Keeping Track Of Summer Bucks by T.R. Michels Too often I hear of whitetail hunters waiting to scout until about two weeks before the season. If you want to find out which bucks are out there, and where they are, two weeks of scouting is just not enough time. Fall scouting should actually begin in […]
Aging Deer, It’s Importance and Implications by Henry Chidgey Those of us who chase the magnificent, illusive whitetail care about the age of our trophy or potential trophy because we know that in order to harvest a beautiful, heavy-horned monarch; we must let him get old enough to reach his full potential. If you are […]
With a tape measure and some math, you can easily determine the weight of the fish you just released. How big was it?” “What’d you catch it on?” It’s a toss-up which of these questions is asked more frequently of successful anglers. The answers to both sometimes bring out the creative, and maybe cunning, side […]
ICE FISHING TIPS The first thing to do to target fish under the ice is check around and see where they have been biting. This doesn’t mean I’m going to fish there. I figure if the word on the street is that fish are coming from an area, it’s a safe bet there will be […]
Helpful Fishing Tips A majority of the fishing tips found below have been written through knowledge gained in the outdoors and relative materials found in the media. Because of the growing interest in tips like these we will be writing more and adding them here when time permits. Quick Tips Quick and easy fishing tips […]
The first chart is a Ballistic Chart which depicts a range of bullet calibers from the 6mm 100 grain Remington to a .35 Remington shooting a 200 grain bullet. The chart displays the energy in foot pounds and bullet trajectory for numerous cartridges from 100 to 400 yards in distance. Ballistic Trajectory Chart This chart […]
ANATOMY OF A WHITETAIL DEER Whitetail Survival Ears: Deer have a well developed sense of hearing.Their large ears are used to funnel sound into the ear canal. A network of muscles attached to the ear allow the deer to turn its ears in any direction without moving its head. Like dogs and other animals, deer […]
GRIZZLY BEAR CHARACTERISTICS Appearance: The brown bear (sometimes called a grizzly in North America) is a large animal, usually dark brown in color, though it can vary from a light creamy shade through to black. The long guard hairs over the shoulders and back are often tipped with white which, from a distance, gives a […]
ALBINISM IN WHITETAILS Albino: Among the questions most often asked are “What causes some deer to be albinos?” “How common are they?” “Are they protected?” and “Can they reproduce?” Albinism is a recessive trait found in mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and even plants. These plants and animals do not have the gene for normal coloration […]
PREDATORS OF THE WILD TURKEY The wild turkey faces a diverse array of predator species, and these predator species vary in their mode of search and capture. True predators or carnivores, actively search and kill living prey. These include bobcats, hawks, owls, eagles, and all snakes. However, many predators of turkeys are more generalists (omnivores) […]
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