Good hunting weapons for to hunt beavers?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
gaz r asked:
I need to hunt this beaver down in my village
I need to hunt this beaver down in my village
Archive for April, 2008
What kind of shells do i use for duck hunting?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
blackjanuary asked:
I’m hunting duck in west texas next weekend, i’ll be using a remmington model1200 automatic 12gauge. So many people say different things, i just need an all around shell. best answer ten pts
I’m hunting duck in west texas next weekend, i’ll be using a remmington model1200 automatic 12gauge. So many people say different things, i just need an all around shell. best answer ten pts
When rabbit hunting and my beagle is pushing the rabbit what is the best way to judge where the rabbit is goin
Monday, April 28th, 2008
brew81 asked:
I want to be in position for the shot and I don’t want to lose my dog. Also as a follow up how do I know when my beagle is running a deer as apposed to rabbbit?
I want to be in position for the shot and I don’t want to lose my dog. Also as a follow up how do I know when my beagle is running a deer as apposed to rabbbit?
Legal Methods in Deer Hunting
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Mitch Johnson asked:
The next time when you are preparing for deer hunting, better make yourself aware of the applicable laws of different states and not only of the deer. Get yourself prepared before you steps in the forest to hunt the deer. At the same time I try to make myself secure with better weapons than those old fashioned bows and arrows.
Many successful hunters never acquire this knowledge, depending solely on luck in their hunting. In a territory where deer are plentiful, this results in their bagging a deer with fair regularity, yet the actual shooting of a deer is only a small part of the enjoyment that a sportsman finds on a hunt. When a man goes into the woods, meets a deer in its own element, outwits the animal and succeeds in killing it with a well-placed shot, his satisfaction will be much greater than in the mere killing of a deer that he has accidentally encountered. To be sure, he can return home and embellish his story, belying the fact that it was more or less an accident that he bagged the animal. He has the deer for proof of his tale, but until he comes to believe the story himself, there will always be a slight feeling of dissatisfaction about that particular hunt.
A very successful hunter once told me that deer hunting was ninety per cent luck and ten per cent good marksmanship. He had hunted for a good many years and should have known what he was talking about. “All that a man needs to do to shoot a deer,” he said, “is to be in the right place at the right time and to be able to hit any deer that he sees.”
This man believed it was luck that placed him at the right place at the right time, but I am sure that the knowledge that he had unconsciously acquired about the habits of the deer in the territory where he hunted had a lot to do in enabling him to shoot most of his deer. While luck certainly plays an important part in deer hunting, the man who depends entirely on it is very apt to be disappointed at the end of the hunt. The need for hunting knowledge varies with the method used while hunting. It requires little knowledge to shoot a deer in the nighttime with the aid of a light.
This is nothing but butchery of a bewildered defenseless animal. On the other hand, the man who enters the woods armed with a bow and a few arrows, which attempt to outwit an animal in full possession of all its faculties, must have a thorough knowledge of that animal to be successful. I am not in favor of bow-and-arrow hunting for everyone, for, although the hunting arrow is deadly in the hands of an expert, the average hunter is too unfamiliar with the weapon to make clean kills—a necessary part of good sportsmanship.
Quite a few men, with more patience than I possess, bag their deer by continually watching some popular game trail, or crossing, until a deer comes along. There is one man whom I have often met at the same place in the woods where a deer trail crosses a small stream. I think that he is there every morning during the season, from daybreak to midmorning, until he shoots his deer. I would estimate that he has killed ten or twelve deer at that crossing. One year there were very few deer in that immediate area. As far as I knew, there was only one doe that had raised her twin fawns within two miles of that spot. There were plenty of deer in the surrounding country, but for some reason, they seemed to shun that particular area. One day I mentioned the scarcity of deer to him, suggesting that some other crossing might be more productive that year. He merely said, “I’ve done pretty well here in the past and I reckon that I will give it a few more days before making a change.” The next day I met him on the road and he had a nice buck on his car. I had forgotten that his crossing was one that was favored by bucks traveling across country from one herd to another, in search of does.
