"Hunting Whitetails by the Moon" shares insightful yet straight-forward secrets into how the moon affects the white-tailed deer's breeding patterns. Alsheimer discovered these secrets while working with Vermont biologist Wayne Laroche. With this knowledge, hunters can predict peak rutting activity so they can be in the woods when deer are most active. -- When and where to expect peak deer activity. -- Top tis to capitalize on lunar-based deer activity. -- What really triggers peak rutting activity. -- Why the rut's timing and deer activity vary each fall. -- Yearly predicitions for peak rutting activity. -- The author's best tactics.
No longer a guarded secret, hunting whitetails using a lunar strategy is one of the most effective tactics employed by successful trophy hunters. The father of hunting deer by the moon, the man who started it all, Jeff Murray, shares his best kept secrets and insights on this fascinating aspect of white-tailed deer hunting and tells you how to make it work for you. From game-tracking experts and professional biologists to hunting club managers, outfitters and guides, great hunters know that deer are inextricably linked to the lunar cycle. In his latest book on the subject, Murray teaches how to predict peak rutting activity and how to plan to be afield when big bucks are moving. Other topics include tactics to zone in on deer in transition areas and when, according to moon phase, deer will be at the field's edge and when they won't! This book also covers the different lunar cycles and how the moon triggers the rut activity. Chapters include Does the Moon Trigger the Rut? Master Mast; Timing Food Sources; Zoned Out; Timing the Transition Zone; Wallhanger Whereabouts; The Moon is Unique and Influential; and Secret Scent.
Discover the critical concepts needed for designing your own whitetail habitat and hunting success. Whether you hunt private or public land, the concepts described in this book will help you design your next hunt of a lifetime. The Author has relied upon these concepts of Whitetail Design to achieve Whitetail Success for decades, and he is excited to the the same for you!
Stories about hunting expeditions such as whitetail deer, pronghorn, elk, bear, moose, caribou, mountian goat, kudo, chamois, roe deer all around the world.
Jeff Murray is an award-winning journalist who was the first with many outdoor stories -- mule deer/whitetail hybridization, decoying deer, tracking bucks, whitetail vocalization -- but he ranks his discoveries on deer and the moon as the most exciting. In addition to his duties as state editor for Outdoor Life and whitetail science columnist for Bowhunting World, Murray serves as a field editor for In-Fisherman publications and a feature columnist for North American Fisherman.
- Advice and information from a master based on a lifetime of observing, hunting, and photographing deer in the wild Are deer browsers or grazers? Do antlers indicate age? Are buck and doe droppings different? Does moon phase affect the rut? Can antlered does breed? A host of questions about deer behavior and hunting are answered by renowned deer expert Leonard Lee Rue III in this fascinating and useful book. Includes hundreds of facts and observations about feeding behavior, deer movements, the rut, hunting techniques, and antlers--all presented in an easy-to-use Q&A format, illustrated with the author's stunning color photographs. Practical information for anyone who wants a more successful hunt.
Taking the controversial approach that deer hunting has become more of a "social event" than an affirmation of the more basic human need to subsist in the wild, Jim Roy proposes a simple, common sense method of stalking the whitetail that he calls "survival hunting." Some of the mysteries and myths concerning the whitetail can best be unraveled by observing the natural movements of the herd-not the more unnatural movements caused by pressure from humans or dogs. Roy breaks the deer herd down into its natural family groups, such as parental does with fawns, lone bucks, and single does of various ages, tracking their movements to and from their bedding areas based on such natural influences as wind direction and angle of sunlight. Based on over twenty years of observation at the Smithsonian Institute's Environmental Research Center on Chesapeake Bay, this revised edition of a classic will be welcomed by hunters and wildlife watchers alike.
Morris takes an in-depth look into the critical where-to and when-to strategies, covering exactly where in North America the great trophies are found and how to pick the best time to hunt. He divides the fall into definable periods and discusses the pros and cons of each period in every possible situation.
Whitetail Addicts Manual provides whitetail hunters, whether they are novices or experts, with the information they need to understand the biology and behavior of white-tailed deer. This information will enable hunters to understand how deer, especially trophy-class whitetail bucks, act on a seasonal and daily basis and how they react to the daily, changing conditions around them. This book will help hunters know how to locate deer in existing conditions each day and will also arm them with highly successful archery and firearms tactics and techniques for each rut phase. Ultimately the content will successfully provide enthusiasts with the information and skills that will make them more successful hunters regardless of hunting conditions. Written by a nationally recognized big-game expert, the content is based on his more than 20 years of research, studying how trophy whitetails behave in a range of conditions. The content contains several chapters on biology and behavior of North AmericaÆs most popular big-game species and several different tactics and techniques for scouting, observing, locating, patterning, and hunting. All techniques were developed by the author when he was professional hunting guide and outfitter for more than 15 years. Whitetails are the most popular species to hunt in North America and interest continues to grow from both men and woman of all ages. This book is also the complete guide to the species, so it's great for researchers and biologists, as well, in that it is the complete study of the species and its behavior. The knowledge that hunters gain from this book will not only help them be more successful hunters it will help them take more trophy bucks -- the goal of all whitetail addicts. Discusses firearm, muzzleloading and archery techniques.
Biological research in recent years has brought to light much concerning the nutrition, biology, and habitat of the whitetail. But there has always been a paucity of hard data involved in the actual hunting of whitetails. This book brings to bear more than twenty years of didactic research concerning the weather conditions that drive the daytime movement activities of the whitetail. Dr. Sheppard has prospectively joined together data from Bent Creek Lodge, one of the South's largest commercial hunting operations and data from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather database to study daytime whitetail movement patterns in ways never before considered. An intense statistical analysis of these unique data uncovers some of the most profound insights known to date concerning daytime whitetail activities. More than 35,000 hunter days of data have been accumulated and blended with daily weather data to provide practical information that can, and should, change the way you think about whitetails, and definitely the way you hunt them.
