An article in this month's "Outdoor Life" magazine proposes to outline your odds of taking a trophy buck based on a detailed analysis of 17,382 trophy records over the last 20 years. The research is fairly impressive, although anyone who has hunted for any length of time, knows that "Lady Luck" always plays a part. Being in the right place at the right time is what it is all about.
In any event, Key Points were as follows:
Best days to hunt are when the barometric pressure is at 30.00 and rising as more than 40% of the records were taken when certain KEY factors came into play.
#1 trophy taking day is November 11th with 1081 entries (GOOD day to take off from work or call in sick)
#2 Best 4 day span is November 8th through November 11th
Other KEY dates seem to be November 4th through the 7th, when the moon's perigee and the NEW moon's phase occur close together.
On November 21st, four regions will experience favorable barometric pressure and most of the day is rated either GOOD or EXCELLENT.
Interesting that I have always felt that from Halloween on through the first two weeks of November were always great days to be afield anyway. If the truth be known, the best days to hunt, are anytime the little woman let's me out of the house.
Here is a link to barometric pressure and weather conditions that affect whitetails.
http://www.myoan.net/huntingart/deer_weather.html
You can pick up a copy of this month's Outdoor Life magazine and review the color coded chart on page 64 for more details. No matter how much we think we know about whitetails, we can all, always learn something new. Just remember that when you think, you have them all figured out, you DON'T.
That is why they call it hunting and not shooting.
Good luck.
Dan
Isaiah 65:24 NIV "Before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear"
2 comments:
I hope I am commenting to DAN. I am in my seventies now and eyesight isn't what it used to be. But, in the "80's I shot competition with iron sights on an old TC New Englander. WE , the group I shot with adhered very close to consistency in powder charges , + or - igr on each shot . Yes we actually weighed each shot. The bullets I shot , I poured my self to + or- 1 gr. This yielded known results and if I was having an off day , I knew it was me and nothing else. I won a lot of prizes(including bacon). Just wanted to comment on being carefully consistent in your bullets and powder charges.. Thanks
Lewis G. Barberree(Florida)
Lewis, good to hear from you. Thanks for the comment. Consistency is certainly the key to repeatable accuracy. As you mention, consistency in powder charge, bullet weight, loading procedures etc. make a big difference in shot to shot performance. Dan
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