© Othmar Vohringer
The late season can be though to hunt from a treestand. Not only do you have to wear thick wool clothing to stay warm when you sit still for hours, but you also have to be aware of problems that might occur with the treestand itself.
Many treestands tend to pop and creak the moment you move when the temperatures fall bellow the freezing point. There are several ways to overcome game spooking treestand noise.
Use a stand that has no moving parts such as a solid frame climbing stand. If you do not own such a stand there are a few things you can do to minimize noise by removing all lubricant from the moving parts.
A big concern in below zero temperatures is ice build up on the climbing steps and the stand platform. When it gets cold I cover the stand platform with an old piece of carpet. Snow and ice can be easily removed from the carpet plus it provides modest insulation and greatly muffles any sound the stand may make.
Consider tie on climbing sticks in the winter instead of screw in steps that tend to loosen ones the tree starts to freeze. I take my climbing sticks down after the hunt to prevent ice build up and set them up before each hunt. It only takes a few minutes to install and disassemble them and to me these few minutes are worth it if I can increase my safety.
Having said all that. Once the sub zero temperatures hit I find it too cold to sit motionless in a treestand for hours. The winter is one of the few times that I prefer to sit in a ground blind. If it gets really cold I can heat the ground blind with a small propane camping heater, providing just enough warmth to stop me from shivering.
Othmar Vohringer Outdoors
Founding Member of Outdoor Bloggers Summit
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Deer hunting in the news
© By Othmar Vohringer
The Missouri Conservation Commission proposed an increase of hunting and fishing permits but they quickly had to pull the plug on that plan when the news resulted in a public outcry.
Hunters, fishers and organizations alike, rallied against this proposal. Missouri Farm Bureau was among the more vocal organizations that railed against the proposed changes, which were to take effect in July 2009.
Read more here
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that this state had a very good deer hunting season all things considered. One the hunters, asked by the article writer about the 2008 season success, said that he keeps records for the last ten years and that this was one of the best years for deer hunting.
Read more here
Othmar Vohringer Outdoors
Founding Member of Outdoor Bloggers Summit
Tags: Deer Hunting in the News, News, Deer Hunting, Missouri, Wisconsin
The Missouri Conservation Commission proposed an increase of hunting and fishing permits but they quickly had to pull the plug on that plan when the news resulted in a public outcry.
Hunters, fishers and organizations alike, rallied against this proposal. Missouri Farm Bureau was among the more vocal organizations that railed against the proposed changes, which were to take effect in July 2009.
Read more here
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that this state had a very good deer hunting season all things considered. One the hunters, asked by the article writer about the 2008 season success, said that he keeps records for the last ten years and that this was one of the best years for deer hunting.
Read more here
Othmar Vohringer Outdoors
Founding Member of Outdoor Bloggers Summit
Tags: Deer Hunting in the News, News, Deer Hunting, Missouri, Wisconsin
Still Hunting
© By Othmar Vohringer
Still hunting as in, are you still out there hunting? And as in, tracking big bucks in the snow.
Looking at the weather map for North America I see lots of snow and cold in most places. This will get the bucks moving in search of food and the last remaining does in heat. The snow will make for good tracking.
This is a good time to try to fill your buck tag if you haven’t already. Never give up until the last hour of the hunting season. Persistence often will make all the difference. Check out my Post-Rut Hunting Tips and let me know how the deep freeze hunting is going for you.
Good luck and dress warm.
Othmar Vohringer Outdoors
Founding Member of Outdoor Bloggers Summit
Tags: Late Season Hunting Tactics, Still Hunting, Tracking Big Bucks, Deer Hunting Tips, Post-Rut Tips
Still hunting as in, are you still out there hunting? And as in, tracking big bucks in the snow.
Looking at the weather map for North America I see lots of snow and cold in most places. This will get the bucks moving in search of food and the last remaining does in heat. The snow will make for good tracking.
This is a good time to try to fill your buck tag if you haven’t already. Never give up until the last hour of the hunting season. Persistence often will make all the difference. Check out my Post-Rut Hunting Tips and let me know how the deep freeze hunting is going for you.
Good luck and dress warm.