Although this crossing watching requires more patience than the average hunter possesses, it usually pays off with a deer. Quite a bit of knowledge of the country and of the movement of deer is necessary, yet patience is the most important qualification that a man must have in order to be consistently successful in this type of hunting.
There are fair laws for both the hunters and the animals. So always be on the safer side of the law to avoid any unnecessary trouble that you might face otherwise. Some time you need more patience to continually watch the movements of the deer, which I don’t possess. People like the one I met in the forest even after hearing about the scarcity of deer still sits on the same spot waiting for the deer. And for this you need a fair knowledge of the country and the movement of deer can be of good use during the hunting.
The next time when you are preparing for deer hunting, better make yourself aware of the applicable laws of different states and not only of the deer. Get yourself prepared before you steps in the forest to hunt the deer. At the same time I try to make myself secure with better weapons than those old fashioned bows and arrows.
Many successful hunters never acquire this knowledge, depending solely on luck in their hunting. In a territory where deer are plentiful, this results in their bagging a deer with fair regularity, yet the actual shooting of a deer is only a small part of the enjoyment that a sportsman finds on a hunt. When a man goes into the woods, meets a deer in its own element, outwits the animal and succeeds in killing it with a well-placed shot, his satisfaction will be much greater than in the mere killing of a deer that he has accidentally encountered. To be sure, he can return home and embellish his story, belying the fact that it was more or less an accident that he bagged the animal. He has the deer for proof of his tale, but until he comes to believe the story himself, there will always be a slight feeling of dissatisfaction about that particular hunt.
A very successful hunter once told me that deer hunting was ninety per cent luck and ten per cent good marksmanship. He had hunted for a good many years and should have known what he was talking about. “All that a man needs to do to shoot a deer,” he said, “is to be in the right place at the right time and to be able to hit any deer that he sees.”
This man believed it was luck that placed him at the right place at the right time, but I am sure that the knowledge that he had unconsciously acquired about the habits of the deer in the territory where he hunted had a lot to do in enabling him to shoot most of his deer. While luck certainly plays an important part in deer hunting, the man who depends entirely on it is very apt to be disappointed at the end of the hunt. The need for hunting knowledge varies with the method used while hunting. It requires little knowledge to shoot a deer in the nighttime with the aid of a light.
This is nothing but butchery of a bewildered defenseless animal. On the other hand, the man who enters the woods armed with a bow and a few arrows, which attempt to outwit an animal in full possession of all its faculties, must have a thorough knowledge of that animal to be successful. I am not in favor of bow-and-arrow hunting for everyone, for, although the hunting arrow is deadly in the hands of an expert, the average hunter is too unfamiliar with the weapon to make clean kills—a necessary part of good sportsmanship.
Quite a few men, with more patience than I possess, bag their deer by continually watching some popular game trail, or crossing, until a deer comes along. There is one man whom I have often met at the same place in the woods where a deer trail crosses a small stream. I think that he is there every morning during the season, from daybreak to midmorning, until he shoots his deer. I would estimate that he has killed ten or twelve deer at that crossing. One year there were very few deer in that immediate area. As far as I knew, there was only one doe that had raised her twin fawns within two miles of that spot. There were plenty of deer in the surrounding country, but for some reason, they seemed to shun that particular area. One day I mentioned the scarcity of deer to him, suggesting that some other crossing might be more productive that year. He merely said, “I’ve done pretty well here in the past and I reckon that I will give it a few more days before making a change.” The next day I met him on the road and he had a nice buck on his car. I had forgotten that his crossing was one that was favored by bucks traveling across country from one herd to another, in search of does.
Although this crossing watching requires more patience than the average hunter possesses, it usually pays off with a deer. Quite a bit of knowledge of the country and of the movement of deer is necessary, yet patience is the most important qualification that a man must have in order to be consistently successful in this type of hunting.
