The Deer Hunter

In the fall of 2015, my dad Jason, my friend, Cody, and his dad Brad, and I, were deer hunting. Cody had a tag for a buck, and I had a tag for a doe. We had seen a buck and Cody was able to shoot at it, but he had missed. We had been out hunting a few times before, but we hadn't gotten anything yet. One day we were out all day and were just coming home. We came home a bit earlier that day so it was still light outside. As we were driving home, Brad said,” Look there’s a badger!¨ He has super…

Why is it required? Hunter safety is a very important course that all hunters need to take. When they reach the age of 16 it is required, and must be handy at all times while hunting. This is to help ensure his/her safety, other people’s safety, and future generations ability to hunt. This means so other people will lease their lands to responsible and smart hunters. If hunters were careless then hunting grounds would be very hard to come by. 98% of Kansas’s lands are privately owned. So it is…

Big Buck Ranch Dean's first Deer Dean has just turned 12 and his dad had promised him that once he turned twelve years old he could go hunting for his first deer. So that day they went out on their property and scouted for deer. When they went scouting they spotted a big buck and his dad said, “That’s the one we’re going to get tomorrow.” The next morning Dean and his dad woke up early in the morning and got all their hunting gear around and made their way into the woods. When they finally…

Throughout the year many hunters will contemplate finding somewhere new to hunt. This is either for the benefit of finding a better property, somewhere closer to home, or they are new to hunting and just need somewhere to hunt. Regardless of the reason, there are several ways to obtain hunting property all with their own pros and cons. Those looking for hunting land might just find that a lease is their best option. To hunt on a property one must either own the land, lease the land, or have…

My worst experience occurred on October 11th, 2015 during the youth hunt. It was my first time being able to shoot the deer while shooting. It was Sunday, after a full day of seeing a lot of does and 0 bucks. We hunted the morning and didn’t see anything, so we went back to the cabin for lunch. After laying around for awhile I told my dad it was time to go back out to the stand. We got out there and we heard something run away in the trees, and that is when I got excited. We didn’t see anything…

As he thumbed off the safety, he allowed himself one last, stolen glance at the sculptured head, arching up to grasp an apple. Jamie swallowed and slowly started to squeeze the trigger. Than his foot moved and crunched on a stick the 8 point buck looked at him and blasted away jamie shot and hit it in the left leg. He went back home and brought the bad news. Then about 3-4 years later his dad said he was strong enough to use the family gun, a beautiful 375 magnum 12x13 optical zoom scope and a…

known as (CWD) kills herds of deer by the hundreds. As of right now, it is a guaranteed death for any animal that contracts the disease. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) started monitoring the white tail deer population in the fall of 1999. They came across there first CWD positive deer in November 2001 when they were testing harvested deer. The location where the deer was shot is unknown. (DNR.wi.gov 1) CWD is a deadly disease eliminating deer by eating away at their brain;…

Choosing The Right Hunting Accessories Hunting is an activity that many take very seriously. Though there are some that do it just for fun, most use the meat they get as a part of their family grocery stores. If you enjoy hunting, you know that there are strict rules and regulations that are put into place to keep you and everyone else who is hunting safe during designated hunting season. Your hunting accessories are going to be about safety as well as reliability. You do not want your hunting…

see a deer what do I do”? Dad said, “You look through the scope and take the safety off and squeeze the trigger DO NOT JURCK THE TRIGGER”. So my dad leaves and it gets really quite and there is no sound. I am really scared because it is the first time that I have done something like that all by myself in the woods with one there but myself. It got really boring so I started playing on my phone. Then I heard something running through the leaves, then I thought to myself what if it’s a deer,…

Wildlife photography has to be a passion, otherwise a photograph becomes just a picture. The discriminating eye behind the lens capturing the subject is more critical than the equipment or even the object of attention. Why? Because it’s an experiential and critical component to a loop of value that cannot be broken. Seeing, experiencing and sensing the spectacular or unusual, all come from the person behind the camera. The world is filled with the “spectacular and unusual”, but not with the…