Othmar Vohringer Outdoors
Founding Member of Outdoor Bloggers Summit
Tags: Late Season Hunting Tactics, Still Hunting, Tracking Big Bucks, Deer Hunting Tips, Post-Rut Tips
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Post-Rut tips
© By Othmar Vohringer
A common mistake made by hunters is to think that after the rut most of the big bucks have been shot. Nothing could be further from the truth. The late season can be a very productive time to be out in the woods as the Dave Voorhees buck (photo) proves. He took his monster buck, scoring 170 B&C points, on December 23rd 2006.
As the season winds down so does the rut activity. By mid December most does have been breed and the bucks turn their attention to more important matters. Food! During the rut the bucks have eaten very little, in fact they lost as much as 25% to 30% of their body weight. With the winter arriving and good nutritious food getting scarce the bucks have to eat and they will eat all day long, resting perodically to conserve energy.
As the bucks change their behavior pattern we must change our tactics accordingly. No longer do we hunt rub lines and scrapes. Now is the time to pay attention to the remaining food sources and the trails leading from food sources to bedding areas.
Tip 1:
Crop fields. Although most crops have been harvested the bucks will return to these fields to eat the last remaining morsels left behind by the combine harvesters. White and red oak trees are revisited again and deer dig up the last remaining acorns buried under a layer of snow. You still can use doe in heat scent lures. Lay a scent trail intercepting several deer trails. It might lure a buck to your stand. In December the fawns and does that have not been breed will come in estrus again.
Tip 2:
Now that most of the foliage has gone and the ground cover died off a bucks hideouts become limited to a few remaining thickets. Consider setting up a stand near such a thicket and wait the buck out. If it gets really cold and windy bucks seek wind sheltered south facing areas to bed down during their daytime resting periods. The colder the weather the better the chances are that you will find a buck bedded down in the opened soaking up the warming rays of the sun.
Tip 3:
Right after a snowfall be out in the woods at dawn and hunt all day. This is the perfect time to track a monster buck in the fresh snow. Many a good buck has fallen to this proven tactic. As a welcome side benefit for the hunters is that tracking deer in the snow keeps you on the move and warm.
The god news about late season hunting is that most hunters will stay at home and watch the football games. This means deer will be more relaxed and you often have the woods all to yourself. This is one of the reasons why late season hunting is my favorite time to be out hunting.
Dress for the occasion. Make sure you dress in several layers depending on the temperature and the method of hunting. Sitting for hours motionless in a treestand soon will drive the cold deep into your body if you’re not dressed warm enough. Take a big thermos of chicken soup and some candy bars with you to supply your body with warmth and sugar (energy). That late in the season you have nothing to loose. Plan on hunting all day from dawn to dusk and you might just end your season with a big buck on the ground.
Good luck to you all and report back here how your season went or better yet, take part in The Whitetail Deer Passion Big Buck Contest 2008
Tags: Post Rut Hunting Tips, Late Season Hunting, Tracking Deer, Late Season Hunting Tactics, Trophy Buck Contest
A common mistake made by hunters is to think that after the rut most of the big bucks have been shot. Nothing could be further from the truth. The late season can be a very productive time to be out in the woods as the Dave Voorhees buck (photo) proves. He took his monster buck, scoring 170 B&C points, on December 23rd 2006.As the season winds down so does the rut activity. By mid December most does have been breed and the bucks turn their attention to more important matters. Food! During the rut the bucks have eaten very little, in fact they lost as much as 25% to 30% of their body weight. With the winter arriving and good nutritious food getting scarce the bucks have to eat and they will eat all day long, resting perodically to conserve energy.
As the bucks change their behavior pattern we must change our tactics accordingly. No longer do we hunt rub lines and scrapes. Now is the time to pay attention to the remaining food sources and the trails leading from food sources to bedding areas.
Tip 1:
Crop fields. Although most crops have been harvested the bucks will return to these fields to eat the last remaining morsels left behind by the combine harvesters. White and red oak trees are revisited again and deer dig up the last remaining acorns buried under a layer of snow. You still can use doe in heat scent lures. Lay a scent trail intercepting several deer trails. It might lure a buck to your stand. In December the fawns and does that have not been breed will come in estrus again.
Tip 2:
Now that most of the foliage has gone and the ground cover died off a bucks hideouts become limited to a few remaining thickets. Consider setting up a stand near such a thicket and wait the buck out. If it gets really cold and windy bucks seek wind sheltered south facing areas to bed down during their daytime resting periods. The colder the weather the better the chances are that you will find a buck bedded down in the opened soaking up the warming rays of the sun.
