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Bow Hunting Pa 2010. Hunting In Clarion County For Whitetail Deer During The Early Archery Season.
Is there such a thing as the “perfect hunting knife?” Probably not. But there are many knives on the market that will fill the bill nicely.
But why would you want to listen to me talk about hunting knives. Well, a little about me. I have been an avid hunter for the past 50 years and have hunted big and small game everywhere from Alaska to Florida, Europe and the Pacific. I have hunted, dressed and butchered dove-squirrel-rabbit-turkey-raccoon-fox-coyote-waterfowl-javalina-mule deer-whitetail deer-antelope in the US lower 48, waterfowl-ptarmigan-snowshoe hare-moose-caribou-brown bear in Alaska, waterfowl-wood pigeons-rabbits in the UK, and wild pigs/boar in Guam.
So, how would I choose the best hunting knife for me? First, determine what kind of hunting activities you want to do and whether I. Will you be hunting waterfowl, small game, large game, or a combination of them all? Generally, the larger the game, the larger the knife – but that doesn’t mean that a good sharp smaller knife won’t work just fine.
Once you determine the kind of hunting you are interested in, you need to ask yourself a few additional questions. Do you want a knife just for hunting? Do you want to carry your knife when you are not hunting?
Now that we have these questions answered, lets talk turkey.
BIG GAME HUNTER: If you are a big game hunter and want a knife specifically for dressing big game, you should consider a fixed blade knife. By definition, these knives are permanently open so they are generally stronger and more reliable. Because the blade is always open, they normally come with a sheath for safe carrying.
But just deciding on a fixed blade knife is not enough – now we have to determine the blade style best suited for your purpose. If this knife is to be strictly used for big game hunting, I recommend a “drop point” blade – a strong curved blade ideal for skinning large animals. This heavy blade design can also be used for gutting, butchering and splitting the pelvis and rib cage. Finally, you may consider a knife with a “gut hook” especially designed for opening the abdomen when field dressing your game.
If you opt for a knife without a gut hook, you may consider a knife with a “clip point” blade – these blades are usually thinner and have a more pointed blade. This would be better for opening the abdomen of your game without cutting too deep and penetrating the intestine.
SMALL GAME HUNTER: If your quarry is small game, anything goes, you can choose a smaller fixed blade knife, a folder, or pocketknife. Personally, I have always opted for a folding knife with a clip point blade (my favorite is my classic Buck Folding Hunter). However, to add flexibility, you may consider a multi-blade pocketknife – the Case Mini Trapper has both a clip point blade and a “spey” blade ideal for skinning small game.
OCCASIONAL HUNTER: For the occasional hunter who hunts “whatever is in season,” I recommend a good mid-size folding knife. My favorite has always been the Buck Ranger (112BRS). This classic knife is small enough to effectively deal with small game, but sturdy enough to be just as useful in field dressing/butchering large game. Mine has been my primary knife throughout my hunting career-including, antelope hunting in Wyoming, deer hunting in Utah, Caribou and Brown Bear hunting in Alaska, boar hunting in Guam, and a myriad of small game hunting around the world.
FOR THE HUNTER WHO WANTS TO CARRY A KNIFE DAILY: If you only want one knife to carry for everything, I recommend a multi-blade pocketknife – like the Case “Stockman” or “Trapper” series. I also recommend you check your local knife carry laws – usually knives with blades 3 inches or less are legal – BUT remember all knives are prohibited from many locations including courthouses, some government building, airports, etc. NOTE: I prefer the venerable pocketknife over a folding knife because the former is carried in a pocket while folding knives are usually carried in a sheath visible to all.
IMPORTANT COMMENT: No matter what type or size knife you have, it will not do the job unless it is good and sharp. A knife can lose its edge while dressing the animal, so you need to have a good knife sharpener with you to keep the knife sharp from start to finish. It is not uncommon for a hunter to stop several times while dressing game to sharpen his/her knife. Also, in general, the more expensive the knife, the longer it will hold its edge – but this also means these harder blades take longer to sharpen – so there is some tradeoff here.
