Learning how to measure deer antlers is a great way to enjoy your hunting experiences more and also help friends who may have big bucks they want scored. Antlers will abound throughout the Palmetto State as the search for new state record deer antlers gets underway during the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources’ annual series of measuring sessions. Each year during March, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources ... Xem chi tiết
Tips for Maintaining High-Speed Crossbows
Imagine for a moment that you are sitting in your treestand or hunting blind. You hear a twig break in the distance, and the deer that you have been stalking all hunting season finally steps out in front of you. Suddenly, your pulse quickens, your heart pounds and you begin to feel out of breath. Your hands and arms begin to shake. Do you know the condition that I am describing? Of course you do. Many people refer to this as ... Xem chi tiết
How to Completely Eliminate Wild Hogs From an Area
This is a D+DH exclusive with science-based whitetail insights from the Auburn University Deer Lab. Unfortunately for deer hunters, there is only a certain time of the year that they are able to pursue their passion … white-tailed deer. Depending on the state, the season is normally a three- to four-month period considering all of the days that can be legally hunted, but most hunters typically don’t hunt all of the season ... Xem chi tiết
Dimorphism in Deer: The Differences Between Bucks and Does | Deer & Deer Hunting
White-tailed deer exhibit something scientists refer to as “sexual dimorphism.” This simply means the sexes differ in secondary as well as primary sexual characteristics. The fact that males grow antlers and females normally do not is one good example of a sex difference in whitetails. The whitetail sexes also differ in many other aspects of their physiology and behavior. Males, for example, have higher nutritional ... Xem chi tiết
Coyotes Kill Buck on Camera | Deer & Deer Hunting
This Flashback article was first published in the January 2012 issue of Deer & Deer Hunting. Almost 10 years later, it still baffles us how one trail camera caught all of this action! When Marlin Smith placed his Moultrie trail camera on his hunting lease this summer, he was hoping to capture some stunning images of white-tailed bucks. Those hopes were realized within the first week of the camera being in the woods, but in ... Xem chi tiết