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© By Othmar Vohringer It is early December and in most regions, other than in some Canadian provinces, the rut is winding down to the post rutting stages. With most does breed bucks change their behaviour once again. With the breeding frenzy over and food sources limited bucks concentrate their efforts on gaining back the weight they lost during the rut. Now the buck’s main activity consists of

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(Originally published in the Merritt News - Othmar Vohringer The Outdoorsman) © By Othmar Vohringer Over the years the one thing I’ve noticed about successful hunters is a trait they all have in common: Knowledge! Successful hunters have spent many years perfecting their skills and have studied the habits and behaviours of animals. They have learned how wild animals use the landscape features

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(Originally published in the Merritt News – Othmar Vohringer The Outdoorsman) © By Othmar Vohringer This year’s summer was hot and the fall had the occasional rain, which provided deer with plenty of nutritious food and good conditions to raise their offspring. At the opening of the hunting season the deer usually grazed late in the fields; often after dark to avoid the heat of the day and

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© By Othmar Vohringer November is the time we all have been waiting for. The rut is on. Bucks are cruising around day and night in search of does. Now is the time to find a good spot, set up a stand and though it out all day from dawn to dusk. The important thing is to find the right spot that bucks frequent daily and that provides you with the best chance to get a crack at a rut-crazed buck.

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© By Othmar Vohringer In a recent report the B.C. government allows the City of Cranbrook in British Columbia to be the first city in this province to cull urban deer. The city of Cranbrook has lately been several times in the news with stories of deer attacking pets and at one point even a newspaper carrier doing his paper delivery rounds. Chris Zettel, communication officer of the City of

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© By Othmar Vohringer It’s an age old question “ does peeing in a scrape really work”. Not so long ago hunters were told that peeing anywhere in the woods, let alone into a scrape, is a big no, no. Yet, there always have been successful hunters claiming that human urine works just as well, if not better, as a deer attractant than the commercially available deer urine products. Many heated

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© By Othmar Vohringer Let’s face it. If you are an avid whitetail deer hunter with hopes of bringing home a deer this season, it probably won’t happen. Statistically speaking, the odds of taking a deer are clearly stacked against you. Ten percent of all hunters take 100 percent of all deer is a common saying. Yet, each season, hunters throughout the country beat the odds. While there are some

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© By Othmar Vohringer According to an article, published on the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Website, bowhunting is a popular pastime for millions of Americans. The National Sporting Goods Association reports that more than five million Americans hunted with bow and arrow in the year 2010. This was roughly the same as the number of people who went water skiing that year. With the inclusion of

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© By Othmar Vohringer The Feeding Area In the early season bucks still concentrate on the food sources. Therefore my number one favourite stand locations are located near food sources. These locations are the most consistent producer and the easiest to identify of all the early season options. Start glassing fields about two weeks before opening day, observe where deer enter the fields and then

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© By Othmar Vohringer We all dream of hunting big bucks but some of us don’t know how to hunt mossy old horns while others, hunting on public land, believe that there are no big bucks where they hunt. Well I’ve got good news for you. Rick DeStefanis, a veteran public land big buck hunter of many years, is the author of a new book, ”The Philosophy of Big Buck Hunting” After reading the book

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© By Othmar Vohringer How would you like to bowhunt deer in your own backyard? Well, if you’re a resident of Smithfield, North Carolina you can do that. According to an article in The Herald Smithfield's town council has voted to allow residents to hunt in their own yards this hunting season. The decision has been made in an effort to reduce the deer populations in town. In previous years the

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© By Othmar Vohringer I’ve been holding off with this column for a while now. Why? For two reasons. First I was not sure if the hunting community would perceive it as a slander and second I wanted to get it right. So why write it now? Well I thought about it and in the end found it’s just wrong to worry about what other might think or if I get it right. So here it goes. For the past several

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© By Othmar Vohringer In about a month it is time for me to start hanging my treestands and build a few ground blinds. This chore reminds me of a few important factors in choosing the best place to hang a stand or set up ground blinds. Although deer travel patterns, food sources, cover and the proximity of bedding areas are important ingredients to find the perfect spot there is another

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© By Othmar Vohringer There are any number of features that just scream, “Hang a stand here.” But some of these spots are traps that you should avoid. Here are a few examples of such hot spots that turn out to be traps. Ravine Crossings This tempting location probably claims more victims than nearly all the others combined. Even experienced hunters can fall for its raw appeal of a ravine.