There are fair laws for both the hunters and the animals. So always be on the safer side of the law to avoid any unnecessary trouble that you might face otherwise. Some time you need more patience to continually watch the movements of the deer, which I don’t possess. People like the one I met in the forest even after hearing about the scarcity of deer still sits on the same spot waiting for the deer. And for this you need a fair knowledge of the country and the movement of deer can be of good use during the hunting.
Becoming an Efficient Wild Duck Caller
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Razvan Jr asked:
There is no such thing as a born wild duck caller because it takes lots of practice in order to became an efficient caller. Fortunately, anybody from any location can become a good wild duck caller with the proper training and patience. Calling wild duck is a very important aspect for wild duck hunting because if properly done, it can greatly improve the overall hunting efficiency of the hunter. Of course, in order to become a good wild duck caller, every hunter needs to follow some basic wild duck hunting tips:
• Purchasing a high quality call – it doesn’t matter how well prepared is the hunter or how skillful he is regarding the procedure of calling wild ducks, without using a good call all the efforts are useless and the wild duck hunting experience won’t be fruitful at all. As far as wild duck calls is concerned the expression : “ you get what you pay for “ is entirely true. A high quality wild duck call will allow the hunter to produce the entire range of sounds that a hen mallard produces. These calls will also allow the hunter to make these sounds time after time and also year after year that is why experienced hunter recommend future wild duck hunters not to get cheap when it comes down to purchasing a call.
• Imitating the wild duck sound ( duck call operation ) – the next order of business is about the ability of the hunter to sound just like the wild duck which means that the hunter needs to learn how exactly he can operate a wild duck call so that he will sound just like one. The key elements in this step are practice and patience because without these two parts, nothing noticeable will be accomplished. The very first thing to do is to start with the basics and get the hang of them before moving to more complex operations. Speaking of the basics, the first things to learn are the quack and the feeder chuckle and these two are considered the foundation for the rest of the calls done with the wild duck caller. A very important advice that is brought by experienced hunters and wild duck callers is to practice the entire year, not just before the wild duck hunting season starts.
• Observing the birds and adapting the calling style – the last important step to becoming an efficient wild duck caller is to learn how to read the birds. The hunter will be chasing these animals in many different conditions which means that the hunting style needs to adapt to the hunting environment. After learning all the basics, what the hunter needs to do is to master call cadences and tempos. This will help the hunter to sound more like a wild duck ( instead of sounding like a person that is using a wild duck call ). Due to the fact that not all wild ducks sound exactly the same and they also don’t have the same tempo or volume, the goal is to sound like a lot of different wild ducks. This is possible only if the hunter masters cadence, volume variations and the tempo.
All things considered, learning how to be an efficient wild duck caller isn’t a very hard thing to do but it requires a lot of practice, patience and a good call. Besides all these, searching for some wild duck hunting tips will surely increase the chances of becoming an efficient wild duck hunter/caller.
There is no such thing as a born wild duck caller because it takes lots of practice in order to became an efficient caller. Fortunately, anybody from any location can become a good wild duck caller with the proper training and patience. Calling wild duck is a very important aspect for wild duck hunting because if properly done, it can greatly improve the overall hunting efficiency of the hunter. Of course, in order to become a good wild duck caller, every hunter needs to follow some basic wild duck hunting tips:
• Purchasing a high quality call – it doesn’t matter how well prepared is the hunter or how skillful he is regarding the procedure of calling wild ducks, without using a good call all the efforts are useless and the wild duck hunting experience won’t be fruitful at all. As far as wild duck calls is concerned the expression : “ you get what you pay for “ is entirely true. A high quality wild duck call will allow the hunter to produce the entire range of sounds that a hen mallard produces. These calls will also allow the hunter to make these sounds time after time and also year after year that is why experienced hunter recommend future wild duck hunters not to get cheap when it comes down to purchasing a call.
