What is the biggest whitetail doe?
What is the biggest whitetail doe?
However, Michael LaLonde Jr. of Oak Harbor, Ohio shot a velvet antlered doe this fall that is now the world’s biggest, according to Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy Records (BTR). LaLonde’s velvet-racked doe has 22 scorable points—15 points on the right side and seven on the left.
How rare is a doe with antlers?
The most conservative estimate by biologists is that 1 in about 10,000 female deer have antlers. Some think it’s closer to 1 in 100,000.
How old is a ten point buck?
To provide parameters, a ten-point buck is considered mature around three and a half to fours of age and in its prime from six years and older. In heavily hunted areas it is rare to find the buck in the eight-year-old age group but it is possible.
Can a doe have a rack?
Yes, does can have antlers. If you took a normal doe and treated her with testosterone, she would grow antlers. Hunters typically encounter two types of antlered “does”; those with hard antlers and those in velvet. Does with velvet covered antlers usually have normal female reproductive tracts and can bear fawns.
Are there any deer in Hawaii?
Axis deer were first brought to the islands in the 1860s. Now they number in the tens of thousands. But the most important invasive species for a few islands, especially Maui and Molokai, is the axis deer. On Molokai, an island of only around 7,000 people, there are somewhere around 70,000 axis deer.
What is the world’s record for whitetail deer hunting?
Saskatchewan hunter Milo N. Hanson harvested the World’s Record typical whitetail deer in 1992 . . . on his own land. Working long days as a grain and cattle farmer in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Milo N. Hanson doesn’t have the time or money to hunt all over the continent. Then again he hasn’t had to travel far to find incredible hunting.
What is the world’s best whitetail buck?
At the 22nd Big Game Awards Program in Dallas, Texas, the Boone and Crockett Club Judges’ Panel declared Hanson’s buck the new world’s record typical whitetail with a final score of 213-5/8 points.
What is the largest velvet antlered DOE ever recorded?
The rack scores 191 0/8 inches making it the largest velvet antlered doe in Buckmasters’ records. But LaLonde didn’t realize the the velvet deer he was hunting was a doe. In mid-September, he moved his ladder stand to a new location in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio’s Ottawa County.
How far did the record Doe drop from Lalonde?
The record doe dropped just 45 yards from LaLonde. Michael LaLonde, Jr. It didn’t take long for the news of the big velvet-antlered doe to get around Ottawa County. Several people who were hunting the same deer showed a lot of support for LaLonde and even sent him trail cam pics of his trophy that dated back to 2016.
