New Weekly Article.

For the first piece of this article we’re going to start at the beginning with what I believe is the most critical aspect of killing mature deer. Property. It’s often said in real-estate “Location, Location, Location”; the same motto is vital in deer hunting. Hunting the correct property is the most critical aspect of success when chasing trophy bucks. If you want to snag a supermodel wife, then hunting outside the local Jenny Craig office isn’t going to achieve the desired result. You have to hunt where they exist. Setting up outside the local plastic surgery center will increase your odds dramatically. The same is true when it comes to hunting mature whitetails.

So often you see these guys on TV and in magazines killing slob bucks year in and year out. They have all the fancy gear, tons of sponsors, and they’re really quick to pimp a product. The reality is, all that crap pays the bills. You don’t need the fastest bow on the market, some magic minerals, or heaven forbid a device that mimics the sound of crunching acorns to kill mature whitetails. At the end of the day you need three basic necessities to kill mature whitetails 1.) Mature whitetails. 2.) Time to hunt. 3.) Something sharp and pointy to kill him with. Obviously this is an overly simplistic list. We could go on for days and days with individual tactics and items that increases your odds. But for the purpose of this segment we’re going to cover the first Item; mature whitetails and where they live.

As our laughable example earlier pointed out, when hunting a supermodel wife you have to hunt where they exist. To understand this we have to understand what creates “mature whitetails”. The number one factor that creates a mature whitetail is in the name, their age. The 2012 QDMA whitetail report states the buck harvest for bucks by age is as follows. 47% 1.5 YO / 31% 2.5 YO / 22% 3.5 YO. This means that 88% of the bucks killed in Ohio are 2.5 years old and younger.

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