Tip 3:
Right after a snowfall be out in the woods at dawn and hunt all day. This is the perfect time to track a monster buck in the fresh snow. Many a good buck has fallen to this proven tactic. As a welcome side benefit for the hunters is that tracking deer in the snow keeps you on the move and warm.
The god news about late season hunting is that most hunters will stay at home and watch the football games. This means deer will be more relaxed and you often have the woods all to yourself. This is one of the reasons why late season hunting is my favorite time to be out hunting.
Dress for the occasion. Make sure you dress in several layers depending on the temperature and the method of hunting. Sitting for hours motionless in a treestand soon will drive the cold deep into your body if you’re not dressed warm enough. Take a big thermos of chicken soup and some candy bars with you to supply your body with warmth and sugar (energy). That late in the season you have nothing to loose. Plan on hunting all day from dawn to dusk and you might just end your season with a big buck on the ground.
Good luck to you all and report back here how your season went or better yet, take part in The Whitetail Deer Passion Big Buck Contest 2008
Tags: Post Rut Hunting Tips, Late Season Hunting, Tracking Deer, Late Season Hunting Tactics, Trophy Buck Contest
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Could you give me some advice on deer hunting tactics?
© By Othmar Vohringer
I just finished answering the sixth email that came in this morning with requests of advise on deer and turkey hunting tactics. While I like to help other hunters by giving them tips and advice I am always reluctant. Not that I want to hold back on my “secrets” but because it is difficult to advice somebody just going by a description without seeing the hunting property or at least a quality aerial photograph or topographical map as reference.
To help fellow hunters I have created a special and very unique service. To my knowledge it is the only service of that kind available to hunters anywhere in North America. To learn more about the Hunting Strategy & Hunting Property Evaluation
visit my website.
It’s a very unique service that will help hunters to make stand location choices without the time consuming chore of scouting. I am not guaranteeing 100% hunting success with my predictions. There are many influences such as weather, changing food sources, human activity and more that can and will alter deer movement patterns. But my service will take 90% of the guesswork out of scouting and stand location choice. The beauty of my method is that geographical structures/strategies are a constant that can be capitalized on for hunting purposes for generations to come. The fee for this service is negligible in comparison to the time, effort and money you have to spend to scout for days and weeks. All you need to do is look at the map where I marked out all the likely locations for you, and scout these particular spots according to my recommendations.
Scouting never has been that easy.
This service is part of my ongoing effort to assist hunters in becoming more successful and spend more time hunting and less time wondering and worrying.
Hunting Advice, Hunting Strategy Consultant, Hunting Tactics, Helping Hunters
I just finished answering the sixth email that came in this morning with requests of advise on deer and turkey hunting tactics. While I like to help other hunters by giving them tips and advice I am always reluctant. Not that I want to hold back on my “secrets” but because it is difficult to advice somebody just going by a description without seeing the hunting property or at least a quality aerial photograph or topographical map as reference.To help fellow hunters I have created a special and very unique service. To my knowledge it is the only service of that kind available to hunters anywhere in North America. To learn more about the Hunting Strategy & Hunting Property Evaluation
visit my website.
It’s a very unique service that will help hunters to make stand location choices without the time consuming chore of scouting. I am not guaranteeing 100% hunting success with my predictions. There are many influences such as weather, changing food sources, human activity and more that can and will alter deer movement patterns. But my service will take 90% of the guesswork out of scouting and stand location choice. The beauty of my method is that geographical structures/strategies are a constant that can be capitalized on for hunting purposes for generations to come. The fee for this service is negligible in comparison to the time, effort and money you have to spend to scout for days and weeks. All you need to do is look at the map where I marked out all the likely locations for you, and scout these particular spots according to my recommendations.
Scouting never has been that easy.
This service is part of my ongoing effort to assist hunters in becoming more successful and spend more time hunting and less time wondering and worrying.
Hunting Advice, Hunting Strategy Consultant, Hunting Tactics, Helping Hunters
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
The Rewards of Persistence
© By Othmar Vohringer
Usually I write a small comment to the Big deer Contest entries but this time I feel that Jonah Horst’s story is so compelling that I let it speak for itself. Enjoy.
Congratulations Jonah on a great buck and good luck in the contest.
Big Deer Contest Entry #9
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.
Tags: Big Deer Contest, Bowhunting, big Bucks, Pennsylvania, Rifle Hunting Season
Usually I write a small comment to the Big deer Contest entries but this time I feel that Jonah Horst’s story is so compelling that I let it speak for itself. Enjoy.