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© By Othmar Vohringer The summer just started, well here in BC it did, and that is about the time where I start to drive along the field edges in the evening to look for deer. I am not interested yet in figuring out travel patterns. It’s to early for that. Deer hunting season is still a few months away and deer will have changed their patterns by then. But it is a good time to start a deer

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© By Othmar Vohringer If you live in or around Merritt, British Columbia and are a novice or advanced bowhunter make sure to attend this upcoming seminar. The seminar, held on four evenings in the Merritt Civic Centre, will teach you everything you need to know to become a successful bowhunter. ### This column has been brought to you by Othmar Vohringer Outdoors

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© By Othmar Vohringer “When does the whitetail deer rut occur?” This is the most frequently asked question wherever I talk to hunters. In a previous article, Understanding the rut, I explained what the different phases of the rut and the triggers for that event. No other subject of whitetail deer hunting is as controversial and myth laden as the rut. Here at Whitetail Deer Passion I always

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© By Othmar Vohringer According to the Wisconsin Outdoor News, Brian Inda a bowhunter from Wautoma killed the new Wisconsin state bowhunting record whitetail deer buck. The deer was taken on November 2 on an old Christmas tree farm in Wild Rose. The rack has 12 points, five on the right and seven on the left. It’s inside spread measures 22 inches. The final score, after a drying period of 60

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© By Othmar Vohringer Winter is a bleak time for many hunters. Deer hunting seasons are closed for most of North America and the hunters sit in the camp until spring. However, there is no better time to scout than right after the season closes and during the winter. You may ask what benefits scouting now will provide six or seven months from now? Let me tell you. One of the biggest benefits

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© By Othmar VohringerAntler rattling and calling can be an effective part of a smart hunting strategy during the rut, when bucks become more aggressive.While rattling up a big buck is more effective in areas where the buck-to-doe-ratio is even or close to it, because bucks have more competition, it also can work well in areas where does outnumber bucks and with that have less or no competition.

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© By Othmar VohringerCorey and I know each other for about four years, back then he just started hunting and was eager to learn everything he could and that is how he came into contact with me. Not so very long ago I told him about antler rattling tactics but since I am not a mule deer hunter I was not sure if it would work on them too. I’ve heard in the past that rattling also appeals to mule

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© By Othmar VohringerI received this picture in an email, the text said, "Check out this pig! 190-class buck. Shot near Tigerton." The buck had allegedly been shot in Wisconsin. Other than that I have no other information. I would like to learn more about it. If anyone reading this has any more information I would love to hear more about the buck, the hunter and the hunt.This blog post has been

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© By Othmar VohringerThe first important step in learning to make a one-shot-kill is to know where the vital organs are located in a whitetail deer. While it is true that almost any gunshot and arrow can kill a deer you always want to aim for the vital area of a deer, the heart and lung area.The vital area of a deer is actually quite large – roughly a 6 to 7 inch circle - consisting of lungs,

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© By Othmar VohringerOn a cold and blustery November morning in 1996 I sat in my tree stand located on a narrow bench of a steep slope from where I had an excellent view of deer activity. At the base of the slope was a large cornfield. The deer would feed all night on the corn and in the morning headed towards the top of the ridge passing by my stand and eventually into a thicket of young pines.

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© By Othmar VohringerIf you were to ask me which invention has given bow hunters the biggest advantage I would have to tell you without hesitation that it is the tree stand. Hunting deer from above has added more to bow hunting success than any other invention. The biggest advantage a tree stand has is that it allows you to get above the sight and smell of the deer. Using a tree stand gives you

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© By Othmar VohringerThe phone rang, Ernie my hunting buddy, was on the other end asking me if I would be interested in a short hunting trip over the weekend. Of course I was interested. What I didn’t know at the time was that Ernie wanted to hunt a different area then the usual place we go for a short trip. Meaning, there would not be much time, if any, to scout.To me scouting is the most

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© By Othmar VohringerAs a hunter it sickens me when I read stories such as the one below.The Conservation Department of Missouri states in a press release that conservation agents closed a two year investigation on a large-scale illegal wildlife and wildlife parts commercialization.A total of 299 serious violations in seven counties across southern Missouri were documented and 240 items were

