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© By Othmar Vohringer One aspect of hunting that has always intrigued me is the fact that you always learn something new. It’s no different now after hunting whitetail deer for over 25 years, every time I go scouting, hunting or talk to fellow hunters I learn something new. Hunting is indeed a continues education process. Last week I learned from a video (linked at the bottom of this column)

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© Othmar Vohringer Deer communicate with each other by three basic means. By far the most common form of deer communication is by scent, followed by vocalization. Far less known is that deer also communicate through behavioral patterns. Behavior patterns are very complex, in fact so much so that the common term “body language” has evolved. However, for the sake of simplicity I only will focus on

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© Othmar Vohringer The hunting season of 2016 is history here in British Columbia and with that most hunters put their hunting equipment away for the winter. However, there is a hunting season that is still open (in some Wildlife Management Units until June 30th and in others until March 31st). I am talking about coyote hunting. There are several benefits hunting coyotes. In most areas coyotes

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© Othmar Vohringer To respect private land is part of the hunter ethics creed, but not everybody adheres to it. In conversations with landowners I hear complaints all the time. This is not good because the negative impressions some hunters create will ultimately affect all hunters equally. At the top of the list of the most common complaints I hear is trespassing without obtaining permission

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© By Othmar Vohringer It doesn’t matter if you have permission to hunt on private land or if you hunt on public land. There are places that hold deer while others are not or just a few. For example here in the southern interior of British Columbia there are places that you can look for days and count your blessings if you see one or two deer per square mile, while just a few miles in another

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© By Othmar Vohringer Once you have found the area you want to hunt you have to find a tree to hang the stand. Not just any tree mind you, but the perfect tree. Some hunters make the mistake to look for the easiest tree to hang a stand but that is seldom the perfect tree to set up a deer ambush. Setting up on the right spot and choosing the right tree to hang your stand is one of the most

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© By Othmar Vohringer In an email a hunter asked me if barometric pressure influences deer movement, and if so how? If you have been following me then you know that I am an avid weather watcher and time my hunts around the weather forecast. With that said, the short answer to the question is; yes barometric pressure does affect deer movement. For past 20 plus years I make careful notes of

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© By Othmar Vohringer Image Copyright Heidi Koehler Photography Hunting season is just around the corner. This means for many last minute season preparations are in full swing. Countless days and hours are spent to prepare for this big moment we all have been impatiently waiting for. For months we have carefully scouted to find the right hunting spot and honed our bow and firearm shooting

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© By Othmar Vohringer You tuned your bow and practiced shooting your bow, hopefully, all year long. You’re ready to go bowhunting. Are you? You will be… if you follow these tips. Many bowhunters practice shooting their bows at the archery range and maybe take part in one or two 3-D archery tournaments. That makes them good archers but not necessarily good bowehunters. Archery and bowhunting

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© By Othmar Vohringer There’s no question about it, hunting on public land is though. You will fail more times then you succeed. This is especially true in areas with high hunting pressure. Spending the majority of my hunting time on public land I know only too well about the agony of having to deal with many other competing hunters and deer that seem to vanish practically overnight. But fear

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© By Othmar Vohringer © Copyright Steven Beckley Preserving the memories of a hunt is a long standing tradition among hunters that can be traced back to the famous cave drawings of Lascaux in France, estimated to be about 18 thousand years old. The drawings depict, among accurate animal profiles, hunting scenes and images of hunters posing with game animals they’ve killed. As time went on the

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© Othmar Vohringer For hunters the colder days ahead mean that more deer are moving about during daylight hours, especially bucks. You see, just about this time of the year deer start to feel amorous; bucks are starting to search day and night for receptive does. The “rut”, as it is called, is an exciting time for hunters. Much has been said and written about the rut and yet it still is an

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© Othmar Vohringer Wisconsin Rep. Adam Jarchow introduced a hunter protection bill that includes fines of up to 10,000 dollars and nine months jail for animal rights activists that that photograph, film, or otherwise harassing hunters in the field. Although there are already federal laws protecting hunters from zealous animal rights activists there are more and more U.S. states add additional

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© Othmar Vohringer September 1st marks the start of this year’s hunting season, beginning with ten days of bowhunting, then general open season. This is the time of year that I anticipate most but it is also a time when I become keenly aware of our evolutionary roots. Hunting and gathering is deeply rooted in our history. For the majority of our existence on earth we existed as hunters,

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© By Othmar Vohringer It’s already June again, and with that said it is time to think of the upcoming hunting season. This time around I start to think about treestand locations. The bow hunting season begins here on the first day of September and I always try to have all my stands up by late July. I did all my preliminary scouting after the hunting season closed last year and fine tune it in

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© By Othmar Vohringer The best time to establish a mineral lick for deer is from late winter, after the bucks dropped their antlers, to early spring. While deer only need small amounts of minerals for full antler development having no minerals, or not enough, will result in in less antler growth than what genetically might be possible. Minerals are not just important for antler growth but

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© By Othmar Vohringer Set a goal for this hunting season and then work toward it. I asked a hunting buddy of mine that question and he replied with; “Jeez, buddy turkey hunting season just started and you already think about deer hunting.” Well, besides being guilty of having constantly whitetail deer on my mind, even during turkey hunting season, I also happen to think that it is important

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© By Othmar Vohringer Over the last decade, the ones believed to be an indestructible world of whitetail deer has taken a beating. What are the reasons for the overall decline of the deer populations? Scientist from the QDMA (Quality Deer Management Association) found out that the decline of the deer herds can be attributed to: Growing predator populations, seriously impacting fawn survival

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© By Othmar Vohringer Now that the weather gets warmer and the snow has melted head out in search for shed antlers. Provided you’re not a turkey hunter, shed hunting is a good way to overcome cabin fever. It’s also a good way to learn about the land you hunt, the deer that inhabit that land and enjoying the great outdoors. However, wandering around willy-nilly hoping to stumble across a set

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© By WILSON RING / Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board wants to expand the use of crossbows during the fall archery deer-hunting season, hoping to lure more hunters by making shooting easier and more precise. Vermont currently allows archers to use crossbows only if they have a physical condition that prevents them from using a traditional vertical bow.

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© By Othmar Vohringer Thanksgiving Day is a time to be together with family and friends. For me Thanksgiving Day is also a time to remember and be thankful he people that helped me along the way of becoming a hunter. Most of them are now long gone but will never be forgotten. I am thankful to my wife for her understanding and support of my whitetail deer passion, my family and the many

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© By Othmar Vohringer In this "Tip of the Week" I would like to draw your attention to two interesting studies that had been done in order to learn more about buck travel patterns. Knowing how bucks behave during all stages of the rut enables hunters to make the right decisions on stand placement. In my profession as an animal behaviorist I have studied whitetail deer behavior at great length

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© By Othmar Vohringer I am probably not wrong with the assumption that most hunters in America and here in Canada hunt on public land. Here in North America we’re extremely lucky to have so much public land available to hunt. No matter where you live you never have to drive far to access public hunting land. The downside of public land hunting is that you have a lot of competition from other

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© By Othmar Vohringer In all fairness it needs to be said that there are places where rattling and calling simply does not work well, mostly because deer wised up to the excessive amount of fake buck fighting and calling. This holds especially true on public land. It also holds true in areas where the buck to doe ratio is skewed in favor of the does. In such areas, which is almost everywhere

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© By Othmar Vohringer A heavily used overgrown fence-row. To get you one giant step closer to filling your buck tag during the whitetail rut make sure that your stand is set up at the right location. When choosing stand locations think funnels and wind. As bucks frantically travel back and forth in their territory in search of hot does they use funnels that provide them with quick access and

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