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im new to bow hunting deer, can you help me?

i love to hunt. i bow hunt small game all the time. i love to go bird hunting but this year i want to try something different like deer hunting. i live in north carolina and there are alot of deer where i live and they eat my garden where i grow alot of my food. i dont know much about bow hunting deer so here are my questions. where is the best place to shoot the deer? am i aloud to put deer corn around my blind? when is the best time to be in my blind in the morning or at night? how much does it normally cost to skin the deer and get it processed? how much does it cost to get the head taxidermy'd. as you can tell i dont know much about bow hunting deer so i need any info that could be usefull. is there anything else i should know before going deer hunting with a bow?

1. If your looking at what point to shoot the deer, the best place is on the broadside of the deer, and just behind the front leg where its heart is. If your looking for positioning of where the deer are, I would setup 10 yards into the woods, and face outward to an open field.

2. You can put any kind of bait you feel necessary until 1 week before the season opens (PA State Regulation, so it might vary depending on where you are) although i recommend apples to get the deer in close.

3. I go out at just before light, where you can see around you well enough to take a shot, but its still sorta dark out, because ive walked up on deer when it was dark, and they get up and run away, and that will ruin a day of hunting in that small region.

4. I do all processing myself, so does everyone else I know. But I know a guy who owns a processing place and they generally charge $100-$250 depending on if you want the whole deer, or just parts of it (IE: Tenderloin, Backstraps, ect..)

5. A taxedermy mount costs upward of $200, depending on the size of the deer. I have an 8 point that costs $350, but I also have a turkey mount that I did myself, and it only cost $20 for the base of it.

And heres a tip. Get a nice compound bow, and dont listen to what people say about new bows and what not. My cousin sold his truck for a bow, and thats just too much, I got my compound bow for free, and it shoots nicely compared to alot of the new smaller compounds. As for arrows, buy some graphite arrows with the inserts already in them, then go out and buy some Muzzy 250's that are 1 3/16" Cutters, and some bandaids. Get field tips to sight your bow in with, dont use broadheads to sight your bow in with. I recommended that specific type of muzzy broadheads because it will fly just like your field tips.

Any more questions, feel free to PM me.

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Like many art forms, taxidermy's roots go way back in human history, to times when methods were primitive and results were spotty. In recent years, taxidermy has become so strongly supported by advances in technique and technology that it's difficult to compare it to past forms of the art.

In some form, taxidermy has been around at least since the days of ancient Egypt; household pets and animals considered to be sacred were mummified much like humans in the ruling class were preserved. In the extreme short term, that kind of preservation was not unlike taxidermy, although it was not generally intended for public display or long-term preservation as modern taxidermy is.

The more modern form of taxidermy, the art of preserving and arranging an animal's skin on a form intended to preserve what it looked like in life, was first mentioned during the Middle Ages. De arte venandi cum avibus, a treatise on falconry written in the 1240s by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II of Hohenstaufen, speaks of bird preservation. Forms of hunting decoys, first known to be used in the early 1300s, were made from literally stuffed bird skins --not as precise or accurate as modern avian taxidermy, to be sure, but it certainly required reasonably effective skin preservation techniques. Naturalist Pierre Belon wrote the earliest known scientific explanation and instructions for taxidermic procedures in 1555, and further instructions were offered in 1622 by Giovanni Olina and in the late 1620s by JC Aitinger. While no specimens from those early days of taxidermy survive, pieces from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), a physician, naturalist and collector, formed the basis of the British Museum and can still be observed to this day. Taxidermy has also preserved some intact bird specimens collected on the voyages of Captain James Cook, and Meriwether Lewis studied taxidermy in the months before the outset of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in order to return preserved specimens to the United States.

During the Victorian Era, taxidermy reached what may have been its greatest level of popularity, as travelers to distant lands sought to preserve mementos of their visits, and as museums around the world undertook to display specimens for study. Using taxidermy as a factor in interior design also came into fashion during this time. Several taxidermists branched into bizarre niche markets such as anthropomorphic taxidermy, in which the subjects were posed as if partaking in human activities. Walter Potter's "Kittens' Tea & Croquet Party," in which thirty-seven ginger kittens were shown enjoying tea and mouse tarts at a garden party, is one of the more famous --or infamous!-- examples of this alternative style of taxidermy.

As the 20th century dawned, Carl E. Akeley, William T. Horneday, Coloman Jonas and Leon Pray ushered in the modern era of taxidermy. Seeking to use taxidermy to fulfill its original intent --to portray animals as they were when they were alive-- these men and other pioneering artists developed accurate and detailed forms arranged in realistic but aesthetically pleasing poses. Their new mounting techniques enabled taxidermists to pose animals not in general, vaguely inaccurate poses but in proper, lifelike poses specific to that particular animal.

Building on the foundation set by centuries of artists before them, today's taxidermists use current technology to ensure that majestic animals of all types can be enjoyed well into the future.

Longtime taxidermist Shawn Dawson has competed at the state, national and world competitions, winning numerous ribbons and awards. Shawn is a recipient of the National Taxidermists Association (NTA) Award of Excellence --a very high honor which puts him in the Master Taxidermist division. He's also a NTA Certified Judge and an instructor for the Academy of Realistic Taxidermy in Havre, Montana. As a one-on-one taxidermy workshop instructor, he offers a comprehensive, thorough training regime centered on individual attention. Shawn's website is http://www.taxidermyworkshops.com

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