‘22 Iowa whitetail

[Stocker]

So that’s what deer look like

 

[WildWill]

My God man I've done some deer drives but that's on a whole other level. Biggest I've ever been a part of was 10 people max.

 

[Hem]

So that’s what deer look like

Decent deer anyway.

 

[JDH]

What diameter bullet do you think a 350 Legend uses?

I thought it was .3570. Is it something else?

 

[Chad Gus]

My God man I've done some deer drives but that's on a whole other level. Biggest I've ever been a part of was 10 people max.

I've seen crews of 50 - 70 here in Wisconsin

 

[BAKPAKR]

I thought it was .3570. Is it something else?

Maybe I misread your post. I wasn’t sure how it would not be considered to meet the minimum bullet diameter.

 

[Gellar]

What an army...how do you decide who shoots?
Foreign tactic to me.Everyone knows their role

Tradition, communication. In all honesty it wouldn’t work without 100% buy in from the entire group. Hunters have to hunt believing that if the group kills a big buck it’s a success. It would not have happened if everyone did not do their part. Every year we have people who ask to join our group or members who want to bring friends in. It’s usually all ok BUT you have to work for the team. In a drive it’s not about me or you, everyone has a good shot at killing a buck but it wouldn’t happen if you weren’t working together.

 

[Gellar]

Is that crowd at your house? My wife would not be thrilled about that.

Yes, my wife puts up with it. If it wasn’t a tradition her dad started it may be different.

 

[Hem]

Tradition, communication. In all honesty it wouldn’t work without 100% buy in from the entire group. Hunters have to hunt believing that if the group kills a big buck it’s a success. It would not have happened if everyone did not do their part. Every year we have people who ask to join our group or members who want to bring friends in. It’s usually all ok BUT you have to work for the team. In a drive it’s not about me or you, everyone has a good shot at killing a buck but it wouldn’t happen if you weren’t working together.

I'm just trying to understand.
On a given drive,you have drivers and shooters? But the shooters are stationed in safe shooting zones from the drivers.

 

[Gellar]

I've seen crews of 50 - 70 here in Wisconsin

Stories my father in law tells they’d have 50+ but they were also doing drives on every farms in a 10 mile radius.

 

[Gellar]

I'm just trying to understand.
On a given drive,you have drivers and shooters? But the shooters are stationed in safe shooting zones from the drivers.

Today we had 22 hunters. We did 3 drives and the drivers walked about 1.5 miles per drive. Each drive requires a different set up but typically 1/2 are pushers and 1/2 are standers. Just because you are a stander does not mean you are a shooter. If you are driving properly you will have just as good, if not better chance, at killing a deer. The 2 biggest bucks today were killed by drivers. We set our drives up so everyone is shooting into a backdrop. There is always a ridge between the driver and the standers.

 

[Hem]

Today we had 22 hunters. We did 3 drives and the drivers walked about 1.5 miles per drive. Each drive requires a different set up but typically 1/2 are pushers and 1/2 are standers. Just because you are a stander does not mean you are a shooter. If you are driving properly you will have just as good, if not better chance, at killing a deer. The 2 biggest bucks today were killed by drivers. We set our drives up so everyone is shooting into a backdrop. There is always a ridge between the driver and the standers.

Hard to understand the full spectrum of distance and space, but very interesting.
Thank you for the explanation.

 

[Gellar]

9 bucks today, no does. Kind of a weird opening day as usually everyone is hesitant to pull the trigger on anything, let along bucks.

This is my brothers biggest deer, by far. 12 points, 160+

First buck smile!

 

[Gellar]

Hard to understand the full spectrum of distance and space, but very interesting.
Thank you for the explanation.

I completely understand.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

Great bucks so far!

It's been a long time since we've done drives (largely due to no longer having access to as many areas to hunt). I remember it being a lot of fun knowing you were likely going to be seeing deer in a short amount of time.

 

[Gellar]

Calm before the storm.

 

[Gellar]

Great bucks so far!

It's been a long time since we've done drives (largely due to no longer having access to as many areas to hunt). I remember it being a lot of fun knowing you were likely going to be seeing deer in a short amount of time.

That will be a problem for us in the future. Also our group is getting older and the younger hunter can’t seem to learn the land and the way the pushes work. We have a couple young hunters who have shot nice deer yesterday that will need to be learning a push today!

 

[Flatbrimmer]

Hey, you recognize that early on! I think you’ll do well to train the youngsters to carry on the tradition properly. These drives taking place in the last week or two with you will likely leave many of the new hunters with the skill and understanding to lead to the same level of success in another 20 years. Very cool to watch!! Lots of good deer!

 

[Gellar]

1 drive done today. 1 buck and a couple does. It would have been a really nice buck if it hadn’t broken several points.

It’s a lot warmer today. In the 40s and a south wind.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Some nice deer so far