SUMMARY: There are literally thousands of knives on the market, so you must prioritize your needs and choose the one (two or even three) that best fill those needs. It is possible to choose one knife for multiple purposes, but most outdoors people have at least 2 with them when they go out. To learn more about knives available go to my web site www.PocketKnivesPro.com [http://www.pocketknivespro.com/] and search on various knives by type, blade type, or brand. HAPPY SHOPPING AND HAPPY HUNTING.
By: Larry T Clark
About the Author:
Larry Clark is President of Clark Unlimited, Inc, a Florida based family owned internet marketing firm which focuses on providing quality products and world-class service at highly competitive discount prices. He is the founder of the website Knives at PocketKnivesPro.com [http://www.pocketknivespro.com/] – providing a wide variety of pocketknives, folding and fixed blade knives, as well as multi-purpose tools and sharpening tools from major manufacturers such as Buck, Case, Gerber, Kershaw, Leatherman and Victorinox.
International practices
New Zealand
See also: Hunting in New Zealand
New Zealand has had a number of deer species introduced and in the absence of predators became to be considered an animal pest due to its effect on native vegetation. From the 1950s the government employed hunters to cull the deer population. Deer hunting is now a recreational activity.[citation needed]
North America
The deer most sought after in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, is the white-tailed deer. West of the Rockies, the mule deer is the dominant deer species. The most notable differences between the two, other than distribution, are the differences in ears, tail, antler shape(the way they each fork), and body size.[citation needed]
Whitetail Male Deer at night in Central Texas
The mule deer’s ears are proportionally longer than the ears of a white-tailed deer, and resemble that of a mule. Mule deer have a black-tipped tail which is proportionally smaller than that of the white-tailed deer. Buck deer of both species sprout antlers; the antlers of the mule deer branch and rebranch forming a series of Y shapes, while white-tailed bucks typically have one main beam with several tines sprouting from it. White-tailed bucks are usually smaller than mule deer bucks. Both of the species lose their antlers in the spring time.[citation needed]
Moose and elk are also popular game animals that are technically species of deer. However, hunting them is not usually referred to as deer hunting, it is called big game hunting. They are considerably larger than mule deer or white-tailed deer, and hunting techniques are rather different.
In Canada and Alaska, reindeer (caribou) are hunted extensively.
United Kingdom
There are six species of deer in the UK : red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, Sika deer, muntjac deer, and Chinese water deer, as well as hybrids of these deer. All are hunted to a degree reflecting their relative population either as sport or for the purposes of culling. Closed seasons for deer vary by species. The practice of declaring a closed season in England dates back to medieval times, when it was called fence month and commonly lasted from June 9 to July 9, though the actual dates varied. It is illegal to use bows to hunt any wild animal in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Victorian era dramatist W. S. Gilbert remarked, “Deer-stalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.”
While “deer stalking” is widely used among British and Irish sportsmen to signify almost all forms of sporting deer shooting, the term is replaced in North American sporting usage by “deer hunting” – an expression that in Britain and Ireland has historically been reserved exclusively for the sporting pursuit of deer with scent-seeking hounds, with unarmed followers typically on horseback.
Australia
In Australia, there are seven species of deer that are available to hunt. These are Fallow deer, Sambar deer, Red deer, Rusa Deer Axis Deer (Cervus timorensis russa and Cervus timorensis moluccensis), Chital Deer, Elk and Hog deer.
Deer were first introduced to Australia between 1800 and 1803. All States/Territories have populations of deer including many coastal islands. Deer hunting in Australia is mostly practiced on the eastern side of the country. Hunting access varies from state-to-state with varying classifications from pest to game animal with some species afforded the protection of hunting seasons and a requirement for a Game Hunting permit or license.
