First off; I did NOT get selected in the NH Moose lottery. I know this is a big disappointment to my fans, as it is to me. HOWEVER, if any of you were chosen for units G, H or nearby I am offering my services- FREE OF ANY CHARGE- for guiding/scouting. Last year I assisted two different friends in scouting these areas I know so well and BOTH men shot very nice trophy bulls!
Next business: Our house is for sale. Reluctnatly, I must add. It is a great place for any hunter! Check it out at http://www.robrichardsonart.com/housesale.html and feel free to forward the page to anyone who might be interested Last: Once we get settled in our new home, wherever that may end up being, I want to plan our first NHSHC get together. Think about dates late summer/early fall that will or won't work for you so that when I announce the location you will be able to provide input
oh and on a NON hunting note. last week I caught a monster Northern pike! Longer than a yard stick and without a net I could not boat it even with the help of a kayaker! We were able to lay the stick on it and the teeth scared the heck out of the kayaker. No photos though because the wife had the camera! never fails!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Antler Hunting by Tractor!
So a few weeks ago my brother called me and said "I found the rest of your antlers". What the heck does that mean?
I asked him had he been out in the woods and he says "Nope. I found them the easy way". So I asked him how, because we all know there is no easy way. "On the tractor spreading fertilizer out in the oat field" He replied.
He had been cruizing along with the spreader in a 20 acre oat field, happened to look down and saw half an 8 point set. He jumped down off the John Deere and found the match about 10-15 feet away. He walked around a bit and found another antler! A big half of an 8 as well.
The next night I planned to go up and see those big eights. I could hardly wait all day to see them. All day I had visions of big antlers in my head, The Jordan Buck, The Breen Buck, or even Klucky's new NH record were what I pictured.
When I got there I rushed in to the house and saw them lying on the bench next to the door. While they were not The Jordan Buck caliber, they were really nice big sets.
The one single antler is this season's version of a matched set I had already found (one 11/07 and one 5/6/08). This new one is a little bigger and has more mass than the winter 2006/07 set.
The matched set though... is from a buck that I have NO previous sheds from. The funny thing though; on my stereo there sits a rack from a buck my brother had shot in 1980, his first deer. IF this buck had not been killed in 1980 I would swear that this set in hand, was his newest headgear. Uncanny how a buck's genetics are carried on through a deer herd.
We went out into the oat field that night and looked to see if we could find the missing other half of the eight, or another antler of any size but no such luck.
We remembered that during the small thaw in January this oat field had melted to bare ground and figured that these two giants had came out to eat the exposed oat grass and maybe sparred over the eating rights causing the antlers to knock off.
So my advise is to remember to check out any food plots that deer may have been using in Januray and you may luck out!
As I write this, green up is complete and this makes shed hunting very hard until hunting season. I'd like to hit Pittsburg one more time. I've some back country spots I need to hit and I have one last area of the farm to check as well.
I need to put out some cameras and set up some small food plots and mineral licks to grow some bones for fall.
Remember, you can't look everywhere, just look where you are!
I asked him had he been out in the woods and he says "Nope. I found them the easy way". So I asked him how, because we all know there is no easy way. "On the tractor spreading fertilizer out in the oat field" He replied.
He had been cruizing along with the spreader in a 20 acre oat field, happened to look down and saw half an 8 point set. He jumped down off the John Deere and found the match about 10-15 feet away. He walked around a bit and found another antler! A big half of an 8 as well.
The next night I planned to go up and see those big eights. I could hardly wait all day to see them. All day I had visions of big antlers in my head, The Jordan Buck, The Breen Buck, or even Klucky's new NH record were what I pictured.
When I got there I rushed in to the house and saw them lying on the bench next to the door. While they were not The Jordan Buck caliber, they were really nice big sets.
The one single antler is this season's version of a matched set I had already found (one 11/07 and one 5/6/08). This new one is a little bigger and has more mass than the winter 2006/07 set.
The matched set though... is from a buck that I have NO previous sheds from. The funny thing though; on my stereo there sits a rack from a buck my brother had shot in 1980, his first deer. IF this buck had not been killed in 1980 I would swear that this set in hand, was his newest headgear. Uncanny how a buck's genetics are carried on through a deer herd.
We went out into the oat field that night and looked to see if we could find the missing other half of the eight, or another antler of any size but no such luck.
We remembered that during the small thaw in January this oat field had melted to bare ground and figured that these two giants had came out to eat the exposed oat grass and maybe sparred over the eating rights causing the antlers to knock off.
So my advise is to remember to check out any food plots that deer may have been using in Januray and you may luck out!
As I write this, green up is complete and this makes shed hunting very hard until hunting season. I'd like to hit Pittsburg one more time. I've some back country spots I need to hit and I have one last area of the farm to check as well.
I need to put out some cameras and set up some small food plots and mineral licks to grow some bones for fall.
Remember, you can't look everywhere, just look where you are!
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