Comments on: Check out Danny Dye’s 26-point buck! http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/ Fri, 24 May 2013 14:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16835 walt Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:56:25 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16835 Keep up the good work RJ, and good luck on the doe; I’m a meat hunter, if the Almighty wants me to kill a big buck, he’ll trot one by. As to public land hunting, every young buck you pass at least has that one chance to make another year, but if you want him, take him! Within the law, that decision is yours and yours alone. Be sure to send your regulation suggestions to the VDGIF. All hunters need to have input.

]]> By: Ralph Barton http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16824 Ralph Barton Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:23:34 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16824 Fantastic Buck ! Congrats !

]]> By: RJSteiner http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16798 RJSteiner Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:29:15 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16798 Other Kevin, it is very good to see you on here and participating! Its a breath of fresh air to see someone who hungers for knowledge from the “other side”!

Walt, I agree! I have always been curious as to how many dog hunters out there are true supporters of the VAHDA. I know that VAHDA has cited the number of “members” it has in the past, but I don’t think they were accurate.

Getting rid of the daily limit makes complete sense! If the goal is population control and a season is set, what does it matter when in that season the allotted number of deer are taken? I would love to get to the point where your wife (and you, and the rest of the hunters in VA) can hunt more than just Saturdays with her busy schedule. It is unfair, completely.

No, I don’t need a big piece of land to pass up bucks and shoot does (as I just started doing the past couple seasons). Where my desire for QDM has its downfall is that I only really have access to “public” land. Its the whole “if you don’t shoot him, someone else will”. Everyone’s idea of a trophy is different, not that that is a problem at all! Because I have never killed one (WHAAAT?!?!?), I am on a trophy hunt for my first doe next season!

]]> By: Glenn Dye http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16797 Glenn Dye Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:59:48 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16797 The pictures definitely do not do the deer justice. I took those with my Droid Razr Maxx which turned out great but the best thing I did was take a video walking around the rack. That showed it’s true character. It was hard to get a good picture that showed all points of the entire rack from one angle. The deer was scored by a local friend that does scoring. Yes it scored 193 green gross. Anxious to see how it scores after drying. It was the first time I had taken him with me and boy did he have the horseshoe. I will note that the deer was taken in King George county not Prince George county as the article stated. On a spinach farm right on the Rappahannock river. We call him Popeye.

]]> By: walt http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16792 walt Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:21:12 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16792 Scoring: there are several systems for scoring deer, the gold standard is from the Boone and Crockett Club (www.boone-crockett.org). VA has its own sytstem as does Safari Club International.
RJ, good conversation. Ditto on the VADHA. When I hunted in GA a few years ago, when you bought your license you got 11 deer tags, two either sex and the rest antlerless only. No daily limit. It makes sense, if you only have one or two days to hunt and need to shoot a number of does for herd control or sex ratio work, you can’t depend on the weather, and as we all know there are some days when the deer move. My wife is a teacher, only gets to deer hunt on Saturdays. The way the system is now, if she shoots a deer at 8 am, her day is over. Unfair.
As to QDM, you don’t need a big boundary of private land to pass up young bucks or shoot does. I say, shoot the deer you want to shoot; its the hunt, not the kill, that adds character to our lives. Other Kevin, glad to see you on this blog, as I’m sure Mark will say also.

]]> By: Glen Mayhew http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16790 Glen Mayhew Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:32:50 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16790 Mark:

At the Richmond show each year, I am amazed at both the size of the deer (neck/chest mounts) and rack sizes that are being produced in our central and eastern counties. Some of them are very impressive.

]]> By: David/AlleghanyRidgeRunner http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16789 David/AlleghanyRidgeRunner Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:48:21 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16789 Comment to “Other Kevin”. Let me take you on an early spring morning hunt for a Gobbler. If you can’t get hooked on Hunting during that time of the year, then you most likely never will.

]]> By: Stu http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16788 Stu Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:33:45 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16788 Impressive rack for sure.

]]> By: RJSteiner http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16786 RJSteiner Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:13:12 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16786 I think the final score will depend a lot on whether it is scored as a typical or non-typical. If he is scored typical, his deductions would be crippling and take just about everything away from what this deer really is: a true VA monarch. Not knowing exactly how the non-typical scoring system works, I cannot say whether or not he might reach 193… but if Danny measured 193 with his tape measure then I say give him 193!! I hate deductions.

I thought I had something going with that age/non-typical points thing. Don’t remember where I read it or heard it, but it stuck. David, 10-12 in g3s?!?!? That deer must be absolutely gorgeous! I’m a big fan of symetry in whitetail antlers. I hope you can find his sheds as momentos on top of the photos!

Walt, QDM is something I have wanted to participate in for a couple years now. I just don’t have the access to the right type of property to do it (namely, private land where everyone else is of like mind). I think you are right that it would be wrong to tell hunters what they can and cannot shoot, especially on their own property. I was unaware of other states not having daily limits on deer, but it makes sense. Especially for out of state hunters, too. I wonder what the reason for the daily limit is here?

And yes, we can agree to disagree on the pups. While I do have a bad taste in my mouth about it, I don’t think I can say I would want to get rid of it completely. I can’t do that to fellow hunters, especially the good ones. But I think it could use some cleaning up, as could the “still” hunting community. The worste aftertaste comes from the way the VaHDA handles their lobbying, I guess.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/02/check-out-danny-dyes-26-point-buck/#comment-16782 Mike Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:21:28 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6689#comment-16782 Body looks small. Looks like Bambi with a good rack.

If Danny is 6 ft tall then it is likely that the measurement from his elbow to his middle fingertip would be about 1 “cubit” which is about 19″. This deer does not appear to be 16″ in depth at the brisket. 120 lb field dressed max.

Just guessing.

As far as dog hunting goes, would one try to argue that beagles should not be used because if that were regulated out then there would be big rabbits everywhere and you could just go sit in a field with a .22 and get your limit? When dogs start on one deer it is not a given that they will be running the same deer after it goes through a clearcut that contains other deer.

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