Method
North America
A New Hampshire Deer Hunt
There are five common methods of hunting deer: stalking, which consists of following signs and trails of deer; stand hunting, waiting where deer are likely to travel (including tree stands); still hunting, alternately walking quietly and waiting concealed in the pursuit of game; line drives, which consists of flushing deer toward a line of hunters; and spot and stalk hunting, which consists of spotting and then stalking the deer. Spot and stalk hunting is generally a method of hunting used in places where there are large visible areas, such as mountainous terrain where a person can see across canyons. The other four methods of hunting are used in places such as rolling hills or in country that is more level, where a hunter can hardly see over trees or bushes to spot and watch the deer. Scouting and stalking involves following deer sign. Common signs to pursue include deer rubs, scrapes, and tracks. Scrapes are places where bucks scrape the ground and urinate below low hanging branches on the edge of fields, bucks rub their faces on the low hanging branches leaving their scent. Bucks do this to mark territory and attract female deer. Deer tracks may reveal the size, age, and species of a deer. Rubs are marks on the trunks and low branches of trees which indicate where bucks have rubbed the velvet off their antlers; this leaves a tell-tale mark because it removes tree bark where the deer rubbed. Another purpose for this is to mark territory with a visual signpost.[citation needed]
Modern Hunting Methods
Deer hunting may be done from a stand which places the hunter above the line of sight of a deer. There are various types of stands including portable hunting stands, climbing hunting stands, ladder stands, self-made stands, and tripods each which can be used for different hunting methods.[citation needed]
Deer hunting for trophies may also take place from ground blinds. These can be natural blinds; like dead falls and brush; hay bails in open farm country, or specifically manufactured for this purpose.[citation needed]
United Kingdom and Ireland
Depiction of deer hunting with hounds from a 15th century version of The Hunting Book of Gaston Phebus, MS. f. fr. 616
The vast majority of deer hunted in the UK are stalked. The phrase deer hunting, however, has also been used to refer (in England and Wales) to the traditional practice of chasing deer with packs of hounds, now illegal under the Hunting Act 2004.
In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there were several packs of staghounds hunting “carted deer” in England and Ireland. Carted deer were red deer kept in captivity for the sole purpose of being hunted and recaptured alive. More recently, there were three packs of staghounds hunting wild red deer of both sexes on or around Exmoor and the New Forest Buckhounds hunting fallow deer bucks in the New Forest, the latter disbanding in 1997.
The practice of hunting with hounds, other than using two hounds to flush deer to be shot by waiting marksmen, has been banned in the UK since 2005; to date, two people have been convicted of breaking the law.
There is one pack of stag hounds in Ireland and one in Northern Ireland, the former operating under a licence to hunt carted deer.
Norway
Most of the deer hunting in Norway is by hunters driving the game towards other hunters posted in strategic locations in the terrain, though there is also a fair bit of stalking.[citation needed]
Australia
The majority of hunting methods in Australia are similar to North America, except for Sambar Deer which are commonly hunted with hounds.
Equipment
A pop-up pack-in style blind
Many different weapons are permitted in various states of the USA during certain times of deer season. These include bows, crossbows, rifles, shotguns, pistols, and muzzleloaders.
Archery season usually opens weeks or months before a state or locality’s gun season and usually is permitted for several weeks or months afterwards. Modern compound bows and recurve bows are used, as well as some primitive recurve and longbows by historical enthusiasts when permitted. Crossbows are often reserved for disabled hunters who are unable to draw a bow, but are allowed to be used in Alabama and Tennessee by anyone disabled or not[citation needed] and in Minnesota, Kansas, and some other states during firearm season. Most bows and crossbows offer an effective accurate range of 30-40 yards.
