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 Monday, December 08, 2008
Back to the Future: An 80s Flashback
Posted by DDH Staff
Submitted by Corey Graff, Online Editor Have you ever heard a Duran-Duran or Tears for Fears song crank up on the radio and immediately feel like you've been transported back through time — back to the 1980s? I think they call that an "'80s moment." Today I experienced an '80s moment while putting some finishing touches on the Deer & Deer Hunting 30-year Compilation CD soon to be released. That's because I stumbled across the ad you see below from the 1986 December issue of D&DH for the "Chair Pack." That mis-matched duck camo, green sleeping bag, and early-style compound bow really screams 1986. Even the concept seems 80s — something as simple as a chair. The ad takes a person back to the days when the deer hunting industry was beginning to gain steam and new companies were springing up, eager to jump on the bandwagon with accessories to help hunters bag their buck. It's interesting to reflect upon a product that is essentially a chair and backpack, when viewed backwards through time from a place in history when lightweight treestands and ultra-high-tech pop-up ground blinds are the standard fare. And you won't catch a hunter in any ad today wearing mis-matched camo. It was a less scientific time, for sure, when deer hunters walked into the woods and plunked down on a deer trail, waiting for a shot that was sure to come sooner or later. The longer you waited, the more your odds went up. And to wait longer, one needed to be comfy. Thus, a chair. Seeing an ad like this — and getting that '80s feeling — makes a person want to go back to those good 'ol days, when deer hunting seemed simpler. Part of me would gladly swap the times, since it seemed like there was less pressure to shoot big bucks in those days and more energy was expended on simply having fun. But then again, that view — no doubt through rose-colored glasses — falls apart when one asks the more pressing question: Good grief, comfy or not, who could stand the music? 
Monday, December 08, 2008 10:06:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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11-Year-Old Takes 20-Point Buck
Posted by DDH Staff
 The Journal News reported that a young Ohio hunter -- 11-year-old Luke Woodruff -- shot his first buck and it was a dandy: If his initial deer-hunting trip
is any indication, Luke Woodruff's first car will be a Mercedes-Benz.
His first Ohio Lottery ticket will make him an instant millionaire.
And his first date — you know, in about five years — will be with Jessica Alba.
On the morning of Nov. 23, Luke Woodruff was an 11-year-old fifth-grader at Bogan Elementary in the Talawanda School District.
A few hours and one bullet later, he was Daniel Boone.
Luke and his father, Matt, spotted a large buck standing behind them in a bean field in the Vollmer Farm in Reily Twp.
Matt, 39, and a hunter for the last 19 years, called the buck the biggest he had ever seen.
But not the brightest.
The 19- to 20-point buck walked out of the thick brush and stood in
front of the Woodruff's ground blind, about 30 to 40 yards away.
"It was the perfect situation," his father said. "The sun was coming up, the wind wasn't blowing. Everything was in our favor."
Without being encouraged by his father, Luke, a first-time hunter,
removed his gloves, released the safety off his 20-gauge shotgun — last
year's Christmas present — and pulled the trigger.
His heart, he said, "was racing pretty good."
Luke thought the worst.
"Did I hit it or did I not," he said.
Finally, he admitted: "I missed."
A few hours later, after hearing some barking dogs, Luke and his
father started tracking blood. They found the deer across two fields,
lying in a back yard, about 600 yards from where it was shot.
"I couldn't believe how big it was," Luke said.
His father added: "It was twice as big as I thought." Source: Journal News
Monday, December 08, 2008 3:37:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Nontypical Sports 25 Points
Posted by DDH Staff
Taken near Fremont, Wisconsin, this non-typical reportedly has 25 points, plus a couple more that are less than 1-inch in length. The hunter's name is Jim. Congrats, Jim. The thought of seeing a deer like this is what gives many deer hunters restless nights before opening day.  
Monday, December 08, 2008 3:26:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Buffalo County Continues to Produce
Posted by DDH Staff
Here's a very impressive buck taken in Buffalo County, Wisconsin during the 2008 firearms season. We don't have any information on the hunter, but according to the e-mail the buck was: - Shot at 7:24 in the morning
- Green scored at 196 3/8"
- Field dressed at 210 lbs.
- Taken with a shotgun slug at 63 yards
- Hunter almost missed him
- Shot in neck forward of the shoulder
Will this buck beat both the Tschumper and Decker bucks?    
