2019 deer regs published. What’s in: You can now bag up to 4 deer on your KY deer tag– no more than one antlered animal. There are a bunch of zone changes– a lot of counties went up a zone. What’s out: The proposed expanded crossbow season was cut. The extra antlerless rifle season in late September got the ax Here are the amended rules. http://genesis9.angzva.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fallhuntingguide2018-192ndrun.pdf Here’s video discussing all the changes: Views: 3 Related posts: KY Deer Regs are still delayed KY Spring Rules are Posted Mining … More . . .
KY Deer Regs are still delayed
. . . and not due until mid-September. Views: 0 Related posts: Updated KY Deer Regs are Posted How Do I Know a Deer is Coming? Indiana Deer Rifle Changes Nixed 2009 Deer Goals Whitetail Deer — What is Overkill Anyway? If Somebody Gave me $6500 to go hunt deer. Deer Feeding Before the Snow Report from Deer Camp — 2012 Opener
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The Shamanic Frog Rifle
I turned 60 last week. Things have been fairly quiet down at the farm. I went down and mowed last weekend. I’d like to write something dramatic about it all. However, this has been a rather boring summer. Edit: I deleted a list of the highlights of my summer, because it was just too boring. That’s how boring it’s been. I figure that if y’all wanted to read that kind of muck you’d be on Facebook instead of here. The reason it’s been so boring goes back to my first sentence. A lot of what has been happening has been … More . . .
Michigan Bans Baiting!
From FoxNews.COM Michigan sets new deer-hunting rules to keep chronic wasting disease from spreading Michigan Natural Resources Commission has approved new deer-hunting regulations to help curb chronic wasting disease from spreading, Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. The rules, which go into effect for this year’s deer-hunting season, will pose new restrictions on baiting and feeding. Among the regulations will be a statewide ban on the use of all natural cervid urine-based lures, and an immediate ban on baiting and feeding in the 16 counties that make up the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone, according to the state’s … More . . .
KY 2018 Rules Delay
Wondering why the 2018-2019 KY Fall Hunting Guides aren’t out yet? From Facebook: Views: 4 Related posts: Spring Turkey Rules are Out! Kentucky Fall Rules are Out Kentucky Fall Rules Are Out It’s Out! KDFWR Releases Spring 2020 Rules KY Spring Rules are Posted Indiana Passes New Deer Rifle Rules Rifle Opener 2018 New Ohio Deer Rifle Rules
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Momma, I want to Swing!
I had a doe bring her fawn up into the yard at camp yesterday, and it got caught on the security cameras. It looked like the fawn was running for the meatpole. Little bugger! He’ll be swinging from there soon enough. He doesn’t need to be there yet. Views: 0 Related posts: What I think of the WHA
More . . .Kentucky Crossbow Changes
Starting in 2019, Kentucky will be liberalizing its Crossbow Season for deer. The changes were adopted last week: Major Changes to Kentucky Crossbow Season for 2019-2020 Here are the details: MAJOR CHANGES TO KENTUCKY CROSSBOW SEASON FOR 2019-2020 The KDFWR Commission met on Friday, June 15, 2019. Kentucky Crossbow Federation president Perry McClure was present, along with other KCF members. At that meeting, they approved the following for the 2019-2020 hunting season. The crossbow season will begin on the 3^rd Saturday of September and run continuously until the third Monday in January. Youth under the age of 16 may hunt … More . . .
Mining the Deer Log
I was playing around with the camp’s deer log, and I cooked up some charts to display some of the data. Most of the concepts are not new to you. First off, let’s look at the barometer and see how it has influenced our deer harvest: (Click on the graphs to get a full-sized image) Generally speaking, 29.80″ – 30.60″ is considered a good range for taking deer.  30.01″ – 30.40″ is considered Optimal. Sure enough, at our place over 18 seasons we’ve seen exactly that. Of course, below 29.8, it’s usually pouring rain, and above 30.6 it’s windy and … More . . .
Thoughts on Feeding Deer
A lot of folks here in the Trans-Bluegrass think it is a good idea to set out corn for the deer. I have been saying for years that I did not think it was a good idea. In the past, my reasoning was that I had tried it early on here at the farm and found it was not attracting deer nearly as much as I had thought. What seemed to occupy their attentions most on my ridges were acorns. No amount of corn was going to keep them away from acorns in the fall. I have a recent data … More . . .
In Praise of Ed’s Red
I looked back and found my first mention of Ed’s Red clear back in the first month of this weblog. Rude, Rusty Surprises in your Smokepole. Since then, I’ve gone through many pints of the stuff. I whipped up a batch a couple weeks ago. Much like I was doing in 2004, this was to use in a muzzleloader. Now I do not shoot black powder in my hunting muzzleloaders. When I do, I use hot water and the following recipe: 1 part Simple Green 1 part Murphy’s Oil soap 1 part Hydrogen Pyroxide In modern muzzleloaders, we’re dealing with … More . . .
Salting the Deer
With all the hoo-haw over KYHillChick, a lot of chores have needed to be spooled off.   She’s fine, by the way. Thanks for asking. I tried a few weeks ago to start mowing around camp. After less than 10 minutes, the belt on the Cub Cadet went smoking into oblivion. I couldn’t do anything at the time, but fuss and fume. I had to get back to town. Last weekend was the first time I’d been able to get back down and cart the mower over to Chatham for repair. Mister Poe is all backed up at the moment. It’ll … More . . .
Return of the Whitetail in Kentucky
NOTE: 10/3/2021 Well, Hoop-de-Do! I found them.   I was beginning to despair. I discovered that these Art Landers columns had disappeared when KYForward.com folded tent a while back. However, I discovered copies of them on the Wayback Machine. I snagged copies in PDF. Enjoy! Here is a great 2-part article by Art Landers on the history of whitetail deer hunting in the state of Kentucky. Part I Art Lander’s Outdoors The white-tailed deer in Kentucky and the return of a native species | KyForward.com Part II Art Lander’s Outdoors White-tailed deer population flourishes today as a relic of Kentucky’s … More . . .
Cheap Deer Rifles Redux
It was about ten years ago I wrote a series of articles on buying deer rifle for Deer & Deer Hunting. Of them, the one on cheap deer rifles has stayed one of my most popular. It dawned on me the other day that the topic needed to be revisited. For the original, see: Picking a Deer Rifle On the Cheap What got me thinking about it was that I spied a $400 Mauser 96 at Hibberds. The 96 Swede is an awesome rifle. The 6.5X55 cartridge is an excellent whitetail deer cartridge. The difference a decade has brought is … More . . .
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