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 . . .
Happy Saint Hubert’s Day!
After a late night watching election returns, it’s time to put on my lederhosen and decorate my boar spear with garlands. KYHillChick is trying to get into her dirndl. Angus? You didn’t think there’d be German bagpipes, did ya? He’s tuning up his doodlesak. We’re even decorating the dogs with fake antlers.
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Don’t do what I did
Don’t do it. I was taking the Mod 70 back to the case and tightening down the caps on the scope as I went . All of a sudden I felt a strange clicking noise. I tried to tighten the cap a bit more, and it happened again.
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What do Deer Really See?
If you go to this website: Color Blindness Simulator
. . . and upload a photograph, and then pick the 2nd option marked “Red-Blind/Protanopia” It will give you a pretty good idea of what a deer sees.
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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. Views: 2 Related posts: Back at it — Yeah, we lost Dad Any close calls? Did you fall? Shamanic Gum Pt II
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35Cal.com is Back
35cal.com is back. It had been down for quite a while, and I’m glad to see Whelen back in operation. This is a really great site for 35 caliber fans– 35 Rem, 35 Whelen, .358 Win, etc. I found it extremely helpful when I was developing loads for The Whelenizer, a Rem 7600 in 35 Whelen.
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Moose Bags a Smokepole Forker
Now comes the interesting part. Rather than running off, the doe just stands there, looking at him. The smoke clears, the woods settle back down, and there they are, just staring at each other. Moose is still expecting the doe to fall over at this point. The doe? Heaven knows what was going on in her head. Moose quickly figured out that the shot had gone wild, and he was glad it did, because he saw two little ones come up from the rear.
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Start them Small
Don’t be shy about exposing them to dead deer. This is one of the easiest ways in the world to demystify death for a child. They are going to have to come to grips with it sooner or later. I brought home a little buck back in 1998, and all the neighbor kids came down and wanted to touch it and ask questions. A dead deer is a wonder. All my kids had the choice of watching their dad clean the deer too. It helps to get the “ick” factor out of that sort of thing.
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Requiem for a Meatpole
The shaman talks about building a new meatpole.
“When I got back, I could hear the wailing from the house. At first it sounded like a wild animal in a trap. Then I realized it was my wife, consort, and best Girlfriend, KYHillChick. It seems she had not taken to the sight of the deer being eviscerated, and I’d compounded the problem by asking her help cleaning up. She didn’t fault me. She just realized somewhere into splashing water on the front porch that deer evisceration just wasn’t her cup of tea and had gone into the house to lose her mind. I was extremely apologetic, but poor ‘HillChick was quite inconsolable. Finally I got things back on a good track by promising her she would not have to put up with flying deer innards ever again. She had seen them come back with holes in them. She had just gone about her work elsewhere in the house, and just not given much thought, and by the time we were done the porch was pretty well cleaned off.”
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Angus Bags a Buck in KY Yute Season
Angus has had a two year struggle with the deer. He’s an avid hunter. He passed Hunter Ed at 8, and cannot remember a time he wasn’t out hunting me, his Dad. However, last season the deer just have not been cooperating. In 2008, he got his first chance to go afield with a rifle and managed to take a nice doe at sunset on the first day of the KY Early Youth Hunt. 2009? Despite numerous chances, Angus was just having bum luck. He was all ready to light one up on a nice fat doe, but the other … More . . .
Transporting your Deer
Kenn wrote: “…I just got my lic and permit to hunt a deer this fall. I’m using a 40lb recurve and have a place to hunt up near Marysville. I’m still a bit vague on field dressing, processing stations and such. For instance, with a small to med-sized buck, will I be able to transport it in the back of my Matrix or do I need to get a truck? Do you have any sage advice?” Congratulations! Finding a good spot to hunt is sometimes the hardest part of the whole thing. I was a bit vague on field dressing … More . . .
The Deer Family
So I see the guy who does my hay has been out and started work. He’s late getting started. So first thing last night after returning to the farm, I go out in the truck to see how far he’s gotten– not far, but it is a good start. I was particularly interested in seeing if he’d managed to Rotovate the new food plot. The answer was no. Oh well. I drive into the pasture that will hold the new plot . About halfway along here comes a doe and two fawn in through an opening in the fence and … More . . .
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