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    Suggestions for First DIY Western Archery Hunt

    You could easily get both a South Dakota archery antelope tag and a North Dakota deer tag and hunt both. 12 days would be a long time for antelope, but 5 or 6 days spent on each would be good. Depending where you hunt in each state could have very minimal drive distance between different hunting...
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    Hunting Vs "Shooting"

    I see both sides to this argument. I’m an archery hunter at heart but use rifle when it is in season. Thing is, I shoot my bow 5 days a week year round and rifle 2 days before season. I’m much more confident at 50 yards with a bow than 150 with a rifle. So personally, I’m more into getting...
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    Rattling Muleys

    I’ve had young muleys come in when trying to rattle for whitetails but never a mature one. Don’t think they were looking to fight but more curious as to the noise. There’s a reason you don’t see many muleys with broken points, they just don’t battle much
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    Bring my 12 y/o nephew or go solo?

    The world needs more guys like you in it. Well done. That kid will remember that the rest of his life
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    2020 deer

    Well Done Man!! Thank you for your service
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    When do mule deer shed?

    In South Dakota at least it seems the muleys hold their antlers longer than the whitetails. It’s not uncommon to see muleys with their antlers well into April. In my experience muleys are about a month behind whitetails in dropping
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    Hunting in the wind...not a breeze..,but wind

    On the open prairie I love hunting the wind. It greatly reduces the areas that deer are going to bed in, and you can get away with any noise. I could see how it would be frustrating in the mountains though as there are many more places that deer can get out of the wind
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    Spooked a buck, should I let the stand rest?

    Its so hard to tell how a deer is going to react to being spooked. Just like humans, they all respond differently to situations. I've had some deer that get bumped multiple times but will still continue to stay in the area, and other deer that seem to get the slightest hint of danger and they...
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    Dog and Rattlesnake Bites

    The vaccine works. If there are a lot of rattlers around definitely get it. You can train a dog all you want but they could accidentally step on one at any time. A good friend of mine lost a dog last year from a rattlesnake bite. Was cheap and thought they could get by without the vaccine. On...
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    Pheasant numbers in South Dakota?

    There are still a lot of crops in around the Gettysburg area. Corn is probably only 10% done and sunflowers haven't even started. The next week should put a good dent in the corn fields but the sunflowers still have a ways to go before they are ready to cut. Bird numbers are definitely up from...
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    Private Land Predicament

    I had a situation kind of similar to this last year. I've had permission to archery hunt this property for 8 years now, and another guy and his kids have permission to rifle hunt it. Everything was working out great. Put up my trail cameras in June and checked my treestand and all was good. Came...
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    Archery rut hunt?

    Yep, they will for sure leave private ground and go to the area you are hunting. You will just need to be there every second of legal shooting light to make sure you don’t miss it
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    Archery kill to stalk ratio

    I think the biggest reason for failure on stalks is attempting to stalk a deer that isn't in a stalkable spot. It doesn't matter how good at stalking you are if the deer is just bedded in an area that is impossible to get within bow range. If you find a deer in a stalkable spot, it can be quite...
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    Spooked a buck, should I let the stand rest?

    I would give the stand at least a week break, longer if you can. If the buck is still around hes going to be looking up there again the next few times he comes by. If your not there he may get comfortable with the area again and forget about the encounter with you. Is there any way to change...
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    Now I have to wait...

    Never shot an elk, but have shoulder hit a deer before and it sounded like hitting concrete. Not sure if the same would be true for elk, but it made a substantially louder noise than when you hit the vitals. If you didn't hear any noise from the shot I would not think it was a shoulder hit
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    Trail cam goes quiet panic

    Haha well I run almost all stealth cams. I was referring more to the fact that most deer just don’t go in front of the camera, not that the camera doesn’t take a pic of the deer when it does. I have actually been fairly pleased with my stealth cams but will definitely look into browning and spypoint
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    Trail cam goes quiet panic

    Trail cameras are really nice and can give a person a ton of information. That being said, it is amazing how many deer they do NOT get pictures of. I know when I am hunting I make sure to count the number of deer I see and then later when checking the cameras see how many of those deer I got...
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    2020 general season archery success

    Holy smokes!! Great buck. Other than no brows and shortish main beams this buck is truly world class. Congrats!!!!!!!!
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    Whitetails are drainage creatures. So what's a drainage?

    I'd say drainages is just a much more vague term is why he used it instead of cuts or ravines. Many areas on the plains the drainages are simply lower elevation than the surrounding areas so the water will flow through them. I would agree that the deer will tend to travel through these types of...
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    What could he score?

    I'd say hes 4.5 with that new pick. Pretty deep chest and big muscles on his front shoulders. Once they get 5.5 and older is when the belly starts sagging. Really good looking deer for NY

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