Conversation with Jeff: on WMA’s, Public Land Hunting, Getting Started-”The Pass-Out Buck”
Filed under: Bow Hunting, Deer Hunting, Dogs, Gun, Hunting, Medium Game, Muzzle Loader, Primitive Weapon, Rifles, Scent, Weapon, Whitetail Trophy
I first met Jeffrey during the 2002-2003 deer season. He and my son were friends. They were about 18 years old and just graduated from high school. During visits, Jeff expressed interest in hunting, and would I take him out with me "sometime". I let him use a decent little rifle, a .44 magnum Marlin lever action with a 2.5X scope mounted and sighted-in, shooting 180 grain bullets at around 1800 fps-more than adequate out to 150 yards or so. I had Jeff take the Hunter Safety course, required by Mississippi state law for a license by hunters born after 1972,...
Trophy Whitetails: BIG BUCKS/High Dollar Business
Filed under: Bow Hunting, Deer Hunting, Gun, Hunting, Medium Game, Muzzle Loader, Preserves and Outfitters, Primitive Weapon, Rifles, Weapon, Whitetail Trophy
"BIG BUCKS", in all senses of the phrase-both the high dollar payouts by hunters, and the big income for the preserves and/or outfitters-and too, the reason for it all, the big whitetail bucks themselves: If YOU want one, be ready to spend, big time! I checked the websites of a couple of the better known pay-for-play preserves and outfitters. The approximate, average going rate for a decent trophy whitetail in the 145" Boone & Crockett size runs around $3,500.00 to $4,000.00 base cost. Add to that expense the mandatory tips, meat and trophy processing, non-resident licenses and fees, taxes, transportation to and from...
Hunting the Peak of the Rut: The DEFINITIVE How-To, Where-To, When-To
Filed under: Bow Hunting, Deer Hunting, Hunting, Medium Game, Uncategorized, Whitetail Rut
Technically, or physiologically, a whitetail buck is "in rut" from the instant his antler velvet is shed until he sheds his antlers in late winter/early spring. "O. K., then; enough already on the technical stuff, get on to the meat and 'taters: when is the PEAK?" We can't go there yet. The primary controlling factor of the rut in bucks, and more importantly, the estrus in does is a process known as "photoperiodism". Put as simply as possible, this is the angle of the sun's rays striking the deer's retina, causing the pineal gland to trigger testosterone release in bucks, and estrogen...
Whitetail Guns & Loads
Filed under: Deer Hunting, Gun, Hunting, Medium Game, Rifles, Weapon
This might have been entitled "Medium Game Guns & Loads", but my experience is 100% exclusive with whitetail deer hunting. Some or all of this may apply to pronghorns, mule deer, black bear. The theories and more or less "factual" data can have applications to ALL hunting with modern center-fire rifles and loads. Right off, I'm ruling out the "little" calibers: the .22 Long Rifle, .22 WMR, .22 Hornet, .218 Zipper, .219 Bee-all those smaller than the 5.56 mm's (.22-250 and .223). I am, though, aware, over the years, of deer that have been killed with these smaller caliber rule-outs, by jack-lighters, poachers,...
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