David's Blog
Hi, welcome to my BLOG. Since I don’t know a whole lot about what’s supposed to be on a BLOG, I’m just going to talk to you in plain terms … like I would if we were sharing a hunting camp. Of course, we’ll mostly be talking hunting, and I’ll try to keep up you updated on what’s going on with The Bucks of Tecomate TV show.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
David Morris NE Sandhill Hunt
Dec. 1-4, 2011, Sandhills of Nebraska: The Bucks of Tecomate TV Hunt
A stranger place to hunt whitetails I’ve never seen. But they are there … in a place with virtually NO trees, only grass. And, right alongside them you can find their kin, the mule deer. As a hunter, one of the best things about the Nebraska Sandhills is that I can shoot either … indeed, BOTH, if I buy a second license!
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
David Morris’ NE Platte River Hunt (November 2011)
Nov. 12-15, 2011, Oshkosh, NE: The Bucks of Tecomate TV Hunt on Nebraska’s North Platt River
I have heard about the giant bucks of Nebraska’s North Platte River for years. This fabled place has always been on my hunting wish list. When Steve Farris called and asked me to join him in mid-November to hunt one of the ranches he owns in the Panhandle, my answer was swift and sure …
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Monday, November 28, 2011
David’s Powder River Montana Hunt (November 2011)
Nov. 17-20, 2011, Miles City, MT: The Bucks of Tecomate TV Hunt on Montana’s Powder River
Over the years, I’ve come to have a few favorite places to hunt whitetails. They are not all based on deer size, though some like South Texas and Eastern Colorado do produce giants. Others have good deer, but even more importantly, they are delightful places to hunt and places where old friendships are
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
David Morris Hunting - Wyoming Antelope and Colorado Whitetails
Last week I was hunting mule deer on a 15,000-acre ranch northwest of Medicine Bow, WY, with my good friend Jadee Kroeger of Kroeger Country Outfitters out of Casper, WY. I shot a 190-class mule deer with 6 and 7-inch brow tines. Those
are the longest brow tines of any mule deer I’ve ever killed. My .270 WSM Sako A7 Tecomate proved to be accurate at 300 yards.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
The Bucks of Tecomate Hunt – African Edition - Day 1 and Day 2
Date: August 28-Sept. 9, 2011
Where: Sentinel Limpopo Safaris in southern Zimbabwe
Booking agent: Burnt Pine Travel, Marietta, GA
Game: African antelope most like whitetails – bushbuck, nyala, kudu and eland – the spiral horns
Basic Gear:
Rifle – Sako A7 Tecomate in .300 WSM.
Ammo – Winchester Elite 180-grain XP3
Scope – Leupold VX-3L 4.5-14x50mm CDS (Custom Dial System)
Binoculars – Leupold 10x42 Mojave
Rangefinder – Leupold RX-1000 TBR
Shooting Sticks – Bog-Pod Red-Legged Devil Tripod
Clothing – Hunter’s Haven Apparel – Tecomate-Branded Custom Safari
Scent Control – Code Blue EliminiX
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Data & Censusing
Ok, you’re sold on deer management. You’ve taken stock of what you’ve got to work with, set your goals and laid out a strategy. Now, you need good data to establish your baseline, guide your decisions and monitor your progress. Let’s now take a look at the data you need and how to get it.
Deer data can be divided two ways – harvest data and herd data. Data taken from harvested deer tell us about deer size and condition by age class and sex and is essential in monitoring herd quality. Key data from harvested deer include sex, age (somebody needs to be able to age harvested deer by tooth wear and replacement), weight (live and dressed), the gross B&C score of bucks (or some other standard means of measuring antler size and dimensions) and, of course, the total number of each sex taken. When and where deer were harvested and who took them is also important. I like to keep notes on injuries, parasite loads and other pertinent observations. Some managers also keep records on the weather conditions and hunting circumstances to help determine movement patterns and hunting trends.
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
The Bucks of Tecomate Hunt – African Edition Day 9 and Day 10 – Pye River Shootout
Day 9: Sept. 8 – Back to the Pye for kudu. More walking and looking, always dodging impala. A couple of young kudu bulls and an hour later, Willie pointed into a thicket. Using binoculars to focus out the intervening brush, Terry and I were able to make out a big kudu bull. He was feeding away from us. Too thick to go after him. We slipped downwind and looped around the acacia thicket and waited … and waited. He never came out. Terry figured he had moved off in another direction. He sent Willie and Mulalazee in to find tracks to follow. Within minutes, we were on the tracks of four bull kudu.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
The Bucks of Tecomate Hunt – African Edition Day 7 and Day 8 - Pye River Kudu
Day 7: Sept. 6 – Coasting a bit now. Four days left and only kudu on my must have list. I saved kudu for last because they are my favorite. Like whitetails, I never grow tired of hunting them. Smart, wary, supremely equipped with excellent sight, hearing and smell. They are quick to put distance or cover between themselves and danger. Above all, they are big, beautiful, majestic animals adorned with the greatest horns of any antelope in Africa. Indeed, with an upper limit topping 60 inches, they have the longest horns of any horned animal in the world.
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