March 13th, 2010 — Hunting
Choke Collar -This is a collar that is made out of leather or chain, and that is applied to the dog’s neck in such a way that the collar can be loosened or tightened based on how much tension is exerted by the owner’s hand.
Clips (E-Clips) - These are designed to hold the axles in place.
Cold – This is a term that is used to describe a dog’s running on a concept that it has become familiar with, but the item’s exact placement is something that is new to the particular dog.
Collar Conditioning - This is a type of conditioning through which a dog is taught to turn off stimulation from the collar.
Columbian Black Tail – This is a type of deer that can be found all along the Pacific Coast between British Columbia and California.
Conditioning - This is a method of learning based on experience. For example, bucks have been conditioned to only be active in the nighttime during the hunting season. They have learned that there is only a little bit of pressure during the darkness in comparison to the daylight.
Confirmation – This term is used to describe standards on how dogs should look based on their breed, as confirmation determines how close the dog is to these set standards. For example, the standard coat colors for a Labrador Retriever are yellow, black and chocolate only.
Conformation - This is a term that is used to describe the form or the structure and the arrangement of parts conforming to a breed’s standards.
Coniferous Tree - These are trees that bear cones. The trees never lose their leaves during the fall, and what this means is that they are an excellent source of food for many deer during the winter months. A well known example for coniferous trees is the common pine tree.
Controlled Break – This term describes the situation when a dog goes out before it is sent, and has to be immediately brought under the control of the handler, but without any use of force or pressure.
Cover – This is a term that is used to describe grass and vegetation and other types of environments that can conceal a bird from a hunting dog on land or in the water.
Cover Scents - This is a scent that is used to cover up a human during hunting so that their natural scent cannot be detected.
Cow – This is a term that is used to describe a female elk.
Creep - This describes the situation when the arrow is moving away from the wall, or it describes the anchor point while you are aiming and preparing to release.
Photo Credit: swanksalot
Originally posted 2009-11-12 03:39:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 16th, 2010 — Hunting, Pre Season, crossbows
When the air begins to get crisp, when the leaves begin to change, that is when you know the season for bow hunting is on us again. Bow season is coming, and it is not far off now. By this time, you should hopefully already have a game plan figured out regarding what your bow hunting season is going to entail. It is generally a good idea for you to have a bow checklist that will help to prepare you ahead of time for the season. Preparing your bow for the upcoming season is not going to be a unique task, because bow hunters tend to be creatures of habit after all. Check out this bow checklist to see what you should do in order to prepare yourself, and your gear, for the upcoming season.
Bow Maintenance
There is nothing wrong with spending time shooting your bow even during the offseason. On the bright side, when you shoot your bow during the off season it will make it easier for you to keep up with regular maintenance for your bow, such as making sure that the strings are waxed, making sure that the strings are in good condition, making sure that there are no frays on the strings, making sure the limbs have no stress cracks, making sure that the noise dampeners and the vibration dampeners are in good condition, making sure the cams are all in tune and so on.
Bow Practice
It is important that you ensure that you get plenty of practicing time with your bow before you climb in the stand, and this is especially important if you are using new arrows, new sights or new broad heads that you are not used to. This is one of the most important steps in the prep for your bow before the season. There is nothing worse than stretching out the string for a one-in-a-lifetime kind of trophy only to see your arrow cruise beneath him because you didn’t zero in before the season opener. After all, if you’re spending a lot of money on your bow hunting gear, then why not make sure that you are justifying the investment by getting your practice in long before the real shots come into play.
It is important that you take the time to become re-familiarized with your pins and the yardage that you have them set for. If your pins are in need of adjustment, then make sure that you get all of the zeroing in and the adjusting before hand. Make sure that you are taking the time to get yourself acquainted with your bow all over again in order to achieve the best possible results. The preparation that you make pre season can be all the difference when it comes to catching that trophy buck you have always been waiting for, or going home empty handed.
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December 30th, 2009 — Deer, Game, Hunting
A lot of hunters that are unsuccessful are in such a position because they set up anywhere they can in the woods and simply hope that a deer is going to go by. Other people may set up near a rub, simply hoping that a monster buck is going to stroll right up to their stand while they are hunting. This may be fine and good for some hunters, like some gun hunters for example, because they can touch a deer as far as 300 yards. But if you are a bowhunter, then you are going to need to be within 20 yards or 30 yards, and you are going to need to shoot at just the right moment, and so these techniques simply are not going to be successful and therefore you need to find another tactic in order to find your deer.
The best thing that you can do is to take steps that will increase your odds in a proven way. What this means is walking into the woods with a fairly accurate educated guess about where today’s deer are going to be. The first question that is asked is where are the deer going to be bedded? The time for you to find this out is during the spring and the summer when travel patterns aren’t going to be changed. You should get into the roughest, thickest and ugliest cover that you can find such as swamps and sticker bushes, where it seems impossible to get, and that is where you are going to find the beds you are looking for. When you get there, you should have no trouble finding these bedding areas, as they will be all mashed down and looking rather cozy.
