Posted on 11/28/2006 12:28:10 PM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
Man Shoots Doe With Rack of Antlers
MICHIGAN, N.D. (AP) -- When Carmen Erickson dropped a deer with a single shot in a cattail slough south of here, he thought he'd downed a nice buck. Unlike his shot, he was a little off. The deer was a doe.
"It's got no male utilities," said Erickson, who lives in Minot. "It has teats ... it was pretty unusual."
Six hunting partners with Erickson witnessed the doe with a 4-by-4 rack.
"I'm sure this story will be around for 10 years," he said. "At least in our group."
Erickson notified the state Game and Fish Department and received a voice mail from a biologist who said these types of deer often are bucks whose testicles haven't descended or for some reason are castrated. Erickson said that is not the case with his deer, however.
"We couldn't find any male genitals on the deer," he said.
"We turned it over, and I got a lot of heat over that. Like I was supposed to know," Erickson joked.
Gary Rankin, district game warden in Larimore, said he has seen a couple of antlered does over the years, but for a doe to have a well-developed rack is unusual.
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It is not the first antlered doe to be reported in the region this year. A conservation officer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported seeing a 10-point antlered doe shot near Robbin, Minn., during that state's firearms deer season. DNR conservation officers in other parts of Minnesota also reported a handful of antlered does.
Erickson said the antlered doe is a first for his crew, which has been hunting together for 25 years.
"It definitely was a keeper, he said.
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Information from: Grand Forks Herald, http://www.grandforksherald.com
LOL!
Two in a Roe?
and elmer keith downed a mule deer at 600yds with a .44 revolver.
Two in a Doe?!
Hmm the link didin't work, I'll just ping you in.
A little baby powder will prevent itchy utilities...
LOL! One new word a day is my limit!
Look it up tomorrow.
That'll work!
Wyatt Earp is still famous in Nome, Alaska.
That's amazing! I have to go to my rifle for anything over 400 yards.
i'm jealous.. i'm still working on milkjugs at 150.
altho i suppose if i had something a little bit nicer than an old rossi .357, i might be able to go farther.
Factory rounds are highly variable. Hand loading is the only way to get reliability beyond 150 yards. Magnum is good, though. I like to load the 45 Colts real light so I can watch the lead bullet all the way to the backstop 400 yards downrange when I am shooting in daylight.
Carmen Erickson of Minot shot this 4x4 antlered doe Nov. 12 while hunting south of Michigan, N.D. Erickson said the rack still was in velvet, and the antlered deer had teats. He said he couldnt find any sign of male genitals. Biologists say they occasionally encounter or hear about antlered does, but more typically, the racks arent as well developed as the deer Erickson shot.
Ping! Pic in post 94.
Yeah, really old.
7.8gr unique behind 158gr GDHP is my comfortable load. if i really want screamers, 16.6gr of 296.
Excellent. I think you got the essential details. Well, you did leave out the religious angle, but that could be used in a follow-up article. I sense a Pulitzer in your future ...
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