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Shed-Antler Dogs: Which Breed, How Much?

Posted On: January 5, 2009 | By: mike hanback


Beth emailed: “Hi Mike, we are looking at getting a shed hunting dog, just wondering how much they cost?”

Shedding season is fixing to crank up, so let’s help Beth out. Which breeds are best (most guys I know use Labs, like Robert’s pup pictured here, but I’m sure other dogs are popular)? How much would a pup from shed-hunting stock cost? Is there any such thing as shed-antler stock, or can you train any dog from good hunting stock to find and retrieve bone?

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Open Thread Weekend #12: First Deer of 2009?

Posted On: January 2, 2009 | By: mike hanback


If your season is still open, maybe you'll be one of the first bloggers to kill a big deer (or a doe) in 2009. Tell us what you're seeing this weekend--any sheds, maybe a one-antlered buck, late-rutting activity? For some of you Southern boys the rut is just cranking (MS and AL and parts of TX); if you kill one tell us and post the photo in the RUT REPORT.

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Field & Stream Buck Officially Scores 233 2/8 NT

Posted On: January 1, 2009 | By: mike hanback

From this post at JR Absher's website:

Questions regarding whether the so-called 'Field & Stream' buck taken by Wisconsin bowhunter Bob Decker Nov. 1 would surpass Milo Hansen's world record typical whitetail were answered yesterday, when the deer was officially scored by Pope & Young Club measurers, who declared the rack non-typical. Nonetheless, at 233 2/8 NT, it bested the current Wisconsin bow record. "I didn't get the world record, but I got the most popular buck this year," Decker told the Eau Clair Leader-Telegram. 

When I first saw the video and then the buck photos last fall, I said this giant would not top the Hanson buck, but who gives a damn? The monster is anbody's dream buck, way to go Bob!

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