• Imitating the wild duck sound ( duck call operation ) – the next order of business is about the ability of the hunter to sound just like the wild duck which means that the hunter needs to learn how exactly he can operate a wild duck call so that he will sound just like one. The key elements in this step are practice and patience because without these two parts, nothing noticeable will be accomplished. The very first thing to do is to start with the basics and get the hang of them before moving to more complex operations. Speaking of the basics, the first things to learn are the quack and the feeder chuckle and these two are considered the foundation for the rest of the calls done with the wild duck caller. A very important advice that is brought by experienced hunters and wild duck callers is to practice the entire year, not just before the wild duck hunting season starts.
• Observing the birds and adapting the calling style – the last important step to becoming an efficient wild duck caller is to learn how to read the birds. The hunter will be chasing these animals in many different conditions which means that the hunting style needs to adapt to the hunting environment. After learning all the basics, what the hunter needs to do is to master call cadences and tempos. This will help the hunter to sound more like a wild duck ( instead of sounding like a person that is using a wild duck call ). Due to the fact that not all wild ducks sound exactly the same and they also don’t have the same tempo or volume, the goal is to sound like a lot of different wild ducks. This is possible only if the hunter masters cadence, volume variations and the tempo.
All things considered, learning how to be an efficient wild duck caller isn’t a very hard thing to do but it requires a lot of practice, patience and a good call. Besides all these, searching for some wild duck hunting tips will surely increase the chances of becoming an efficient wild duck hunter/caller.
North Dakota Hunting - What to Expect on Your Trip to North Dakota
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Jimmy Harris asked:
What is it about North Dakota hunting that draws so many people? They offer a large variety of small game to hunt, there’s no question about that.
Obviously, they don’t compare with states such as Montana, Wyoming, or Alaska in terms of hunting larger game like elk, bear, etc, but they do have a lot of smaller game.
Also, it offers some spectacular scenery, as much of the state of North Dakota is uninhabited, and therefore there are many locations you can really feel like it’s just you and the woods.
What kind of game can you expect to find with North Dakota Hunting? Quite simply, you can find smaller game, such as birds, duck, geese, rabbit, turkey, and larger game, like deer, mountain lions, foxes, etc.
Therefore, you can still find larger game if that’s your ambition, and really no matter how skilled you are at hunting, you will be challenging here.
Obviously, this brings up the next question. Since North Dakota is such a big state, how do you know the best place to hunt there? Its’ quite simple: you don’t. You will need t test out several places at least before you find the best one, and there’s no getting around this process.
The more popular places that are listed online are usually the ones that will be most frequented by hunters, and therefore you will have a lot of competition when it comes to finding the right game. Often times, another hunter will get them before you do. Therefore, sometimes the best places are the ones that nobody knows about, just like fishing.
First of all, if you want to get a hunting license in the state, you can do so right over the internet, as just about every state offers this option nowadays. The days of having to high tail it over to the local hunting store or courthouse are over, although you will still need this option, of course, if you don’t have internet access.
Also, this might be the best way if you want it immediately, and can’t way to have it shipped to you, as it will generally take around a week or more online. You can also do so by telephone and get it immediately.
If you are new to the state, I’d recommend you get yourself a north Dakota hunting guide, as they will be able to bring you to the best locations so that you can spend more time hunting and less time trying to find the animals in the first place.
If you are more adventurous (and cheap) attempt to find the best spot yourself, but of course, this could take the majority of your trip, and if time constraint is an issue, than hiring a guide is probably your best bet.
If you are serious about having a successful hunt and getting a catch on this trip, I’d highly recommend you make the investment, as you won’t regret it. A North Dakota hunting trip is definitely something you should do if you want nice scenery, and a chance to go after just about any kind of animal you want on your trip.
What is it about North Dakota hunting that draws so many people? They offer a large variety of small game to hunt, there’s no question about that.