Rifles, shotguns, and pistols are all commonly used for hunting deer. Most regions place limits on the minimum caliber or gauge to be used; rimfire rifles and centerfires under .22 caliber are often prohibited due to ethical concerns, although they have been used to hunt deer and larger game in some cases.[citation needed] Some areas of the United States prohibit rifle hunting altogether.[citation needed]
Muzzleloader hunting is also practiced. Modern muzzleloading rifles equipped with synthetic stocks, telescopic and fiber optic sights, in-line ignition systems, advanced conical or sabot bullet designs, and black powder substitutes such as Pyrodex are much more effective than the muskets of generations past.[citation needed] However, many traditionalists still use wood stocked, iron sighted rifles with round lead balls and traditional black powder charges.[citation needed]
Hunting deer with edged weapons, such as the lance or sword, is still practiced in continental Europe, primarily in France. In such hunts, the hunters are mounted on horseback, and use packs of deerhound or greyhound dogs to track and drive deer. Only the hunt masters have the right to deliver the death blow, while other mounted hunters simply ride to the chase.[citation needed]
Alabama permits spear hunting of deer during its archery season.
Tools
Use of a Hitch-Haul platform to transport harvested game
Hunters employ many tools, among which are camouflage, tree stands/blinds, knives, vehicles, chainsaws, and handheld GPS units. Camouflage has been used for some time and while it is very important, it is not essential, especially during gun season when it is required that hunters wear blaze orange clothing.[citation needed] An industry of equipment suppliers and outfitters has grown to supply hunters with equipment.
See also
Animal welfare
Bayou Bucks (documentary)
Big Buck Hunter
Deer farm
Deer horn
Deer Hunter – video game
Deer Avenger – video game
Deerskin trade
Reindeer hunting in Greenland
Venison
References
^ Naturenet: Shooting, Hunting and Angling Seasons. Naturenet – Countryside Management & Nature Conservation.
^ Forests and Chases of England and Wales: A Glossary.St John’s College, Oxford.
^ Grossmith, George in The Daily Telegraph, 7 June 1911
^ http://www.gamecouncil.nsw.gov.au/
^ Bentley, A (1967), An Introduction to the Deer of Australia.
^ Gegelman, Andrew, pot and Stalk Hunting – The Lost Art. Nodak Outdoors.
^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/07/29/nhun29.html
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7053016.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4247341.stm
^ http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=DAL20050126.xml&Dail=29&Ex=All&Page=91
^ http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/Hunting/Hunting-Regulations/Deer/Legal-Guns-Bows
^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Minnesota DNR), Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook (2007). Pp. 5, 58.
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Game animals and shooting in North America
Game birds
Bobwhite Quail Chukar Hungarian Partridge Prairie Chicken Mourning Dove Ring-necked pheasant Ptarmigan Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Snipe (Common Snipe) Spruce Grouse Turkey Woodcock
Waterfowl
Black Duck Canada Goose Canvasback Gadwall Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Mallard Northern Pintail Redhead Ross’s Goose Snow Goose Wood Duck
Big game
Bighorn Sheep Black Bear Razorback Brown Bear Bison (Buffalo) Caribou Cougar (Mountain Lion) Elk Moose White-tailed deer Gray wolf Mountain goat Mule Deer Pronghorn Muskox Dall Sheep Polar Bear
Other quarry
American Alligator Bobcat Coyote Fox Squirrel Gray Fox Gray Squirrel Opossum Rabbit Raccoon Red Fox Snowshoe Hare
See also
Bear hunting Big game hunting Deer hunting Waterfowl hunting Wolf hunting Upland hunting
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New Zealand
See also: Hunting in New Zealand
New Zealand has had a number of deer species introduced and in the absence of predators became to be considered an animal pest due to its effect on native vegetation. From the 1950s the government employed hunters to cull the deer population. Deer hunting is now a recreational activity.[citation needed]
North America
The deer most sought after in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, is the white-tailed deer. West of the Rockies, the mule deer is the dominant deer species. The most notable differences between the two, other than distribution, are the differences in ears, tail, antler shape(the way they each fork), and body size.[citation needed]
Whitetail Male Deer at night in Central Texas
The mule deer’s ears are proportionally longer than the ears of a white-tailed deer, and resemble that of a mule. Mule deer have a black-tipped tail which is proportionally smaller than that of the white-tailed deer. Buck deer of both species sprout antlers; the antlers of the mule deer branch and rebranch forming a series of Y shapes, while white-tailed bucks typically have one main beam with several tines sprouting from it. White-tailed bucks are usually smaller than mule deer bucks. Both of the species lose their antlers in the spring time.[citation needed]
Moose and elk are also popular game animals that are technically species of deer. However, hunting them is not usually referred to as deer hunting, it is called big game hunting. They are considerably larger than mule deer or white-tailed deer, and hunting techniques are rather different.