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© By Othmar VohringerIn my many years of deer hunting I’ve seen deer eat many strange things. There was the doe that obviously liked dead fish and another time I’ve seen a fork horn buck chewing on a bone. But I’ve never seen a deer actually chasing a bird then kill it and eat it. Until now on YouTube. This blog post has been brought to you by Othmar Vohringer OutdoorsRead my bi-weekly newspaper

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© By Othmar VohringerHere in British Columbia the bowhunting season opens September 1st. due to work I am late with scouting this year but all of next week I will be out there checking things out. A friend said to me today, “I am done scouting. I put out a few game cameras and all I have to do now is to check them for pictures and then hang my stands.”Boy if it only would be that easy. Game

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© By Othmar VohringerAs an outdoor writer I am supplied with a lot of statistics from Canada and even more from America. One of the statistics I look forward to every year is the Recreational Accident Statistic.I am pleased to see that hunting ranks as usual very low in the overall accident statistic, lower then rollerblading and even basketball. What I am not pleased about is that the number

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© By Othmar VohringerHunting season is coming soon. Here in British Columbia the season starts in most areas September first for bowhunters and gun hunting opens on the 10th of the same month.With this in mind I’ve increased my time at the shooting range. While I try to shoot all year long as much as I can but as hunting season draws closer I make every effort to shoot at least one day every

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© By Othmar VohringerThe BC Outddors, Hunting & Shooting summer edition magazine is now available on the newsstands all over British Columbia. If you want to improve your early season bowhunting success you need to read my article, “The Four Factors of Deer Movement”. In the article I outline what the four factors are and how they influence deer movement patterns. Once you understand the four

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© By Othmar VohringerHunters in Petersburg, North Dakota, observed this buck all of last season and tried to hunt him, but to no avail. This was a very smart buck. No matter what the hunters tried to get close to him it was no avail. To the local hunters dismay some pheasant hunters found the monster buck dead at the end of the deer hunting season. Wildlife officials decided after an examination

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© By Othmar VohringerIn my Whitetail Deer Passion blog column from April 10, “Anaplasmosis – A health risk to BC wildlife”, I reported about the disease and the measures taken by the government; testing cattle in the Nicola Valley, which was followed up by conservation officers culling 30 mule and whitetail deer in the area on March 8 to 20. The culling was done in an effort to find out if the

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© By Othmar Vohringer(Originally published in the Merritt News)Anaplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by a red blood cell parasite, Anaplasma marginale, which is most often transmitted by tick bites. It affects domestic and wild ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk and moose) but causes symptoms mostly in cattle and sheep. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency there is

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© By Othmar VohringerIt’s official now. According to Wisconsin Outdoor News Wayne Schumacher, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is the new state whitetail deer record holder. On Sept. 20 he arrowed a true monster buck with 29 scoreable points. On December 5, 2009 a team of four official scorers taped the monster rack at 2436/8 inches.Read the full story hereThis blog post has been brought to you by

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© By Othmar VohringerPoaching is not common but it does happen every year and each time I read about it, it makes me angry and upset. It’s no different with this story from Minnesota. According to a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources press release officers recently seized a record-book deer rack and filed poaching charges against a Cannon Falls man. The photo shows DNR Conservation

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© By Othmar VohringerWhen the rut is over and the guns have fallen silent most hunters hang up their guns and bows until next year. The common opinion is that the post rut doesn’t yield any big bucks because they have been killed during the firearm season. Nothing could be further from the truth. Hunters that brave the cold and take advantage of the late bowhunting season offered in may states

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© By Shawn MorettiMy passion for bowhunting started about six years ago. In order to increase my chances of success, I started to seek the advice of the pros. I read anything I could get my hands on. I was mostly interested in learning more about the land I hunted on and how deer behave. There is a lot of valuable information out there about bowhunting tactics. I believe that I came across one of

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© By Othmar VohringerMany hunters view the rut as the magical time to kill a big buck. But is it? Not if I go by my 30 plus year experience and the many requests for rut hunting advice I get on Ask Othmar. If I say rut I am talking about the actual breeding period, when big bucks seem to loose all common sense and caution.The breeding phase is a two-week period, give or take few days, when bucks

