Possible World Record Whitetail Sheds found in New York?
by Bow Staff
9. January 2010 21:18
We know it’s a little early to start talking shed antler hunting. After all, some states still have an open deer season. But for New York state hunter, Corey Wiktor, his season is not ending, it’s just beginning!
Check these MONSTER sheds out! Wiktor just recently picked these 2 bones from the current winter wonderland of western New York. Each side estimated near or at 100 inches!
The pictures don't relate the true size of the shed antlers. A few of our staffers here at Bowhunting.Com have an estimated the score of nearly 225"! This estimated scoring includes an 18" spread credit given by us. Although it is likely to have been greater than that!
If our scoring measurement of 215-225" GROSS and around 210-220" NET are accurate, this buck just may be a new world record typical whitetail! It would surpass Milo Hanson's 1993 score of 213 5/8", from Saskatchewan. If taken with a bow, it may crush the archery world typical record Mel Johnson buck from Illinois in 1965 of 204 4/8".
Congratulations to hunter Corey Wiktor on the finds of a lifetime. There is no doubt you will be after this buck come autumn of 2010. Whatever the score! Stay tuned right here at Bowhunting.Com, there could be a NEW world record out of an unlikely place next season. We’ll keep our fingers crossed Corey!
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Trail camera photos can lead to one night stands.
by Scott Abbott
27. November 2009 05:20
Trail camera setups can be as complicated or simplistic as you choose to make them. I personally stay on the simplistic side of things as I am not trying to "pattern" bucks with their use, but rather get a better look at them after I locate a buck I am interested in from summer glassing. For me it all starts in the summer.... I will spend countless hours and evenings glassing the areas I hunt looking for big whitetail bucks. Once I locate some bucks of interest I move in and set up cameras and leave them up anywhere from two weeks to a month on the property.
Leaving cameras up and checking them over and over again all summer is pointless to me. Once I get a better look at the buck(s) in question, I know right away if he is an animal I am interested in or not. Once my curiosity is satisfied I pull the cameras not to return with them again, unless a new buck is found on that land I need a better look at. I err to the side of caution by only placing them on field edges or just into the timber. Deer are used to activity in these areas so you can get away with a little bit of human scent around these setups from your trips in and out. If you are trying to setup trail cameras on their travel routes or bedding areas I feel you are setting your self up for early season failure. With my personal focus on early season success, I do not want to tip anymore of the odds in the whitetails favor.
I used summer glassing to locate this buck this past July. I then moved in and set my DLC Covert II Assassin trail camera up for 2 weeks and got the photos I was looking for. He turned out to be the largest buck I located on land I can hunt.
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October 17th found me in a particular stand for the first time this year with a strong, and very rare for my area NE wind. I was setup just outside of his bedding area (beds located during shed season) and was able to capitalize on my preseason efforts in a big way! Chances are I may not have been setup in that area had I not known this guy was in there.
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If you do your summertime homework by locating the bucks, move in and setup the trail cameras on their food source, pull the cameras out after you get the info you need and save those bedding area stand locations for the perfect wind and conditions I bet you will have a better shot at success this fall.
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