Obviously, they don’t compare with states such as Montana, Wyoming, or Alaska in terms of hunting larger game like elk, bear, etc, but they do have a lot of smaller game.
Also, it offers some spectacular scenery, as much of the state of North Dakota is uninhabited, and therefore there are many locations you can really feel like it’s just you and the woods.
What kind of game can you expect to find with North Dakota Hunting? Quite simply, you can find smaller game, such as birds, duck, geese, rabbit, turkey, and larger game, like deer, mountain lions, foxes, etc.
Therefore, you can still find larger game if that’s your ambition, and really no matter how skilled you are at hunting, you will be challenging here.
Obviously, this brings up the next question. Since North Dakota is such a big state, how do you know the best place to hunt there? Its’ quite simple: you don’t. You will need t test out several places at least before you find the best one, and there’s no getting around this process.
The more popular places that are listed online are usually the ones that will be most frequented by hunters, and therefore you will have a lot of competition when it comes to finding the right game. Often times, another hunter will get them before you do. Therefore, sometimes the best places are the ones that nobody knows about, just like fishing.
First of all, if you want to get a hunting license in the state, you can do so right over the internet, as just about every state offers this option nowadays. The days of having to high tail it over to the local hunting store or courthouse are over, although you will still need this option, of course, if you don’t have internet access.
Also, this might be the best way if you want it immediately, and can’t way to have it shipped to you, as it will generally take around a week or more online. You can also do so by telephone and get it immediately.
If you are new to the state, I’d recommend you get yourself a north Dakota hunting guide, as they will be able to bring you to the best locations so that you can spend more time hunting and less time trying to find the animals in the first place.
If you are more adventurous (and cheap) attempt to find the best spot yourself, but of course, this could take the majority of your trip, and if time constraint is an issue, than hiring a guide is probably your best bet.
If you are serious about having a successful hunt and getting a catch on this trip, I’d highly recommend you make the investment, as you won’t regret it. A North Dakota hunting trip is definitely something you should do if you want nice scenery, and a chance to go after just about any kind of animal you want on your trip.
grouse hunting
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008solton10 asked:
spruce grouse hunting in Nipigon Ontario Canada on our yearly moose hunt using a 20 gauge semi auto beretta shotgun.
Kootenay Grouse Hunting With a PSE Crossbow
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008anavidhunter asked:
A lil PSE crossbow hunting for grouse in the Kootenays. We harvested some Spruce grouse with our crossbows. My first grouse but not on film.
Where Do All the Killer Rabbits Go?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Wendy Stenberg-Tendys asked:
The first ‘Killer Rabbit’ of Caerbannog was introduced as a fictitious beast in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. King Arthur of the round table, orderd Bors, one of his manly knights, to chop off the White Rabbit’s head. Unsheathing his sword, Bors boldly drew near the innocent looking Guardian Beast, known as the White Rabbit, only to have his own head chopped off by the Killer. All this was done to the sound of a tin opener at work. When the knights made a full frontal attack on the Cave of Caerbannog, they were driven off by the ferocious Killer Rabbit.
We find the next appearance of the Killer Rabbit in the musical, Spamalot, inspired by Monty Python’s movie. This had been inspired by Shakespear’s Hamelot.
Four years after the release of the Holy Grail movie, the Killer Rabbit hit the news big time. While trying to take a break from the pressures of office, President Jimmy Carter was fishing in a pond in a canoe in Georgia. Suddenly he was faced with a desperate looking rabbit, swimming straight towards him. “It was hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared as it frantically tried to find a safe haven”, was the description given. The President’s Secret Service men were caught flatfooted.
Having no weapon, the President had to use the oar against the killer rabbit, in order to protect himself. Fortunately for everyone involved, (including the rabbit), the rabbit turned tail and swam for the shoreline. A White House photographer managed to capture the incident on film. However, like all Killer Rabbit photos, they were supposed to have been flushed down the Presidential toilet, never to see the light of day again. Since that time there have been reports of many Killer Rabbits.
