Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Management as Hunting Season Approaches
As hunting season quickly approaches or has already approached under some programs, deer hunting clothes come out of their storage containers, temperatures finally begin to drop, trigger fingers itch, and bowhunters polish their skills. With the excitement of deer season, it’s also time to hone our management skills. We need to know which deer are ripe for the taking. Assigning an age to deer isn’t an exact science, requiring a keen eye, a good set of optics, and knowledge of what to look for to be accurate. With the dry summer that plagued many parts of the U.S., the antlers on the bucks you’ve been letting walk for the past couple of years may be deceiving. Decreased antler size and poor body condition can challenge a hunter’s ability to accurately age deer.
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Posted by Cody Zabransky on 10/19 at 04:24 PM
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