In Canada and Alaska, reindeer (caribou) are hunted extensively.
United Kingdom
There are six species of deer in the UK : red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, Sika deer, muntjac deer, and Chinese water deer, as well as hybrids of these deer. All are hunted to a degree reflecting their relative population either as sport or for the purposes of culling. Closed seasons for deer vary by species. The practice of declaring a closed season in England dates back to medieval times, when it was called fence month and commonly lasted from June 9 to July 9, though the actual dates varied. It is illegal to use bows to hunt any wild animal in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Victorian era dramatist W. S. Gilbert remarked, “Deer-stalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.”
While “deer stalking” is widely used among British and Irish sportsmen to signify almost all forms of sporting deer shooting, the term is replaced in North American sporting usage by “deer hunting” – an expression that in Britain and Ireland has historically been reserved exclusively for the sporting pursuit of deer with scent-seeking hounds, with unarmed followers typically on horseback.
Australia
In Australia, there are seven species of deer that are available to hunt. These are Fallow deer, Sambar deer, Red deer, Rusa Deer Axis Deer (Cervus timorensis russa and Cervus timorensis moluccensis), Chital Deer, Elk and Hog deer.
Deer were first introduced to Australia between 1800 and 1803. All States/Territories have populations of deer including many coastal islands. Deer hunting in Australia is mostly practiced on the eastern side of the country. Hunting access varies from state-to-state with varying classifications from pest to game animal with some species afforded the protection of hunting seasons and a requirement for a Game Hunting permit or license.
Method
North America
A New Hampshire Deer Hunt
There are five common methods of hunting deer: stalking, which consists of following signs and trails of deer; stand hunting, waiting where deer are likely to travel (including tree stands); still hunting, alternately walking quietly and waiting concealed in the pursuit of game; line drives, which consists of flushing deer toward a line of hunters; and spot and stalk hunting, which consists of spotting and then stalking the deer. Spot and stalk hunting is generally a method of hunting used in places where there are large visible areas, such as mountainous terrain where a person can see across canyons. The other four methods of hunting are used in places such as rolling hills or in country that is more level, where a hunter can hardly see over trees or bushes to spot and watch the deer. Scouting and stalking involves following deer sign. Common signs to pursue include deer rubs, scrapes, and tracks. Scrapes are places where bucks scrape the ground and urinate below low hanging branches on the edge of fields, bucks rub their faces on the low hanging branches leaving their scent. Bucks do this to mark territory and attract female deer. Deer tracks may reveal the size, age, and species of a deer. Rubs are marks on the trunks and low branches of trees which indicate where bucks have rubbed the velvet off their antlers; this leaves a tell-tale mark because it removes tree bark where the deer rubbed. Another purpose for this is to mark territory with a visual signpost.[citation needed]
Modern Hunting Methods
Deer hunting may be done from a stand which places the hunter above the line of sight of a deer. There are various types of stands including portable hunting stands, climbing hunting stands, ladder stands, self-made stands, and tripods each which can be used for different hunting methods.[citation needed]
Deer hunting for trophies may also take place from ground blinds. These can be natural blinds; like dead falls and brush; hay bails in open farm country, or specifically manufactured for this purpose.[citation needed]
United Kingdom and Ireland
Depiction of deer hunting with hounds from a 15th century version of The Hunting Book of Gaston Phebus, MS. f. fr. 616
The vast majority of deer hunted in the UK are stalked. The phrase deer hunting, however, has also been used to refer (in England and Wales) to the traditional practice of chasing deer with packs of hounds, now illegal under the Hunting Act 2004.
