Here is a hunting photo worth a look! Now, I don’t know exactly where these white-tailed bucks were taken, but my best guess would be somewhere in the mid-west. The story, which I received via email, is that these poor hunters lost their hunting lease after 25-years of active harvest management — but this was their last hunt before they left!
As “amazing” as the story and photo are — I am more than a bit skeptical. But once again, this really is a photo worth a look!
If you’re like me, you like deer hunting and eating BBQ! In fact, any time I get to deer camp I make sure to barbecue some sort of protein over a fire — and, in my own way, produce an arguably edible art. However, the guy in the above video takes his meal to a whole different level!
Watch him enjoy his ribs then create a nice buck out of merely BBQ sauce! Pull this one off in camp and you could really elevate your campfire status!
Anyone that has spent any amount of time chasing white-tailed deer has always wondered what deer are doing out there on a day to day basis. You’ve probably thought about this more than once after attempting to chase down a big buck you spotted earlier in the year. But what about white deer, particularly albinos?
Deer have a hard enough life as it is, but being a white deer in the woods would not be an advantage — except during the winter in snow-covered areas. As such, nature has virtually eliminated the color white from a white-tailed deer except for the underparts of the body. It’s just not an advantage to be totally white in the woods with coyotes, mountains lions, and hunters running around chasing after you! With that said, I’m always interested to see pictures of albino deer, but I’ve never seen a live one.
Usually, I end up with photos of albino deer. And here are a couple I received via email. I’m not sure where they were taken, but judging from the physical aspects of these animals (and the snow) these albino deer photos were taken somewhere in the northern US or Canada. This is all I have:
“Tim made the deer feeder with the ‘Browning’ logo. These twin albinos have been coming to our backyard since they were fawns in 2006. We have been trying to capture a digital pic of them for awhile, but they arrive at dusk or even later and they don’t turn out. On Friday about 10 am they arrived.”
Just as I mention that the shed hunting season is in full-swing down in Texas, one of my friends sends me some photos from their ranch in Coryell County. And yes, apparently there are shed antlers are on the ground — and they found some really nice ones, too!
Here is a quote from the “serious” shed hunter from March 12:
We started our shed hunting today. We found these from the truck, no “serious” hunting yet. The antlers that Patsy is holding to her head are from a buck we’ve seen on camera. I gave him a modest 14″ spread and he scored 148 1/8″.
Most everyone has heard stories about or has even seen, maybe even found, two white-tailed bucks dead after their antlers ended up getting “locked up” during a fight. However, slim to none have heard of three bucks after becoming locked!
As rare as it may be, check out the photos of these three white-tailed bucks that were found locked during the rut. The bucks were located on a ranch in east-central Texas and, from the information that I received, one of the bucks was still alive when the trio was found.
Apparently, the antlers were cut from the dead deer and one very tired buck was lucky enough to run back off into the woods. You just never know!
If you are an avid hunter like me, you have probably seen wildlife do a lot of interesting things out their in the field. In fact, sometimes the events are so strange you almost can’t even believe your eyes! Case in point: I found this video just today — and it shows an unprovoked squirrel attacking a white-tailed deer!
The doe (best I can tell) seems to be minding her business while both critters feed on scattered bird seed that has fallen from a supplemental feeder for birds, but apparently the squirrel is not willing to share his (guessing) scattered bird feed. It’s a short video.
How many times have you seen a deer that died after being caught up in a fence? If you’re like me, it’s probably more often than you’ve wanted. Most often, deer crossing barbed-wire fences get hung up when attempting to jump over and the clear the fence — and then they struggle to their death. It’s unfortunately way to common, but fairly easy to remedy.
To avoid “snaring” whitetails on your property make sure the top two wires on your perimeter and cross fences are no closer than 12-inches! This is easy to accomplish when building new fence, but may take more time when modifying existing fence. If you have a barbed wire fence with 6 or more wires, the easiest option is to simply remove the wire second to the top. This will usually be enough to eliminate accidental deer deaths. (more…)
Technology is a great thing and cameras are one of the best, specifically digital game cameras such as those used to scout white-tailed deer and other wildlife species. Because game cameras are easy to use and give the hunter a “window” into the secretive world of wildlife, they have grown rapidly in popularity. With all the trail cameras placed out around feeders, food plots, and other random locations, a myriad of photos are taken 24-7.
One of the great things about using motion-triggered cameras around feeders is that it allows us to see some strange wildlife photos that we would otherwise never get to see. From time to time, I hope to share these odd photos I find, receive, and take with you.
