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 Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Video: Locked Up Bucks Freed with Bullet to Antler
Posted by DDH Staff
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
United Airlines to Allow Transport of Antlers
Posted by DDH Staff
by Ben Sobieck, online editor
Hunters traveling on United Airlines can now bring antlers in their luggage.
Previously, antlers and horns were banned from all flights. That changed last month when United reversed its stance. The new policy can be seen here.
Checked antlers will cost $175 per set to transport as checked luggage. Linear dimensions are limited at 120 inches. Tips must be padded and secured so as not to puncture baggage. The skull must also be wrapped.
Hunters on the deeranddeerhunting.com forum criticized United's previous prohibition of antlers.
"So you can check a firearm if it's in a locked case but not antlers?
Wow that doesn't make sense. I bet a lot of hunters fly a different
airline when they hear about this," said Florida hunter Scott Styba.
Click here to discuss United's decision on the the forum.
Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:22:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Carbon Express F-15: Deadly as Advertised
Posted by DDH Staff
by Jacob Edson, Deer & Deer Hunting managing editor
Last winter, Carbon Express provided writers attending its media event with prototypes of the company's new F-15 fixed-blade broadheads. I've been itching to try them ever since.
Simply put, they look NASTY. The broadheads feature a unique design with dual, side-by-side "bleeder" blades. In total, the head features six cutting edges to create a large wound and a skin flap that will not re-seal no matter how tight the skin and muscle is drawn.
Like any new broadhead, I tested them on the range first. I found no noticeable change in point of impact. However, I waited to use them in the field until Sunday, Dec. 27. With only a week remaining in Wisconsin's bowseason, I decided I had better put the F-15s in my quiver.
It was as picturesque of a winter doe hunt as anyone could ask for. An inch of downy snow coated the woods and each whisper of wind brought a fresh puff of it drifting through the air. A cardinal kept me company as I waited.
With 15 minutes of shooting light remaining, a doe and her fawn appeared from some pines along a a small spring 20 yards to my left. The doe sensed my draw, but by the time she looked up I already had the pin settled.
The 18-yard poke was as chip-shot as you can get with whitetails in the real world, and the F-15 provided a blood trail in the snow that I could follow from my stand. I found the doe 40 yards into the spruce grove she had emerged from. As advertised, both the entry and exit hole remained wide open along the doe's short trail.
F-15 broadheads are available in a one-piece fixed blade model, and an expandable version. The 100-grain fixed blade model features a 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter. The 100 grain expandable features four parallel expandable blades with a cutting diameter of 1 3/8 inches. Both broadheads feature an aggressive cut-on-contact design.
If you haven't seen them already, I recommend checking them out next season.
Learn more from Edson experiences in this online course.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 5:33:55 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Leupold Counterfeit Alert
Posted by DDH Staff
The following is from the Leupold website.
Leupold® is issuing a customer alert to purchasers of products,
particularly via Internet sales, in regards to bogus Leupold products
that are apparently being illegally imported from the People’s Republic
of China. These products bear many of the marks and trade dress of
current Leupold & Stevens riflescopes making them very hard to
distinguish externally from authentic Leupold products. In recent
months, counterfeited Leupold Mark 4® riflescopes have begun to arrive
with increasing regularity at the firm’s Beaverton, Oregon,
headquarters for service. These products are not manufactured by
Leupold and are not covered by the Leupold Full Lifetime Guarantee. Leupold
employs serial number tracking for all its riflescopes, so if a
customer finds a scope that is suspect, he or she can simply write down
the serial number and call 1-800-LEUPOLD to confirm if it is indeed
authentic. In general, most of the scopes appear to originate
from Hong Kong (People’s Republic of China), and have “Leupold Mark 4”
laser engraved on the bottom of the turret in a silver etch, while the
black ring on the objective is etched in white and does not include the
name “Leupold.” An authentic Mark 4 riflescope will always be engraved
black on black and have the name “Leupold” engraved on the black ring.
Monday, December 28, 2009 9:05:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Video: How to Deep Clean a Bolt Action
Posted by DDH Staff
Hunters may have given a quick wipe down of their firearms after the '09 hunt, but guns need regular deep cleanings to function optimally. The off-season is the perfect time to give firearms the maintenance they need.
In this video, Larry Potterfield, CEO of MidwayUSA, shows how to deep clean the bolt action on a rifle.
Download more about rifle firearms maintenance with Gunsmithing: Rifles by Patrick Sweeney.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:22:29 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Video: Cell Phone Captures Bucks Fighting
Posted by DDH Staff
This footage was shot in Ladue, Mo.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:23:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Video: Deer Attacks Football Player
Posted by DDH Staff
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:38:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 23, 2009
292-Inch Nontypical Bagged in Nebraska
Posted by DDH Staff
The following article and images are courtesy of NEBRASKAland Magazine.
Wesley O’Brien, of Lexington, Texas, killed what could be Nebraska’s next record whitetailed buck on November 14, 2009, the first day of that state’s 9-day firearm season. Preliminary measurements scored the 38-point rack at 292 7/8 gross and 281 net.
This massive and gnarly buck, taken in the southeast part of the state in Richardson County on private land, is quickly becoming one of the most talked about whitetails across the country. “It’s a remarkable deer,” said Tony Korth, a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission aquarium director and certified antler scorer.
Nebraska’s current state record for a nontypical firearm is 242 5/8, taken by Robert Snyder in 1961. O’Brien’s buck is expected to eclipse this deer and could potentially rival Nebraska’s state record buck for any weapon and the current world record for archery, Del Austin’s 1962 buck nicknamed “Old Mossy Horns” that scored 279 7/8.
O’Brien’s buck was shot with a .270 Weatherby Magnum a few minutes before the end of legal shooting time. He and two hunting partners, Brandon Rhodus of Lexington, Texas, and Dave Haveman of Louisville, Nebraska, were scouting for Sunday’s hunt when they saw the buck about 250 yards away.
O’Brien worked his way through a patch of timber to get a shot within 100 yards. The deer ran 30 yards and dropped. “I’m just lucky,” he said. “A good hunter doesn’t kill that deer. A lucky one does.”
-- Jeff Kurrus- NEBRASKAland Magazine
Monday, November 23, 2009 9:56:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sheboygan Buck Not a World Record
Posted by DDH Staff
Claims that a buck shot near Sheboygan, Wis., is a world record are unfounded, says Deer & Deer Hunting Editor Dan Schmidt. Although impressive, the buck (which can be seen here) will not score 217 5/8 as asserted by the hunter who shot it.
"Although this Sheboygan Falls, Wis., buck is incredibly massive, we highly doubt it will live up to what early reports claim to be a 230-class nontypical and/or a 218-inch typical," Schmidt said.
"It appears to us that the buck’s rack will be subject to large deductions from at least one common base, possibly two, and major side-to-side differences.
"In any event, the hunter who shot this buck should not let those differences detract from taking such a fine whitetail."
Congratulations to him from the entire D&DH staff!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:50:47 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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