In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there were several packs of staghounds hunting “carted deer” in England and Ireland. Carted deer were red deer kept in captivity for the sole purpose of being hunted and recaptured alive. More recently, there were three packs of staghounds hunting wild red deer of both sexes on or around Exmoor and the New Forest Buckhounds hunting fallow deer bucks in the New Forest, the latter disbanding in 1997.
The practice of hunting with hounds, other than using two hounds to flush deer to be shot by waiting marksmen, has been banned in the UK since 2005; to date, two people have been convicted of breaking the law.
There is one pack of stag hounds in Ireland and one in Northern Ireland, the former operating under a licence to hunt carted deer.
Norway
Most of the deer hunting in Norway is by hunters driving the game towards other hunters posted in strategic locations in the terrain, though there is also a fair bit of stalking.[citation needed]
Australia
The majority of hunting methods in Australia are similar to North America, except for Sambar Deer which are commonly hunted with hounds.
Equipment
A pop-up pack-in style blind
Many different weapons are permitted in various states of the USA during certain times of deer season. These include bows, crossbows, rifles, shotguns, pistols, and muzzleloaders.
Archery season usually opens weeks or months before a state or locality’s gun season and usually is permitted for several weeks or months afterwards. Modern compound bows and recurve bows are used, as well as some primitive recurve and longbows by historical enthusiasts when permitted. Crossbows are often reserved for disabled hunters who are unable to draw a bow, but are allowed to be used in Alabama and Tennessee by anyone disabled or not[citation needed] and in Minnesota, Kansas, and some other states during firearm season. Most bows and crossbows offer an effective accurate range of 30-40 yards.
Rifles, shotguns, and pistols are all commonly used for hunting deer. Most regions place limits on the minimum caliber or gauge to be used; rimfire rifles and centerfires under .22 caliber are often prohibited due to ethical concerns, although they have been used to hunt deer and larger game in some cases.[citation needed] Some areas of the United States prohibit rifle hunting altogether.[citation needed]
Muzzleloader hunting is also practiced. Modern muzzleloading rifles equipped with synthetic stocks, telescopic and fiber optic sights, in-line ignition systems, advanced conical or sabot bullet designs, and black powder substitutes such as Pyrodex are much more effective than the muskets of generations past.[citation needed] However, many traditionalists still use wood stocked, iron sighted rifles with round lead balls and traditional black powder charges.[citation needed]
Hunting deer with edged weapons, such as the lance or sword, is still practiced in continental Europe, primarily in France. In such hunts, the hunters are mounted on horseback, and use packs of deerhound or greyhound dogs to track and drive deer. Only the hunt masters have the right to deliver the death blow, while other mounted hunters simply ride to the chase.[citation needed]
Alabama permits spear hunting of deer during its archery season.
Tools
Use of a Hitch-Haul platform to transport harvested game
Hunters employ many tools, among which are camouflage, tree stands/blinds, knives, vehicles, chainsaws, and handheld GPS units. Camouflage has been used for some time and while it is very important, it is not essential, especially during gun season when it is required that hunters wear blaze orange clothing.[citation needed] An industry of equipment suppliers and outfitters has grown to supply hunters with equipment.
See also
Animal welfare
Bayou Bucks (documentary)
Big Buck Hunter
Deer farm
Deer horn
Deer Hunter – video game
Deer Avenger – video game
Deerskin trade
Reindeer hunting in Greenland
Venison
References
^ Naturenet: Shooting, Hunting and Angling Seasons. Naturenet – Countryside Management & Nature Conservation.
^ Forests and Chases of England and Wales: A Glossary.St John’s College, Oxford.