Congratulations Jonah on a great buck and good luck in the contest.
Big Deer Contest Entry #9
Hey, my name is Jonah Horst, I am 13 years old and here’s my story. (This buck was taken with a Weatherby .257 Roberts) (B+C score totaled 131.75")
During the last week of archery season, I made what I thought to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life, but this mistake actually happened to make this years hunting experience even more memorable. During the last week of archery season I decided to go out on a fairly ugly day. When I got in my stand the weather wasn’t terrible, but all of the sudden it started pouring. I was contemplating calling it quits when the rain turned into sleet. I decided to stay out and fight the weather after a nice 6 pointer came trotting past me; I came to full draw, and just couldn’t get a clear shot.
Then I hung around for a while and from that point on I saw nothing. The sun was going down, I was completely soaked, and I was ready to quit. I climbed down my tree stand, and walked out into the alfalfa field below my tree stand. I reached down to pick up my grunt call, and when I lifted my head my body suddenly felt hot when I saw a beautiful eight point buck walking towards me. I quickly scurried behind a bush when it stopped and looked behind himself. I was just shocked, I kept thinking to myself, “all of the times I have been hunting, the one time I get down early, a great buck comes walking towards me, now what are the odds of that”.
When I first caught sight of the rack I noticed its towering tines, it wasn’t very wide, but it sure was tall and heavy, I still remember the picture of the perfectly symmetrical buck walking towards me during the sleet storm. The Buck kept walking towards me until it got about 20 yards away; the buck knew I was there when it got closer. The buck quickly ran away, it was the fastest I have ever seen a whitetail run. I felt terrible after I got home. I kept picturing the deer in my head, and reliving the hunt. I hunted that buck every day that week, and hadn’t seen the slightest trace of the amazing buck.
Now around comes rifle season. Every year I go down to my grandfather’s farm in Fulton County for the first day of rifle season. This year I wasn’t sure if I really had my heart set on hunting in Fulton the first day, I just couldn’t stop thinking about the buck I had seen during archery season. But finally I convinced myself that the eight-point buck had been killed, or I scared it away for good, so I went to my grandfather’s farm for the first day. I had no opportunities at shooter bucks the first or second day down in Fulton County, PA but I wasn’t really upset that I hadn’t killed one yet because I knew it was possible for the big eight point to be alive.
The second week I decided to hunt at my house, where I had first had an encounter with the big buck. The first morning after it got light out, I heard footsteps back in the thicket in front of me; I was hunting with my dad so he told me to get ready. After that the footsteps got close and closer, stopping every one and a while, but eventually I saw a tall rack come over the hill in front of me, it was about 30 yards away, I kept walking, then he saw us, and suddenly stopped. This left me with a shot where the deer was quartering towards me hard. I decided to put the crosshairs right on his shoulder and squeeze, right after my shot I knew I hit the deer, we heard the deer crash, and when we found my deer the first thing I said was, “dad he’s the one.”
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.
Tags: Big Deer Contest, Bowhunting, big Bucks, Pennsylvania, Rifle Hunting Season
Sunday, December 07, 2008
New Website Launched
© By Othmar Vohringer
Some of my readers and fellow bloggers may have started to wonder about my lack of posting and answering comments made on my blogs.
I am still here and I haven’t abandoned my blogs or my blogging friends. It’s just that over the past few weeks I have been incredibly busy. The hunting season comes to a close on December 10 and I still have not connected with the buck I want. If I didn’t hunt I have been sitting in the office planning for next year and get things rolling in the right direction.
The lion share of the time, however, was spent on getting my website finally ready to be launched. I started the basic design two years ago but each time I looked at it I didn’t like something and changed it. Then in the last two months I completely redesigned everything from the ground up and today I am pleased to announce that OthmarVohringer.comhas been successfully launched. There are still a few minor changes and some editing to be made but the bulk of it up and running.
At this point it is appropriate to say a big thank you to my wife for putting up with my frustrations – me and modern technology do not go along well -, for her continues artistic input, ideas and inspiration but also for the many hours spent editing and proofreading all the text that still continuous to this day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, without you this website never have turned out the way I envisioned it.
The website will provide information of my many services to the hunting industry. Naturally there is also a lot of information for hunters too in form of articles, tips, product reviews and much more. I believe with OthmarVohringer.com I have created a well-rounded information source for everybody within our large hunting community.
