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Did you know where the term "Buck" came from?
Well back in the very early days of trapping and hunting in America the hide from a male deer was worth $1... hence the term "Buck".:eek:
Got any more weird or interesting hunting facts?
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1.There are no such thing as a qute snake.
2.Bambi tastes good, bambi's dad looks good on the wall.
3.Neither Bambi nor his old man man knows the difference between standard cartiges and Magnums
4.If it looks like an Alpacca but you are sure it's a deer, it's an alpacca.
5.You have way more friends in deer season than anyother time of the year, (seams like non-hunters smell venison from 10 mils away)
 
"if you shoot at a moose across water, the water will attract the bullet and make it hit the water".:eek:

From a moose calling vinyl record(!) by a Quebec guide:confused: , that I bought at LeBaron's in the early 80s.

"If you're walking in the bush at night and you run into a moose, throw the flashlight into the bush and the moose will charge it instead of you":rolleyes:

from a hillbilly relative by marriage...
 
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For new hunters of the Alaska/Yukon moose.
Get up bright and early and drive to the biggest swamp you can find. Just before daylight take out your rifle and remove the bolt. Toss the bolt as far into the swamp as you can. Spend the day searching for the bolt. If you find it before midday, toss it a second time.
This is the most fun moose hunting can be. If you shoot a moose in the swamp, you will wish you had taken the above advice!
The worst thing to ruin a good bear hunt is for a bear to show up. Horrible stinky things, it's the hunting of them that is fun.
 
BIGREDD said:
Did you know where the term "Buck" came from?
Well back in the very early days of trapping and hunting in America the hide from a male deer was worth $1... hence the term "Buck".:eek:
Got any more weird or interesting hunting facts?
Post them here.:cool:
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i'd of thunk it was from german "bock", like steinbock (ibex). or rhebok, steinbok, etc in africaans.
 
We used to get a program called , Michigan Outdoors , and it was great . For a few episodes the crew went with biologists from the University of Michigan to see how frightened deer were of smoke . They stapled cigars and cigarettes , thousands of them to fences all over Michigan and videotaped the deers behavior as they caught wind of the smoke . Almost universally , the smoke attracted the deer as they are curious critters .

They also proved conclusively that , Doe In Heat Urine , doesn't do a thing . Does drop a ### pheramone in thier urine when in estrus and that occours for a few days every year and if the urine could be collected , it doesn't matter as that particular pheramone seperates and dissipates within hours no matter if it's on the ground or bottled . Tinks , as in Tinks#69 Deer Lure suied Michigan Outdoors , and lost .
 
'd of thunk it was from german "bock", like steinbock (ibex). or rhebok, steinbok, etc in africaans.
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The Afrikaans for "Steinbok" is actually Spelled Steenbok would translate litrally into Stone-buck (Have no Idea why they called it that, the old timers must have taken it to the grave with them cause as far as I know no one else knows)
I am surprised how many of you Canucks can speak some basic Afrikaans ;)
Keep it up!
 
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Almost universally , the smoke attracted the deer as they are curious critters .
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This reminds me of a story I heard from a crazy guy my dad used to work with :p He was a logging truck driver, and a hunter as well, so it sorta sounded like he knew what he was talking about :rolleyes: Anyways, he had 2 surefire ways to lure deer outta the bush:

1) "What you gotta do, you POKE holes in the muffler on your truck, and you drive along real slow, as slow as you can go. They'll come out to the edge of the slash to see what the hell's makin' all the noise, and then ya BAG 'EM!!!"
2) "What you gotta do, you take a TRANSISTOR RADIO, like a little portable one, and you tune into a station, any station, rock, blues, top 40 crap, whatever, and you leave it on a STUMP!! Then you hide downwind a little ways away, and wait a few hours until they come to see what the hell's makin' all the noise. They'll come right up to it an' sniff it, you'll see, and then ya BAG 'EM!!!"

I can't verify either of these methods personally, I have yet to try them. I dunno if the truck thing works, and it's illegal to hunt within 400m of a road anyway, so I can't see trying that one anytime soon :cool: The radio thing might work. I kinda wonder how he figured that out though, y'know?
 
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