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HUNTERS
I am pleased to inform everyone, that our Newsletters are resuming with this one and will continue
again on a monthly basis. I want to personally thank all of you that contacted us wondering why they had not
been issued for awhile, it is nice to know that you folks have enjoyed them.
After many years and thousands of hours spent scouting, hunting and studying whitetails, one thing
seems to be standing out more and more. Along with the crow, coyote and a few others, the whitetail deer
appears to be one the adaptive creatures on the planet. Just to emphasize my point, when I started hunting
whitetail in OH, you had to travel to the southern part of the state or you just did not see many deer. The
limit was one buck per year and the herd was somewhere in the vicinity of 40,000 to 50,000 deer statewide.
In contrast, this year's herd is estimated to be around 700,000 in numbers in OH. This is amazing when you
think of how much land has been developed into housing, commercial properties and etc, yet the whitetail
has not only survived, but expanded considerably. Starting with last season, you can legally harvest 18 deer
in OH, if you hunt all the zones with proper tags, although only one can be an antlered deer. With the
excellent management provided by the state, OH has now become one of the top states in producing trophy
whitetail bucks.
What this means is, the whitetail is a master at adjustment and if we do not do the same, our success
rate is not going to fare to well. The changes that we make do not have to be major, but often, in my
experience, a little different stand placement, a different route chosen when still hunting or creating drives.
How many times have we learned of somebody who had very little or no experience hunting whitetail, one of
the first times afield, harvested a big whitetail buck. In out opinion, they were probably doing everything
wrong ( except they were hunting, were they not? } The bottom line, they were where the big buck had
chosen to be by his adaptive ways.
Does this mean we completely abandon the methods we have used in the past, absolutely not, it just
means we need to keep an open mind and with continual scouting, make the necessary adjustments. One
quick example, I had one stand that had produced a number of deer for me, then it seemed like the deer
were coming through a distance away. I moved the stand about 100 yards, then a month later moved it
another 70 yards. Three days later, that location produced a nice buck. Observation and scouting prompted
the correct adjustments, resulting in success. You might say, I have locations that have produced deer year
after year and the terrain might be such that those results will continue to happen. All I am saying is, do not
be afraid to make adjustments when ever necessary to continue with the success rate you wish to enjoy. If
we choose to limit our pursuit to a buck of trophy proportions, then the above thoughts come into play with a
much higher percentage. Big bucks are a much smaller number of the herd and infinitely much more
cautious in the daily movements. The use of trail cameras will help you a ton in determining where and when
these deer are located, allowing you to hunt the correct sites, at the proper time. I wish all of you well in this
present season and keep in touch with how your season progresses.
Keith Dotterer
I am pleased to inform everyone, that our Newsletters are resuming with this one and will continue
again on a monthly basis. I want to personally thank all of you that contacted us wondering why they had not
been issued for awhile, it is nice to know that you folks have enjoyed them.
After many years and thousands of hours spent scouting, hunting and studying whitetails, one thing
seems to be standing out more and more. Along with the crow, coyote and a few others, the whitetail deer
appears to be one the adaptive creatures on the planet. Just to emphasize my point, when I started hunting
whitetail in OH, you had to travel to the southern part of the state or you just did not see many deer. The
limit was one buck per year and the herd was somewhere in the vicinity of 40,000 to 50,000 deer statewide.
In contrast, this year's herd is estimated to be around 700,000 in numbers in OH. This is amazing when you
think of how much land has been developed into housing, commercial properties and etc, yet the whitetail
has not only survived, but expanded considerably. Starting with last season, you can legally harvest 18 deer
in OH, if you hunt all the zones with proper tags, although only one can be an antlered deer. With the
excellent management provided by the state, OH has now become one of the top states in producing trophy
whitetail bucks.
What this means is, the whitetail is a master at adjustment and if we do not do the same, our success
rate is not going to fare to well. The changes that we make do not have to be major, but often, in my
experience, a little different stand placement, a different route chosen when still hunting or creating drives.
How many times have we learned of somebody who had very little or no experience hunting whitetail, one of
the first times afield, harvested a big whitetail buck. In out opinion, they were probably doing everything
wrong ( except they were hunting, were they not? } The bottom line, they were where the big buck had
chosen to be by his adaptive ways.
Does this mean we completely abandon the methods we have used in the past, absolutely not, it just
means we need to keep an open mind and with continual scouting, make the necessary adjustments. One
quick example, I had one stand that had produced a number of deer for me, then it seemed like the deer
were coming through a distance away. I moved the stand about 100 yards, then a month later moved it
another 70 yards. Three days later, that location produced a nice buck. Observation and scouting prompted
the correct adjustments, resulting in success. You might say, I have locations that have produced deer year
after year and the terrain might be such that those results will continue to happen. All I am saying is, do not
be afraid to make adjustments when ever necessary to continue with the success rate you wish to enjoy. If
we choose to limit our pursuit to a buck of trophy proportions, then the above thoughts come into play with a
much higher percentage. Big bucks are a much smaller number of the herd and infinitely much more
cautious in the daily movements. The use of trail cameras will help you a ton in determining where and when
these deer are located, allowing you to hunt the correct sites, at the proper time. I wish all of you well in this
present season and keep in touch with how your season progresses.
Keith Dotterer
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