Man Shoots at Deer Hunters
Two deer hunters were approaching the downed animal when a bullet struck the ground a few yards away. Apparently the 23 yeard old hunter was upset that the two men had killed a deer in such close proximity to his location. Authorities are unclear if gun fire was exchanged but the 23 year old man has been taken into custody.
The county attorney’s office will review the case, but Rogers said the charge could be elevated to a felony because the man allegedly shot in order to intimate or scare the other hunting group.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokesman Tony Wood said this type of behavior is unheard of in the hunting community.
The best part is that this is not the shooters first offense.
Homemade trail cameras
Here is a picture of my camera and some of the deer it has captured. The whole process of building the camera is really not that hard. If you have steady hands and can follow directions you can build one. It is like my uncle says, “If all else fails, read the instructions.” The camera is a Sony S40 that I bought brand new at Officemax for $100. The controll board is about 50 bucks and can be found at www.pixcontroller.com. You actually get everything you need from pixcontroller in their kit so the only thing left is to find a case. I used a 1040 pelican case,,I think. Two fairly small solder connections need to be made and that is the only real technical work. Most of the how to information and FAQ’s can about the process can be found here.
 
NC’s Whitetail Rut
NC is my home state so this information was very interesting to me. I read every hunting magazine I
can get my hands on and watch all the major hunting shows. In all the shows and publications the RUT is the main topic. The breeding is not the exciting part. The exciting part is the chasing. This is the period when big bucks make mistakes and are harvested. It is a period when all hunters want to be in the woods. In the north and midwest hunters can basically pinpoint the rut to the same week year after year. I have seen some very exciting chasing activity in PA but I have never really witnessed a full blown rut in NC. I mean I have seen a buck chase a doe but I have never seen a half a dozen bucks running 1 doe all over the country side while fighting and grunting. Then I read a recent article in NC Game and Fish that provided data from the NC Wildlife Resource Commission that showed 3 very different breeding periods across the state.
The New Automatic Weapon
Trail cameras have killed more big deer than anything other weapon in the past 5 years. Basically all guide services and landowners have turned to trail cameras to map out what animals are on their land. They can provide more information than a hunter would be able to gather in weeks of scouting.
Here is what they can do;
- capture pictures of bucks in the area to determine where to spend your time
- determine the time of day deer are moving
- provide visible clues if the rut is approaching
- scout your land 24/7 without leaving behind human scent
But before cameras will show up on every hunting lease the technology will need to carry over from the camera and into the security of the camera. The average hunter can not invest $400 into a camera with the hopes that this pitiful security system will prevent theives from stealing the camera. This just keeps the honest…honest.