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© By Othmar VohringerQ. I have permission to hunt on about 40-acre property in a suburb. It is a small block consisting mainly of hardwoods and a small open grassy area. It’s got houses on two sides and a highway on the other end. I’ve never hunted such a small place in close proximity to houses and people but I’ve seen lots of deer in that area. My question is how do I hunt these deer without

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© By Othmar VohringerThis past Sunday my wife and I went for a drive up north to the small logging town of Barrier. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed every minute of it. It might be the last sunshine we get before the long winter arrives.In the way home we drove along a cattle pasture when I spotted about 25 deer. We stopped and started to take pictures.Observing the deer we discovered

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© By Othmar VohringerI am particularly proud of this young Wisconsin bowhunters first buck kill because I had a small part to play in his success.When Shawn contacted me he didn’t sound to happy. Like most novice hunters he failed to kill a deer and had nobody to turn to, to ask for advice. After he gave me a detailed description of his hunting area I was able to give him a few starting point.

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By Othmar VohringerQuestion: "Is it true that deer do not like to be around cattle?"My Answer: Yes and no. I've hunted in areas where the deer didn't mind sharing the land with cattle. In fact I hunted on a property where the deer mingled with cattle and we always had to make sure that no cow was in the line of sight when we shot a deer.When I moved to British Columbia I found a place that had a

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© By Othmar VohringerIn the third week of September I observed something very strange that I have never seen before. While scouting a new area I discovered fresh and re-freshened scrapes. Usually scraping activity does not start around here until the first to second week of October. Did the deer know something I didn’t?When on October first the weather changed drastically overnight from a mild

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© By Othmar VohringerHi Othmar. A few friends and I have permission to hunt a farm. It’s the perfect piece of whitetail deer habitat with a small river bottom, hardwood ridges, pastures and several corn and bean fields. The farmer gave us permission to set up anywhere on his property except near the livestock and equipment barns and his house of course. In addition we only have permission to

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© By Othmar VohringerYesterday I received an email from a hunter in Illinois. He had been wondering if rattling in the early season would work. Here is his question and my answer.Q. I am wondering if antler rattling does work in the early season. When I asked hunters around here they each seem to have a different opinion. Some say it doesn't work, others say it works and still others say it

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© By Othmar VohringerKeeping you treestands in good shape:How safe treestand hunting is depends not only on wearing a safety harness and using a quality stand but also on the maintenance of the stand. It all starts by carefully reading, understanding and following the owners and operation manual accompanying each treestand. Before each use and after the hunting season ends inspect your stands for

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© By Othmar VohringerTripod Stand:This is not a treestand in the strictest sense because no tree is needed to set it up. The tripod stand is a self-supporting unit, but since it is listed under “treestands” in hunting goods catalogs and permits the hunter to get above the game I have included them here too. A tripod stand is the perfect choice to hunt brush country, marshes, corn and bean fields

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© By Othmar VohringerLadder Stand:As the baby boomer generation grows older these stands have become very popular in recent years. While not so long ago one had to look far and wide to find a good quality ladder stand, these days every treestand manufacturer offers a variety of models. Some ladder stand models are so roomy that they can accommodate up to two hunters, which is great for the father

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© By Othmar VohringerClimbing Stand:The climbing treestand is almost as popular with hunters as the hang-on stand. Since the first stands of this type were introduced almost twenty years ago they have come a long way in regards to comfort, safety and ease of use. Some of the modern climbing stand models are every bit as comfortable as your favorite TV chair at home. The old,

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© By Othmar VohringerChoosing The Right Treestand for The Perfect Ambush (Hang-On-Stands)Hang-on, or fixed, stands are the most commonly used stands. Of all the stand models this is the most versatile of all and relatively easy to set up. Hang-on stands come in a variety of designs and some even have features that let you adjust for leaning and bent tree trunks. The stand is a simple

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© By Othmar VohringerOver ninety percent of hunters prefer hunting from treestands and quite rightly so. Hunting from an elevated position will get the hunter above the sight and smell of animals. Hunting from a treestand, unlike other methods such as stalking and deer drives, is a low impact method which means that a hunter is less likely to get patterned by deer or alert them in other ways of

