http://www.trophybucksecrets.com Trophy Buck Secrets - Whitetail Deer Management , Hunting Videos, Tips, Forum, Pictures & More en-us Dave@trophybucksecrets.com http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/371.cfm Ah, summer. Fourth of July celebrations are now over. Hope you had a good one. I spent the weekend evenings watching deer feeding in a few grassy fields behind my house. A group of three bucks, all of them with 8-point racks, stepped out of the woods just before dark. Not big bucks by any stretch, but nice. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/370.cfm Time spent outdoors is sacred. It's where we go to clear our mind, get rid of stress, enjoy nature, and do what we most love to do: hunt. Many of us don't spend nearly as much time in the deer woods as we'd like, so when we do get out, we want to enjoy every minute. It's only natural to want to share what you love and share your passion for the outdoors with someone else. Some of my most memorable experiences have occurred while hunting with friends. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/369.cfm This homemade deer attractant has long been used by Southern hunters and is designed to arouse a deer's curiosity. In the North, it's a great early season lure. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/368.cfm Cody Stark may be young, but he's already killed a few nice bucks. Like any seasoned veteran, though, Cody knows that success is not achieved alone. It often takes the help of others, or in Cody's case, his grandfather. "My grandfather taught me to hunt," says Cody, who turned 17 in May 2010. "He got me into bow hunting when I was 12. When I first started to hunt I'd go out and sit with him in a double tree stand during bow season. "We didn't see much our first year. We were new to the whole thing." http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/367.cfm According to statistics found on the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation (PennDOT) website, www.dot.state.pa.us, there were 2,797 reported crashes statewide involving deer in 2008. How many occur that are not reported is unknown. It's estimated that 15,000-20,000 deer are hit by cars every year, which translates into 1 out of every 86 Pennsylvania drivers have a collision with a whitetail each year. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/366.cfm It was an easy trail. A four-year-old could've followed the blood and kicked up leaves. I'd even heard the buck fall somewhere down in the hollow. Even still, I quietly left the area and went back to the truck. The whole ride home, the smile on my face kept getting bigger. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/365.cfm Spring is a time of renewal, but it can also be a time of heartbreak. In many parts of the northeast, the winter of 2009-10 was one of the harshest in recent history. Snow depths reached well over three feet in mountainous areas early in January and didn't melt until well into March. When the winter weather finally broke, I was anxious to head into the woods. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/364.cfm I'll never forget my first encounter with a timber rattlesnake. Three friends and I were in Tioga County, PA, walking up a power line. About halfway up the mountain, less than 10 yards ahead of us and in the shade under some laurel, a rattlesnake let loose with its warning. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/363.cfm For Dan Baird of Butler, PA, 1999 was a pretty good year. To say the least. He began the deer season in Iowa and ended it in Missouri, and along the way he harvested two dandy whitetails. In his own words, here is his account of that magical season: http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/360.cfm "I went back to shooting traditional archery in 1995," says Ernie Chiappini of Butler, PA. "As a kid, when I first started bowhunting, I used a longbow, but then switched over to a compound. I decided to return to the longbow because I always found it intriguing. It's a whole different world than modern compound bows." http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/public/361.cfm David R. Fuhr is developer of Vita-Rack 26, a vitamin and mineral supplement for deer by Hunter's Specialties. He'll explain the vital role that minerals play in antler development, and how and why to incorporate mineral supplements into your overall food plot and deer management plans. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/359.cfm David R. Fuhr is developer of Vita-Rack 26, a vitamin and mineral supplement for deer by Hunter's Specialties. He'll explain the vital role that minerals play in antler development, and how and why to incorporate mineral supplements into your overall food plot and deer management plans. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/358.cfm Brian McGlone's first buck had only a single spike -- the other spike had been broken off. At the time, Brian was fifteen years old. Brian's second buck, taken a year later, was bigger. Much, much bigger. Not long ago I had a chance to sit down and talk to Brian about the giant buck he harvested in Jefferson County, OH. "This is my first bowkill," he said, grinning. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/public/357.cfm Food Plot Success Summit expert interview featuring Dr. Judy McFarlen of Diy Deer Food Plots, author of Deer Food Plots Made Easy. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/356.cfm "Growing up, my two brothers and I were always taken to the shooting range by my father, but my father never hunted," John McGlone said. "Finally, when I was fourteen, I went hunting with some friends, and I've been going ever since." I met John McGlone at the 2007 Ohio Valley Outdoors Magazine Big Buck Rendezvous in Rogers, OH. John was there with his brother Mark and nephew Brian. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/353.cfm I first met Harvey "Bumper" Bauer at a sports show, and it didn't take long to realize that he is a man of outdoor wisdom and tall tales -- but not necessarily in that order! A conversation with Bumper typically runs the gamut of topics: turkeys, fly fishing, natural history, anecdotes from growing up on a farm as well as hair-raising incidents from his career in law enforcement http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/352.cfm Ingredients: 2 Pounds of Venison Tenderloin, Cut into 1-inch Cubes 1 10-ounce Can of Beef Consommé 1/3 Cup Cranberry Cocktail 2 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce ¼ Teaspoon of Onion Powder 2 Tablespoons of Cornstarch ¼ Cup Water 4 Cups of Hot Cooked White Rice http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/public/350.cfm MISSOULA, Mont.-More and more prominent big game conservation groups are formally endorsing Boone and Crockett scoring as their standard system for measuring North American big game trophies. Boone and Crockett scoring originally was developed as a means of recording data on species thought to be going extinct from habitat loss and unregulated harvest. Today, Boone and Crockett Club records remain a classic gauge of successful conservation and management programs. In addition to its prestigious history and tradition, Boone and Crockett scoring is strongly associated with the highest tenets of fair chase and hunting ethics. http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/348.cfm Richard Blauser is no stranger to big bucks. In fact, he's killed eight bucks that score over 120 inches, including a massive Boone & Crockett buck taken in 2000, in Butler County. But let's start at the beginning. "My father and uncles taught me to hunt," Blauser said. "I went out with them when I was nine or ten. They carried rifles and I had my b.b. gun." And when turned twelve and his chance to hunt finally came, he harvested his first buck, a two point. "It was a unique deer," Blauser said. "The one side was broken off and the other grew down around its face, and on the end of the beam was a little Y." http://www.trophybucksecrets.com/members/347.cfm "The stock markets crashed in the fall of 2008," says Jim Gregory of Murrysville, PA. "I was aggravated by watching my savings evaporate." So instead of continuing to watch that money disappear, he put it to good use. "I grew up in Ohio," he says. "We had family farms, but not really good places to deer hunt, and all the places I had to deer hunt I lost. I decided to buy my own property." Jim spent six months looking at properties and researching them heavily. He looked at places in several counties, including Harrison, Licking, Coshocton, and everywhere in between