Red-tailed Hawk

With hunting season around the corner, hundreds of hunters are now ready to step into the woods. But then not everyone can have a good hunting experience because most of them either don’t know or don’t follow the safety tips to help create better hunting experience for everyone. Since hunting comes with a few obvious dangers considering all other sports. Therefore, participation is this adventurous, exciting and thrilling sport requires a range of safety precautions. These precautions are not…

For millennia, humans and animals alike have hunted for prey animals. However, with the recent advances in the world, hunting is not necessary. Domesticated animals such as cows and pigs are herded to supply the populous with a sustainable meat supply. Hunting still remains, and so do domesticated slaughterhouses, so which is more ethical? Hunting, although seeming less ethical, is actually better than slaughterhouses, as the hunter chooses how he kills the animal, and gets closer to nature, and…

It is almost dark. Taj is standing near his fallen prey, a male whitetail deer. He watches it for a while so that he can be sure that the deer is deceased. Because he sees that it is, he does not cut its throat. He looks for a slope so that he can position the deer in such a way that the intestines spill out easily. Not seeing any slopes nearby that he can drag the deer to, he decides to stick with the spot the deer lies. Taj walks over to the deer. He then kneels down, removes his pack, and…

eaters, and depend heavily on grasses for their diet. grasses are low in crude protein and digestibility. White-tailed deer are what people call “concentrate selectors.” Their rumen which is the first chamber of the stomach is small relative to their body size. a whitetail’s diet must be higher in nutrition value and capable of being rapidly broken down in the rumen. Therefore, white-tailed deer rely primarily on forbs and browse leaves and twigs of wood plants, which are usually higher in…

disease. Animals with diseases, such as rabies and CWD, usually have a shortened life span. “Chronic wasting disease or CWD is a transmissible infectious degenerative neurological disease that attacks the brain and neural tissue of mule deer, white tailed deer, and elk”(Capps). With the rabies virus, the average lifespan of the infected animal is usually between 10-14 days. “Wildlife overpopulation can lead to parasitism such as mange, as well as diseases such as rabies and distemper. As more…

Where did all the deer go? During deer season, old, and new trucks line up and down the road, most often before sunrise, filling the side ditch like farmers at an auction. Not only has the increase in deer hunters grown, but hunters are allowed to legally take 6 deer statewide. Many people see deer as a nuisance a road hazard or a trophy, none the less, the common, public misconception is that there are too many deer. On the contrary, I believe that there are few deer, and I would go as far to…

Guided Whitetail deer hunts Ohio There are two deer species that are commonly found in Ohio, namely the white-tailed deer and the mule deer. Hunting of the mule deer is controlled by the state because of the decreased population of this species. Studies have revealed the number of white-tailed deer has drastically increased over the last twenty years and that they are easily found in selected places in Ohio. We are one of the many guided whitetail deer hunts Ohio service providers. Let us start…

There are many creatures that live in this forest. There are the Rabbits and the Foxes and the Squirrels. This forest was just like any other forest, where the Foxes hunted the Rabbits and the Squirrels. But what happens when the prey get tired, and decide to change the system? The Rabbits and Squirrels have been hunted by the Foxes and other predators for as long as they remember, and two of them have finally decided to do something about it. “Just last night I got ambushed by the Fox and I…

Many people have a place that is extremely special in their eyes. It could be a spot where they killed their first deer, high school football field, or any place they hold dear to their hearts. When they look back on experiences and memories, there is that one special spot that sticks out. When we think of our significant place we are easily to describe the feelings we grasped from past memories, and exactly what the place looked like. At first thought, our significant place is flawless, and…

One day that I will always remember is the day that I shot my first turkey. I went hunting with my dad in a field that we usually hunt turkeys for close to Morning Sun. We went there all of that season and the other three seasons before that. There are four seasons that you can go in the spring. There is also a youth season, you can go that season if you are under 16 years old. I shot my first turkey in 2014 when I was in eighth grade. My dad and I went hunting almost every weekend of the youth…