Take a minute or two and check the website and let me know what you think. I also welcome any suggestions you may have. If you would like to help me in spreading the news about the website please feel free to go to “Press Releases” and download the official media release and a picture of your choice, or link back to this article on your blogs. Thank you!
Tags: Website Launch, Othmar Vohringer Outdoors, Smart Hunting Strategies, Press Release, News
Some of my readers and fellow bloggers may have started to wonder about my lack of posting and answering comments made on my blogs.
I am still here and I haven’t abandoned my blogs or my blogging friends. It’s just that over the past few weeks I have been incredibly busy. The hunting season comes to a close on December 10 and I still have not connected with the buck I want. If I didn’t hunt I have been sitting in the office planning for next year and get things rolling in the right direction.
The lion share of the time, however, was spent on getting my website finally ready to be launched. I started the basic design two years ago but each time I looked at it I didn’t like something and changed it. Then in the last two months I completely redesigned everything from the ground up and today I am pleased to announce that OthmarVohringer.comhas been successfully launched. There are still a few minor changes and some editing to be made but the bulk of it up and running.
At this point it is appropriate to say a big thank you to my wife for putting up with my frustrations – me and modern technology do not go along well -, for her continues artistic input, ideas and inspiration but also for the many hours spent editing and proofreading all the text that still continuous to this day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, without you this website never have turned out the way I envisioned it.
The website will provide information of my many services to the hunting industry. Naturally there is also a lot of information for hunters too in form of articles, tips, product reviews and much more. I believe with OthmarVohringer.com I have created a well-rounded information source for everybody within our large hunting community.
Take a minute or two and check the website and let me know what you think. I also welcome any suggestions you may have. If you would like to help me in spreading the news about the website please feel free to go to “Press Releases” and download the official media release and a picture of your choice, or link back to this article on your blogs. Thank you!
Tags: Website Launch, Othmar Vohringer Outdoors, Smart Hunting Strategies, Press Release, News
Friday, December 05, 2008
Big Deer Contest – Huge New York Bow Buck
© By Othmar Vohringer
Kevin from Chautauqua County, New York sent me his contest entry of a huge eight-point buck.
Congratulations Kevin on a good buck and good luck in the contest.
Big Deer Contest Entry # 8
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.
Tags: Big Deer Contest, Bowhunting, Chautauqua County, New York, Trophy Whitetail Buck, Spitfire Broadheads, BowTech
Kevin from Chautauqua County, New York sent me his contest entry of a huge eight-point buck.
Congratulations Kevin on a good buck and good luck in the contest.
Big Deer Contest Entry # 8
My name is Kevin Pierce, I shot this buck on November 8, 2008 at 8:43am in Chautauqua Co. NY. He is an 8 point with an 18 1/4 “ inside spread and weighed 179 lbs. It was a clear day with the temperature at 40F.
The Equipment I used on that hunt:
BowTech Diamond Justice.
Carbon Express – Terminator Lithe Hunter arrows.
NAP Spitefire XP Pro 100grain broadheads.
Military issue camouflage pants and Muck boots.
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.
Tags: Big Deer Contest, Bowhunting, Chautauqua County, New York, Trophy Whitetail Buck, Spitfire Broadheads, BowTech
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Local Town makes Deer Hunting Legal
© By Othmar Vohringer
Good news for hunters in and near the New York town of Southold. Due to increasing problems with the growing whitetail deer population in the town it has been decided to issue deer hunting permits.
December is breeding season, so town owned land normally reserved for nature enthusiasts for the first time ever will be open to hunters Wednesdays through Saturdays.
"Too many people are getting hurt by deer on the road they need to be thinned out," said Chris Schwarting.
Deer out here don't have any natural predators. They're causing more traffic accidents than ever and the herds are devouring vegetation at an alarming rate.
"They eat all the plants," Schwarting said. "The flowers everything."
Hunting is only open to archers. The town says birth control methods are too expensive, unreliable, and bad for the environment.
The supervisor says opening up Southold to hunting will not only benefit those who live here, but in these difficult economic times benefit the less fortunate in surrounding areas.
"We're going to generate a lot of venison and we're going to donate that venison to Feed NY and others," Russell said.