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© By Othmar VohringerWith the hunting season approaching fast hunters are getting ready. After scouting, which you hopefully have done by now, our next task is to hang the treestands. Hunting from a treestand is for many the preferred method of hunting. And quite rightly so. Treestands offer many advantages over other hunting methods. However, every time humans leave terra firma they expose

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© By Othmar VohringerOver ninety percent of hunters prefer to hunt from treestands and quite rightly so. Hunting from an elevated position will get the hunter above the sight and smell of deer. In addition hunting from a treestand, unlike other methods such as stalking and deer drives, is a low impact method which means that a hunter is less likely to get patterned by deer or alert them in other

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© By Othmar VohringerI have often heard “There are no big bucks on public land”. Nothing could be further from the truth then that statement. Just because you don’t see any big bucks during hunting season doesn’t mean that they are not there. The bucks are there you just have to find them.In order to find the big bucks forget scouting as you normally would. Instead scout for other hunters and

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© By Othmar VohringerThe early season can be a very though time to kill a big buck. The vegetation is lush which makes deer hard to see and food is plentiful. To find the perfect early season stand location a hunter has to consider what I refer to as the four factors of scouting. These factors are the building blocks for proper early season scouting.The beauty is ones a hunter understands what

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© By Othmar VohringerHunting season is just around the corner. I can already it smell it. Here in British Columbia the archery season opens in most areas on the 1st of September. If you’re like me you knocked months ago on doors to gain permission to hunt new land. You already scouted and placed your treestands for the early season. But are you hitting exactly where you’re aiming at with your bow

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© By Othmar VohringerThis image is making the rounds on the Internet for quite some time now. It was only a matter of time until it would end up in my email inbox. Yesterday someone sent me this picture titled: Best bowkill on camera. But is it real or is the image made up in photoshop or some other photo-manipulating program?Whenever I cam across this image on the Internet I discovered that it

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© By Othmar VohringerWe have a winner of the 2009 Whitetail Deer Contest. The numbers have been entered into a special computer program and after a few seconds this years winner was established.The contest prize, a double DVD set of Whitetail Revolution donated by Versus Country goes to entry number 01 entered by Vera Ely. Congratulations Vera to a magnificent buck and winning the prize of

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© By Othmar VohringerKevin Devault sent me his contest entry and tells me that he went out bowhunting during a snowstorm, as you can see in the picture, in Wisconsin’s late archery season. The nice eight pointer buck, not the biggest he has seen, is prove that late season still can produce some good buck hunting. The chances are even better when you go hunting during weather like Kevin did,

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© By Othmar VohringerBill Brown from Martinsburg, WV sent me the following story and picture to enter in the Whitetail Deer Contest. “Land of Giants” seems appropriate when I look at the picture of his beautiful long timed buck. Congratulations Bill.The Rut was on… So I decided it was time to hunt in the “Land of the Giants”.This area was saved for the Rut.Saturday Nov. 8 - 3 small Bucks on the

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© By Othmar VohringerCTCampers sent me his story and a picture of his Nebraska buck to enter into the contest. Just look at the mass in the antlers of that buck it’s a hog of a deer. Congratulations CTCampers and good luck in the contest.The deer was taken 11/15/08 on the first morning of rifle season in Nebraska. It was shot with a Savage model 16 300 wsm, Winchester super X 180 grain. The B.C.

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© By Othmar VohringerVera Ely took this magnificent 8 pointer weighing 200 pounds on November. 22, 2008 at 9:15am.“I used a Remington model 7,308 caliber, to harvest this trophy at approximately 45 yards. The weather was a cold-frosty 15 degrees. I had always heard about bucks in full rut and I finally got to experience this in Pennington Gap, VA on my Father's farm. I strongly believe in all the

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© By Othmar VohringerThe last contest had been a huge success. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control I had to end it before the date stated. To accommodate all those that sent entries but couldn’t be posted and for all those that asked me when the next contest would be held, I am going make another contest.The prize for the winning entry is very special and has been provided by

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© By Othmar VohringerThe Big Deer Contest came to a close yesterday, January 31st, at exactly 12 pm Pacific Time zone. It took the computer only a few seconds to jumble the entry numbers and then spit out the winning number. But before I announce this years winner of the Big Deer Contest I would like to write a few words about the contest.First of all a big thank you to everybody for entering the

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© Othmar VohringerThe 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

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© By Othmar VohringerThe 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

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© By Othmar VohringerStill 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

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© By Othmar VohringerA 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.