In his first novel, Iain Banks wrote of a killer rabbit. Numerous computer-games feature killer rabbits. These titles include such names as: Eye of the North, Guild Wars, Fallout 2, Ultima Online, Blazing Dragons, to say just a few. Next came a killer rabbit card game and a series of interactive fiction books the Grailquest. Amonster rabbit was featured in the 1980 Dungeon and Dragons. Television was not to be out done and gave us Xena, the Warrior Princess, fighting a fierce, fanged rabbit.
The Internet gave us the comic Sluggy Freelance, a psychopathic rabbit. We have had killer rabbit slippers, killer rabbit dolls and killer rabbit t-shirts.
Finally we have Dean Hunt’s killer rabbit video, which ran riot on the social network, hitting the front page of DIGG.
Rumour has it that Dean’s Killer Rabbit has a mate, who has immigrated to Vanuatu, a tiny tropical island nation, which is the home of travel adventure destination of the South Pacific. It has been reported that Dean’s Killer Rabbit may be going to a secret tryst with MKRVu (Ms Killer Rabbit, Vanuatu) later this year. Stay tuned as we bring you more in the ‘Killer Rabbit’ series.
The first ‘Killer Rabbit’ of Caerbannog was introduced as a fictitious beast in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. King Arthur of the round table, orderd Bors, one of his manly knights, to chop off the White Rabbit’s head. Unsheathing his sword, Bors boldly drew near the innocent looking Guardian Beast, known as the White Rabbit, only to have his own head chopped off by the Killer. All this was done to the sound of a tin opener at work. When the knights made a full frontal attack on the Cave of Caerbannog, they were driven off by the ferocious Killer Rabbit.
We find the next appearance of the Killer Rabbit in the musical, Spamalot, inspired by Monty Python’s movie. This had been inspired by Shakespear’s Hamelot.
Four years after the release of the Holy Grail movie, the Killer Rabbit hit the news big time. While trying to take a break from the pressures of office, President Jimmy Carter was fishing in a pond in a canoe in Georgia. Suddenly he was faced with a desperate looking rabbit, swimming straight towards him. “It was hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared as it frantically tried to find a safe haven”, was the description given. The President’s Secret Service men were caught flatfooted.
Having no weapon, the President had to use the oar against the killer rabbit, in order to protect himself. Fortunately for everyone involved, (including the rabbit), the rabbit turned tail and swam for the shoreline. A White House photographer managed to capture the incident on film. However, like all Killer Rabbit photos, they were supposed to have been flushed down the Presidential toilet, never to see the light of day again. Since that time there have been reports of many Killer Rabbits.
In his first novel, Iain Banks wrote of a killer rabbit. Numerous computer-games feature killer rabbits. These titles include such names as: Eye of the North, Guild Wars, Fallout 2, Ultima Online, Blazing Dragons, to say just a few. Next came a killer rabbit card game and a series of interactive fiction books the Grailquest. Amonster rabbit was featured in the 1980 Dungeon and Dragons. Television was not to be out done and gave us Xena, the Warrior Princess, fighting a fierce, fanged rabbit.
The Internet gave us the comic Sluggy Freelance, a psychopathic rabbit. We have had killer rabbit slippers, killer rabbit dolls and killer rabbit t-shirts.
Finally we have Dean Hunt’s killer rabbit video, which ran riot on the social network, hitting the front page of DIGG.
Rumour has it that Dean’s Killer Rabbit has a mate, who has immigrated to Vanuatu, a tiny tropical island nation, which is the home of travel adventure destination of the South Pacific. It has been reported that Dean’s Killer Rabbit may be going to a secret tryst with MKRVu (Ms Killer Rabbit, Vanuatu) later this year. Stay tuned as we bring you more in the ‘Killer Rabbit’ series.
Billy T. James - Duck Hunting
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008shazenger asked:
Billy’s beginners guide to duck hunting. Lots of good hints and tips here!