^ Grossmith, George in The Daily Telegraph, 7 June 1911
^ http://www.gamecouncil.nsw.gov.au/
^ Bentley, A (1967), An Introduction to the Deer of Australia.
^ Gegelman, Andrew, pot and Stalk Hunting – The Lost Art. Nodak Outdoors.
^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/07/29/nhun29.html
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7053016.stm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4247341.stm
^ http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=DAL20050126.xml&Dail=29&Ex=All&Page=91
^ http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/Hunting/Hunting-Regulations/Deer/Legal-Guns-Bows
^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Minnesota DNR), Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook (2007). Pp. 5, 58.
v d e
Game animals and shooting in North America
Game birds
Bobwhite Quail Chukar Hungarian Partridge Prairie Chicken Mourning Dove Ring-necked pheasant Ptarmigan Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Snipe (Common Snipe) Spruce Grouse Turkey Woodcock
Waterfowl
Black Duck Canada Goose Canvasback Gadwall Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Mallard Northern Pintail Redhead Ross’s Goose Snow Goose Wood Duck
Big game
Bighorn Sheep Black Bear Razorback Brown Bear Bison (Buffalo) Caribou Cougar (Mountain Lion) Elk Moose White-tailed deer Gray wolf Mountain goat Mule Deer Pronghorn Muskox Dall Sheep Polar Bear
Other quarry
American Alligator Bobcat Coyote Fox Squirrel Gray Fox Gray Squirrel Opossum Rabbit Raccoon Red Fox Snowshoe Hare
See also
Bear hunting Big game hunting Deer hunting Waterfowl hunting Wolf hunting Upland hunting
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31 Facts about Whitetail Deer and Whitetail Deer Hunting. Whitetail Deer have a top speed of 35-40 MPH and they do not have gall bladders. Want to know more?
1.Based on hunter reports, about one deer in 30,000 is an albino.
2.Melanistic deer are very dark sometimes even black and results from overproduction of pigment and is less common than albinism.
3.Albinism is a recessive trait and both parents must carry the gene before it can occur in their offspring.
4.The speed at which antlers grow, also makes them the fastest growing structures in the animal kingdom.
5.Antler growth is usually complete by the end of August
6.The deer genus was given the name Odocoileus by Rafinesque in 1832
7.A doe giving birth in areas of good food will have twins. However triplets are common as well as occasional quadruplets.
8.Largest body weight on record of a Whitetail deer is 511 pounds.
9.Recent Estimates put the Deer Population in the United States at around 30 million animals
10. The whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus), is named for it’s signature tail and the white under part.
11. According to scientists there are 38 Sub-species of Whitetail Deer.
12. A whitetail buck usually weighs 130 to 220 pounds, but have been recorded at well over 350 Pounds.
13. Market gunning, unregulated hunting and poor land-use practices severely depressed deer populations in the early 1900s. By about 1930 the U.S. population was thought to number about 300,000 animals.
14. A Whitetail buck will shed his antlers every year, usually sometime in late December through Feb.
15. Whitetails have an average life span of 8 to 11 years.
16. Deer do not have a gall bladder on their livers. This allows them to eat vegetation that would kill domestic animals.
17. The members of the deer family are ruminants, having a four-compartmented stomach, which allows the deer to feed very rapidly.
18. A Whitetail has a top speed between 35 to 40 miles per hour.
19. A deer’s gestation period is 200 to 205 days, most of the fawns being born in the latter part of May or the first part of June.