Monday, December 08, 2008 3:14:30 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
This Deer Got Blown Away
Posted by DDH Staff
Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:41:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Video: Montana Ranchers Seperate Locked Bucks
Posted by DDH Staff
Warning: Don't Try This At Home! The Wallewein Ranch, near Sunburst, Montana, was the scene of two locked bucks that had roughed one another up when neighbors of the Wallewein's found them. According to the greatfallstribune.com, "The deer had been at it for awhile," Mike Wallewein said. "They had
been going through barbed wire fences and there was a lot of blood on
their legs. When we got there they were still in the corral and were
lying down. They were just whipped but when we got there they jumped up
and away they went through another fence." The story continued: "We hazed them into a hedgerow of caragana and they crashed back and
forth through the trees," Wallewein said. "Then they tripped up and
threw themselves down and that is when we jumped on them. One got up
and we had to throw him back down." One deer's antler had pierced
the other's tongue and had gone through the lower jaw while the other's
had pierced the first deer's face under the eye. "Those horns
locked up tighter than if they had grown that way. We struggled for
awhile and the only way I could get them apart was spreading the two
and getting the one out of the mouth and over nose. The other side, I
could see, was going to come unlocked fairly easily." Jesse and
Lance sat on one deer while Mike Wallewein sat on the other. He told
his kids to get ready to jump when he got the deer undone. "I
undone them. The one with the horn through its mouth took off. I was
sitting on the other one and I jumped up but it just lay there. It was
so winded. It gave me a chance to count the points. I rolled it over
with my foot and then it jumped up and took off." Video:
Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:01:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Large Mass Drop-tine Buck Taken
Posted by DDH Staff
We don't have any details about the deer in this photo other than it was reportedly taken near Madison, Wisconsin. If we come across any information on the massive drop-tine buck we'll pass it along but this is certainly one impressive deer in anyone's book. 
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:29:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Audubon Society Promotes Deer Hunts
Posted by DDH Staff
The Audubon Society might not be thought of as a staunch pro-hunting organization, but the society can't deny the necessity of deer hunting. In fact, across New Jersey the conservation group has supported deer hunts in the face of undeniable evidence that overpopulation of deer leads to decimated habitat. What's more, the New Jersey
Audubon Society is actually leading an effort to get the Morris County Park Commission and local towns governments that surround the Jockey Hollow section of
the Morristown National Historical Park to urge the National Park Service to institute a whitetail deer hunt there. As reported on dailyrecord.com: The Aububon Society began deer hunts on its properties in 2006,
Ettel told the park commission, because assessments of the agency's
3,700 acres of preserves showed that deer browsing was a major factor
in the creation of "skeletal forests" that have become common in many
areas of central and northern New Jersey. The impact of deer on
forests is "devastating," he said. As a result, since 2006 Audubon has
advocated for increased hunting activity on public and private land and
for the expanded harvesting of whitetail deer statewide. While far too often non-hunters view "conservation" as being divorced from hunting, it is encouraging to see an essentially non-hunting conservation group supporting what hunter-conservationists have always known: Deer hunting isn't just something we like to do -- it's something we need to do. That is, if we take conservation seriously.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:47:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, December 01, 2008
The Piebald Buck Stops Here
Posted by DDH Staff
There are few details about this unique piebald deer, but we're sure the hunter -- whoever he is, wherever he was hunting -- had to pinch himself when he leveled his sights on this buck.  
Monday, December 01, 2008 11:01:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Predator Hunter Bags Buck
Posted by DDH Staff
Submitted by Jared Blohm, Editor of Trapper & Predator Caller The Wisconsin gun season started slow at our deer camp. As we headed back to the cabin after Thanksgiving dinner, we only had two deer tagged and neither had antlers. After another uneventful morning on Friday, I decided to hunt a brassica food plot in the afternoon. I thought I'd at least see does and I was ready to fill the freezer. It was nearing 4 and the food plot was still quiet. I heard something approaching across the field from the west just after 4. A couple minutes later, a doe hopped out into the field with a six-point buck right on her tail. The buck stayed on the edge of the food plot as the doe ate. I brought my gun up to check out the buck's rack in the scope. It was a basket six. I decided to pass. As I brought my gun down, the buck turned into the woods and bounded away. Busted. The doe looked over, but stayed in the field. I watched the doe eat for about 10 minutes as she made her way closer to me. If she continued about 10 more feet, she'd be clear of the hanging branch on my right and I'd have a broadside shot at about 40 yards. Perfect. I was going to take her. As I waited for the right moment, I noticed the doe kept looking back towards where the buck had run into the forest. I decided to wait and see if another deer came out. Sure enough. About a minute later, I could hear something on the edge of the food plot and spotted movement. I saw antlers and I thought it was the basket six again. As the buck walked along the edge of the food plot in the sticks, I got glimpses of his antlers and could tell he was bigger than the buck I saw earlier. I raised my gun and found him in my scope. He was about 100 yards out and wasn't coming out into the open. There was only about five minutes of shooting time left so I decided to pick my spot and take the shot. I found an opening, fired and watched the buck run into the woods on the same trail he came out on. The blood trail ended only about 50 yards into the woods. We looked for an hour, but decided to look again in the morning since we were at a dead end. After a restless night, we continued the search shortly after sunrise and found the buck laying less than 50 yards away from where we quit looking the night before. The camp was in high spirits that night. Nothing turns around a slow season like a nice buck.  
Monday, December 01, 2008 10:50:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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