Tags: New york, Southold, Deer Hunting, Economy, Venison, Deer Herd Control
Good news for hunters in and near the New York town of Southold. Due to increasing problems with the growing whitetail deer population in the town it has been decided to issue deer hunting permits.December is breeding season, so town owned land normally reserved for nature enthusiasts for the first time ever will be open to hunters Wednesdays through Saturdays.
"Too many people are getting hurt by deer on the road they need to be thinned out," said Chris Schwarting.
Deer out here don't have any natural predators. They're causing more traffic accidents than ever and the herds are devouring vegetation at an alarming rate.
"They eat all the plants," Schwarting said. "The flowers everything."
Hunting is only open to archers. The town says birth control methods are too expensive, unreliable, and bad for the environment.
The supervisor says opening up Southold to hunting will not only benefit those who live here, but in these difficult economic times benefit the less fortunate in surrounding areas.
"We're going to generate a lot of venison and we're going to donate that venison to Feed NY and others," Russell said.
Tags: New york, Southold, Deer Hunting, Economy, Venison, Deer Herd Control
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Big Deer Contest – Ten year old shoots a Virginia monster buck
© By Othmar Vohringer
I am always thrilled when I hear a story of a young hunter killing his or her first deer. In this contest entry sent in my Billy Murphy from Virginia a proud dad tells how his young son not only shot his first deer with a muzzleloader but a monster too at the looks of it.
Congratulations Austin on a good buck and good luck in the contest.
Big Deer Contest Entry # 7
Tags: Virginia Muzzleloader Hunt, Young Deer Hunters, Big Deer Contest, Monster Bucks
I am always thrilled when I hear a story of a young hunter killing his or her first deer. In this contest entry sent in my Billy Murphy from Virginia a proud dad tells how his young son not only shot his first deer with a muzzleloader but a monster too at the looks of it.
Congratulations Austin on a good buck and good luck in the contest.
Big Deer Contest Entry # 7
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.On Nov 14, 2009, my 10 yr. old son Austin Murphy had shot this 10 pointer the last day on muzzleloader. My daughter Parker who is 7 years old wanted to go with us. This hunt was in the afternoon the weather was little drizzle. We set up on the edge of a field at around 3:30, at about 4:10 2 does has walked out into the field. Within minutes Austin said, “Dad there he is I never saw the Buck". I grab the shooting stick and Austin put the muzzleloader up and made the shot.
Tags: Virginia Muzzleloader Hunt, Young Deer Hunters, Big Deer Contest, Monster Bucks
Monday, December 01, 2008
Big Deer Contest – The Maryland eight point buck
© By Othmar Vohringer
Jeremy Fike from Maryland sent me his entry for the 2008 Big Deer Contest here at Whitetail Deer Passion. From his description it sounds like he had the perfect hunt and a beautiful big eight-point buck to go with it. Congratulations Jeremy and the best of luck in the contest.
Her is Jeremy’s story. Enjoy!
Big Deer Contest Entry # 6
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.
Tags: Big Deer Contest, Maryland Gun Season, Deer Hunting
Jeremy Fike from Maryland sent me his entry for the 2008 Big Deer Contest here at Whitetail Deer Passion. From his description it sounds like he had the perfect hunt and a beautiful big eight-point buck to go with it. Congratulations Jeremy and the best of luck in the contest.
Her is Jeremy’s story. Enjoy!
Big Deer Contest Entry # 6
It was opening day of Maryland firearms season in Garrett County, a recent storm had left a nice 4-6 inch blanket of snow on the ground with temps in the high 20's and winds very calm. My Summit Viper had been set up the evening prior, which makes it much easier to get in the next morning to climb up.... anyway after arriving to my favorite spot which had produced a nice 9pt for me in archery season earlier in September, climbed up to about 25 feet and got relaxed in my seat....I was prepared to hunt most of the day anyway. Next it was like you see on TV, just sat down, waited about 10mins or so and there he come walking broadside 60yds a monster 8pt unreal! After resting the crosshairs behind the shoulder my 760 Remington Gamemaster in a .270 caliber 130gr-PSP spoke with a roar and the buck dropped in its tracks. I was now a proud owner of a 17" spread 8pt the rack is about 15" high....its definitely a wall hanger for me! Over the years of hunting very few times does this ever happen for me quite this easy, it was like the buck read the script?
If you would like to enter our 2008 Big Deer Contest and become eligible to win a fantastic prize, provided by the good folks at Versus Country, read the contest entry rules here.
Tags: Big Deer Contest, Maryland Gun Season, Deer Hunting
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