20. Deer need 10 to 12 pounds of food per day to satisfy their needs.
21. The Whitetail Deer is the most abundant Big Game animal in North America.
22. The average whitetail stands between 36 and 40 inches high at the top of the shoulder.
23. The Florida Key deer, Odocoileus virginianus clovium, is the smallest sub-species of our native deer.
24. There is one authenticated record of a deer kept in captivity that lived to be nineteen years old.
25. A deer can clear an 8-foot hurdle from a standing position.
26. Deer swim well and at a good pace. They have been clocked at speeds up to 13 miles per hour.
27. At birth a baby doe weighs about 4 1/2 pounds while a buck weighs 5 1/2 pounds.
28. The fawns are born over a period of time that may extend from ten minutes up to two hours.
29. By the time the fawns are twenty minutes old, they can walk slowly on very shaky legs.
30. Recent Estimates put the Deer Population in the United States at around 30 million animals
31. About 40 percent of the young does may breed in their first autumn so that they give birth when they are one year old.
By: Steve M. Johnson
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Deer hunting is America’s favorite pastime on the hunter’s trail. To be a successful hunter, it’s necessary to know that deer manage to stay alive by avoiding predators. They do this by using their sense of smell, hearing and their eyesight, to a lesser extent.
They are naturally accustomed to hearing two kinds of sounds: natural and unnatural. The natural sounds are those of birds, the wind blowing through the trees, squirrels chattering or the grunts of a buck. The sounds that alert them to danger are a cough, leaves crunching or the clank of metal brushing or banging against something.
If the season has arrived, then understanding the rules of engagement is imperative to successfully hunting your game. Mimicking that will attract deer, such as a fawn in distress, a fawn bleat, doe or buck grunt, are great ways of getting their attention and drawing them to your location. Additionally, making a rattling noise mimics the sound of two bucks locked in combat. Be sure to rattle with a bit of enthusiasm, and a few grunts will help to make it sound authentic.
Whitetail deer have a far better sense of smell than the hunter in pursuit. Not only can they smell your presence upwind, they smell where you’ve walked. If you have a good understanding of wind direction, you can use it to your advantage when deer hunting.
A common mistake that novice hunters make is washing their clothes and apparel with laundry scented detergents. It’s recommended to use non-scented cleaning compounds and the allowing the clothes to dry in natural air elements outside. The hair and the body are often the biggest give away for deer whose survival depends on an acute sense of smell.
It’s commonly thought that they have a poor sense of sight. While it’s not their sharpest sense, many hunters give away their positions by allowing themselves to be seen. If you can fool their sense of sight, smell and hearing, then you’re well on you way to becoming a successful deer hunter. The key is to remain unseen and keep whatever you need within easy reach when hunting game.
When you find yourself in close proximity to your prey, it means you’ve done several things correctly to remain undetected by the animal. Hunting is a learned art and the skill requires practice before you can become a successful and seasoned hunter.
You’ll have plenty of opportunities to perfect grunting and other realistic sounds that deer make. However, no matter how experienced or inexperienced you may be, there should always be a healthy reverence for wildlife and nature when you’re out and about on a deer hunting adventure.
By: Mike Selvon
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hunting whitetail deer in montgomery county, alabama
Have you done your scouting and found prime, active whitetail habitat? Good for you. Now you can do some finer detail scouting and pick some possible stand locations. However, no matter how much homework you have done, you will find that the majority of your better hunting days will be determined by mother nature.
Deer hunters have always been aware that changing weather can directly change whitetail behavior. Extremes in temperature , wind, and/or precipitation will cause whitetails to go on the defensive. But the question is, what tells them when to feed, to seek shelter, or when its safe to resume normal activity? It is the built-in barometer that the deer possess.
Barometric pressure is a major key in the behavioral patterns of whitetail deer. So what can you do? Simply keep an eye on your barometer and closely watch the pressure patterns in your area.
Most hunters do have access to the internet or at least some way of finding out the barometric pressure. A better way is to go get yourself a compact weather meter that will fit right in your pocket. The meters on the market today are very precise. Most will record barometric pressure for 12 hours and accurately forecasts for another 24.
By spending time patterning the barometric pressure that comes with all weather fronts, you will have a good idea when the deer will be moving. Plan your hunts accordingly. This will allow you to put in quality time at peak periods of whitetail activity.
By: Todd Janssen
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