This Week on The Revolution with Jim and Trav: Late Season Whitetails
OutdoorHub 12.19.12
Forget last minute gift ideas and shopping sprees because there’s still late season whitetails to be tagged! So with barely any help from Jim and Trav and a lot from industry pros’, today’s Revolution is going to be a last chance effort to tag out before it’s too late. Hear from Lee & Tiffany Lakosky, Doug Howlett, and get some DIY tips on tanning your own deer hide and doing your own European mount.
Late Season Bucks – Doug Howlett
The overall weather forecast for 2012 was not what most outdoorsmen were hoping for. The weather played a big role in failed crops, limited water sources, EHD outbreaks, predator impacts and more. So what is the effect on deer across the country? Doug Howlett says it’s too soon to measure the effect on deer but it’s never too soon for you to adjust to the conditions to better your chances of harvesting a big late season buck.
Lee & Tiffany Lakosky
Every week you can catch Lee & Tiffany Lakosky downing trophy bucks across the country on their show, The Crush with Lee and Tiffany. For many hunters the late season isn’t ideal, they would rather hunt during the rut. For Lakosky’s they prefer this time of year and say they harvest some of their biggest bucks during this late season. Tune in to hear some tips from these pros about hunting the late season and more!
DIY European Mounts
Having taxidermy work done can be incredibly expensive, even when it’s just a European mount. Tune in this week as Jim and Trav talk with Brad Carter of HuntAddicts.com. He’ll give us a detailed step-by-step process for doing your own European mounts.
DIY Bathtub Tanning
Tanning a hide can sound like a daunting task for many people but this week Michael Shea details what it takes. He’ll outline how tanning can be accomplished using a just a few products and your bathtub. Tune In!