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© By Othmar VohringerI 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

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© By Othmar VohringerUsually 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 #9Hey, my name is Jonah Horst, I am 13 years old and here’s my story. (This buck was taken with a Weatherby .257 Roberts) (

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© By Othmar VohringerSome 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

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© By Othmar VohringerKevin 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 # 8My 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

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© By Othmar VohringerGood 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

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© By Othmar VohringerI 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 # 7On Nov 14,

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© By Othmar VohringerJeremy 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 # 6It was opening day of Maryland firearms season

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© By Othmar VohringerFrom the corner of my eye I caught some movement to my left. Lowering the binoculars and turning the head I saw a huge buck casually meandering across the gas pipeline right of way. “Where did he come from?” I mumbled to myself, surprised that I didn’t hear him walking on the frozen ground that close to me. The buck hasn’t see me hidden behind a tree and a few low growing

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© By Othmar VohringerHere is another young hunters entry. Ben Walsvik from Minnesota sat on a warm early season evening in his stand and despite mosquitoes and doubts in his stand choice he stayed just a little bit longer and was rewarded handsomely for his patience.Congratulations Ben to a very nice buck and good luck in the contest.Here is Ben’s story and picture. Enjoy!Big Deer Contest Entry

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© By Othmar VohringerI am always tickled when hunters send me pictures and stories of their success. I genuinely enjoy others success the same way I do mien. But I am particularly happy when a young or a novice hunter shows off his or her first success. For young Robbie from Michigan lady luck stroked him twice on the same day.Congratulations Robbie and I hope you have the same luck in the

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© By Othmar VohringerJennifer sent me her entry for the contest. She is a hunter for the second season and already shot the buck of a lifetime, a beautiful and rare piebald green scoring 158. Congratulations Jennifer to an exceptional deer and good luck in the contest.Here is Jennifer’s story in her own words.Enjoy!2008 Big Deer Contest Entry # 003My name is Jennifer Scarborough, I'm 25 and I

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© By Othmar VohringerIt is not often that I post videos on my blog but when my wife pointed the video below out to me on YouTube I was very impressed to say the least. Watch and Enjoy!

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© By Othmar VohringerGerry Tyson from Minnesota sent me his Whitetail Deer Passion – 2008 Big Deer Contest submission entry. Gerry shows us a fine example of a Minnesota – another big buck state – deer that he shot with a bow on October 31 of this year. Here in his own words is how he did it.2008 Big Deer Contest entry # 002Friday evening Oct. 31 I managed to run out to my deer stand after

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© By Othmar VohringerAs November rolls around most states and Canadian provinces close archery season and open the muzzleloader or general firearm season. In order to keep your firearm shooting well and accurate in temperatures below the freezing point special attention needs to be given to muzzleloaders and rifles.A good friend of mine recently saw a great looking buck but when he pulled the

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© By Othmar VohringerBefore the dawn of modern treestands, hunters successfully stalked deer with rifle and bow. Unfortunately these days many hunters have lost, or never tried, to stalk within shooting range of a deer and those that do try from time to time will have you known that it doesn’t work well.Nothing could be further from the truth. Michigan’s Benoit family, affectionately known as

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© By Othmar VohringerThe first 2008 Big Deer Contest Entry is from Adam and his Illinois bow buck. Here is Adams story and picture of the Illinois buck.2008 Big Deer Contest entry # 001“I took this southern Illinois ten pointer with my bow on November 7,2008 at 7:20am, on Shawnee National forest in Pope county, Illinois.I rattled him in at 6:50 am and took a thirty-yard broadside shot and missed.