Now that you are familiar with the bedding areas for the herd that you intend to hunt, remember that there are going to be multiple bending areas on your hunting grounds, then you can mark them using a topo map or a satellite picture to keep track of where you’re going. Continue marking your map up with old rubs, current trails, disused trails and possible food sources for your targets. All of these things are going to be clues when it comes to determining what is currently going on with the herd that you are targeting. If the hunting season has already begun for the year, then you may want to take it easy when it comes to the hunt for bedding areas and just assume that the thickest cover that you can find is going to be a good resource for deer.
Once you have marked all the sign areas, you can take a hard look at your map and determine which direction the deep appear to be moving into during the evening hours. Are they looping back to the same bedding areas, or choosing a different area from the morning for the evening. Once you have figured out the patterns of the deer, you are very close to understanding the best possible place for you to set up.
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November 25th, 2009 — Clothes, Gear, Hunting
Hunting is a sport that can be both risky and dangerous in nature if you take it on without the right practice and know how. Hunting requires practice as well as courage in order for you to perfect it by achieving ease in shooting your targets. As an outdoor sport, hunting definitely demands suitable equipment and suitable clothing that will help you face all of the different types of weather conditions that you may come upon. Taking the right safety precautions while out on a hunting mission will make all the difference. The hunting gear that you choose is going to vary greatly based on what hunting season you are hunting in, and where you are hunting as well.
Your basic hunting gear is going to consist of underwear, shirts, caps, pants, gloves, jackets, boots, socks and your gaiters. Yes, there are underwear specific for hunting and they are designed to keep you warm or cool depending on the climate and weather conditions. Some hunting gear will help to camouflage you, helping to keep you hidden in the brush while you are stalking prey.
Most hunting gear is water proof, which means that it is custom tailored to suit the climate and the tough and rough terrain and conditions that come naturally as a result of hunting adventures. Having the right gear is vitally important to your success or your failure while you are out hunting, because each and every piece of hunting gear was specifically designed to serve a purpose as well as to help you in some way. By bringing the right basic hunting gear to your hunting adventure, you will be basically ensuring that you are safer and that you hunt better at the same time.
You need to keep warm, meaning that you need hunting gloves, a hunting cap, a hunting jacket, and other protective gear. You also need gear that will protect you from the sun or other elements that you may be exposed to while on your trip. A lot of the basic hunting gear that you will need can be found online, and there are a variety of different types, sizes, colors, styles and brand names for you to choose from when it comes to finding the right basic hunting gear for your needs. Going the cheap route may be okay when you are just starting out, but having all the right gear and all the best gear is the best way to make sure that you are safe, sound and successful next time you go out hunting. The more you know about having the right gear, the better off you will be because then you can ensure that you have the right gear and that you are properly protected at all times, which is what having the right types of hunting gear is really all about in the grand scheme of things.
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May 27th, 2009 — Hunting, News, crossbows
As far as sports go, hunting and ping pong really have nothing alike. However, hunters who are preparing to enjoy the 2009 archery hunting season have been forced to watch a rather tedious series of parries as the Game Commission’s board of directors lodge a series of serve and return assaults that are much more suggestive of a match of tennis or ping pong than anything that has to do with hunting.
The battle is all about hunting with crossbows. This is because commissioners are currently sparring regarding what degree crossbows can be used to, and how they should be capable of being equipped, mainly because these seasons were previously reserved specifically for traditional, conventional archery and not crossbow archery.
For the past few decades, hunting with the use of a crossbow during the conventional archery season was completely prohibited in the state of Pennsylvania, unless it came down to a hunter possessing a permit that declared him or her to be physically incapable of using the more conventional form of archery equipment, better known as a vertical bow. This “disabled person permit” would allow them, and only them, to operate a crossbow during the standard archery season.
It was in the late 1990s that the commission finally approved the use of crossbows during the standard archery season, but only in specific urban areas. The regulation went on to be amended later, including a number of Management units, covering nearly the same territory. Then the pace picked up further when the October 2008 meeting was held by the Game Commission. The board voted for a preliminary approval of the full inclusion of all types of crossbows during archery seasons for big game, and the proposal won a 4-3 approval rate in January of 2009.
Those who did not vote for this measure are still fighting, however, because they do not feel as if the issue should be rushed on, and they are more than willing to voice their opinions accordingly. There are some very different opinions on this Game Commission, which is making it difficult for a final solution to be reached regarding this issue. There was such strong opposition present from the more conventional bow hunters in the commission that it began legal for a crossbow to be used while hunting bear and deer across the state of Pennsylvania during the upcoming archery seasons in 2009.
Some of the commissioners do not believe that using automatic archery equipment like the crossbow is going to cause any harm during the hunting season. On the other hand, some commissioners felt that biological impact may be beyond our understanding, and while hunter opportunities may be widened, the amount of damage done biologically may also be widened as well. This match is likely to continue for some time yet as both sides of the situation continue to argue about the merits and flaws of crossbows being used during the conventional archery seasons.
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