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I heard the report on NPR and was wondering if they had an eyewitness available or not. The school in the report is Steele Elementary, I think it's on the corner of Sarnoff and Kenyon, near Pantano and 22nd.
Bill
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A key point in any hunting essay is self reliance, responsibility, and family involvement. If you butcher the meat yourself or with family, it drives the point even harder. A comaraderie amongst hunters is something to look forward to every year.
Hunting is truly organic. Meat that has been harvested during a hunt contains no additives or steroids.
(Personal opininon:) Most hunters understand geography, cartography, topography and meteorology more than a non-hunter. The ability to read a map and not get lost will help anyone planning to take up flying. Staying oriented is something most schools can't teach. Flying school will require cartography classes, and you'll be miles ahead.
The ability to "walk" a friend to the deer bedded down in your binoculars by description of the rock formations and the alignment of certain trees and plants shows an aptitude of descriptive reference.
Good Luck
Bill
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Unit 33. 3 tags, 6 binos, 12 EYES, and only one shot that was a clean miss. Terry (25-06) is still up there with his brother. Says he ain't comin' home until he has his or the hunt ends. All the scouting done prior to the hunt has not helped (yet).
Bill
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Ya mean ya gatta have comfort when you're glassing?
I've never thought about a seat to glass from, but now you got me thinkin'.
I borrowed my wife's sewing machine and made a hood out of some light canvas. A bit of elastic keeps it in place, and it goes into the bino case when walking.
Bill
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Did a Google search and came up with this.
Bill
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I've never really paid attention to the moon when planning a hunt, but it's always been in the back of my mind when I finally get out. I'll just keep glassing whenever I can.
Hey, Terry, good luck on your hunt. I'll see you on Sat. afternoon.
Bill
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What are the Solunar tables? How are they used and where are they found?
Bill
On edit, I found Solunar tables and a program for a PC on Weather and Wildlife.com. According to the literature on the site, deer are nocturnal. Makes sense why they bed down during the day.
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New to this forum, 25-06 turned me on. Great site!
How do the phases of the moon affect deer movement? My thinking is that deer will feed during any available light when the weather permits. When it gets hot during the day, they bed down. If the moon is out, they will feed at night and lay up in the day. Comments?
Have you ever planned a hunt based on the moon?
Bill
It's never too early to scout...
in Coues Deer Hunting in Arizona
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Some days I wake up grumpy...
Other days I let her sleep...
Today I woke up Grumpy so we could scout Reddington. Got a late start, didn't leave the house till 7:00, and knew it was going to rain. No matter, the buggy don't care about the weather, we had raingear in the pack, a bit of food and drink, and the whole day ahead of us.
An open buggy is not ideal for wet weather, but it's all I have. We got our share of rain today. It came and went, and then came back. Only once did it really pour, but that was over in five minutes. Ponchos kept us and the seats almost dry.
For lack of a better term, the honeybowl was dry. Didn't see a darned thing until about 2:00. We had stopped at a corral and were poking around a bit and I saw legs through the log fence. Because of the construction of the corral, there was no way to get a look at what those legs belonged to. We looked over the fence once we got to it, but the critter was long gone, down into the bottom never to be heard from again. Or so I thought.
On our way out, I had to take one last look at the honey bowl. I found a deer that was just starting to bed down. It was under a juniper tree about five hundred yards away. I don't know if it was a doe or buck because the head was turned away until it finally settled in, and then it was too deep under the tree. As overcast as today was, there wasn't any excess light to reflect off any horns, but my mind keeps telling me there were horns on that thing. Something was between the ears, so it might have been a spike.
Now comes the question: When do Coues whitetail shed their antlers? I know the antlers are fully developed before the Oct hunt and the rut is in Dec/Jan. When are they in velvet?
Bill