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© By Othmar VohringerHolly A. Heyser from the NorCal Cazadora blog posted a great story of Kelly Gustafson, 23, of Welch, Minnesota and her incredible 27-point monster buck that she shot with her muzzleloader. Gustafson named the brute “Lesnar Buck” in honor of her favorite fighter Brock Lesner, former University of Minnesota wrestler. With three broken tines from previous fights the 27-point

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© By Othmar VohringerA fellow Canadian hunter sent me this picture of a huge Saskatchewan monster buck taken this year. Unfortunately the sender of the picture was not able to provide me with more information other than the buck was shot with a muzzleloader sometime this year. This is a dream buck any which way one looks at it, big heavy antlers with long tines and lots of mass. I counted 16

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© By Othmar VohringerThe annual big deer contest has become a tradition here at Whitetail Deer Passion over the past three years. The prize for the winning entry is very special and has been provided by the good folks at Versus Country - home of the best hunting shows on TV.The winning prize for this year’s contest is a 2-disc set of Whitetail Revolution with over three hours of pure hunting

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© By Othmar VohringerAll across North America a huge cold weather front has moved in over night from the pacific and heading now east. Here in our region the temperature dropped from a balmy 50F (10 C) to 30F (0 C) over night with light snow flurries and up to two inches in elevations above 1,800 ft. (560 m) see level.What this means is that you should be out hunting this weekend, the rut will

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© By Othmar VohringerBy the time you’re reading this I will be off again in the pursuit of a huge mule deer I have encountered a two weeks ago. After spotting the 5 x 6 monster dozing in the shadow of a big sage bush I stalked to within 150 yards of him. It took me almost two hours to cover the half-mile distance that separated me from him. The countryside these buck calls home consists of

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© By Othmar VohringerIn most U.S. States and Canadian provinces the early bowhunting season is over, and already the Internet is buzzing with news of huge whitetail deer bucks been taken everywhere.An email that was sent to me claimed that Kyle Simmons, a bowhunter form Iowa, had arrowed the new possible state record buck. I could not find any additional information about the buck and if it

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© By Othmar VohringerIn this edition of the mistake series I would like to discuss with you what I consider to be the fourth biggest mistakes hunters make: Getting patterned by deer.“I scout every day and all year long. I know every deer in my hunting area” said the hunter with pride. This hunter is at the opposite end of the scale that I discussed in Improper Scouting of the second edition of

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© By Othmar VohringerEverybody that is reading this blog for a while knows by now that I am a hunter with every fiber of my body. So much so that I consider hunting my way of life. It should therefore not come as a surprise to you that I also watch TV shows about hunting. Not any show mind you. The shows I watch have to be quality productions that are entertaining to watch and pass on knowledge

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© By Othmar VohringerIn this edition of the mistake series I would like to discuss with you what I consider to be the third biggest mistakes hunters make: The over dependency on equipment.As I have written in an earlier article, The Science of Hunting and the Good Old Days, hunters have come to rely too much on modern technology and gadgets in exchange for true woodsmanship. As technology

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© By Othmar Vohringer(The “Mistakes deer hunters make” is a series of several post on this blog over the next few weeks in my new column “Smart Hunting Strategy Tip of the week”. Last week we discussed how important it is to know the habits and behaviors of deer)In this weeks Smart Hunting Strategy Tip of the Week I will write about what I think is the second biggest mistake hunters make.

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© By Othmar VohringerIt often happens that readers send me emails in regard to a post I made on one of my blogs. Some of these emails are comments and others are requests for more information or advice on the subject. One such advice seeking email came in after I posted the article Buckle up on Outdoors with Othmar Vohirnger. The email writer wanted to know what treestand model and brand I would

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© By Othmar Vohringer(The “Mistakes deer hunters make” is a series of several post on this blog over the next few weeks in my new column “Smart Hunting Strategy Tip of the week”.)In the over 16 years that I have been hunting and studying whitetail deer, I have come to an opinion of what I feel are some of the biggest mistakes bow and firearm hunters make that will cost them opportunities of

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© By Othmar VohringerHere is a question that I get quite often asked from hunters. ‘What are the best calls and scents to use in the early deer hunting season?”Let me begin by saying that the solid foundation of all hunting success is smart scouting and stand placement according the scouting results. All the tactics, what ever they may be, you use will do nothing for you without scouting first.It

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© By Othmar VohringerRight in time for the upcoming deer hunting season Hornady introduces the new SST™ Shotgun Slug. With this new slug long range accuracy from a shotgun slug has become obtainable.There was a time when hunting deer with a shotgun slug meant that getting in close to the game was a must. Those days are over. Hornady’s NEW SST™ Shotgun Slug transforms your favourite rifled barrel

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