RangerClay Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yesterday our local QDMA Chapter in conjunction with the Lucky Star Ranch hosted their 2nd annual Youth Shed Hunt. The Lucky Star Ranch is a 2000 acre high fence hunting and fishing facility in northern NY, Lucky Star Ranch Chaumont New York . The ranch is unique in that it has the largest population of Pierre David's Deer. There are only 2500 of these deer in the world. The ranch is under new owners and they are trying to manage their whitetail herd. So in the spring they work with the local QDMA Chapter and let the kids hunt for sheds. This allows the owners to see how well their herd survived the winter. If a kid finds a shed from one of his trophy whitetails (called bounty bucks), the kids wins a gun cleaning kit. The QDMA folks gave each of the kids some really nice QDMA hats and provided a free lunch for everyone. Here are some pictures from our day. Here is a picture of the lodge where guests of the ranch stay. Everyone is getting organized to go. My kids Abigail and Nathan next to a Red Stag scrape. The are rutting right now. Nathan next to a red stag rub. A herd of red stag ran by us during our hunt. You will have to zoom in. This is a yearling Pierre Davids buck and a doe. It was the best picture I could get. I was pleased just to be able to see one in my lifetime. The kids were able to find one nice shed. It also happened to be a "bounty buck". The ranch owner missed this deer during our deer season. Most of the horn found that was found. Here is Jody the ranch owner with one of the biggest bucks on the ranch. He was very upset to find the deer dead and not the shed. It is a 5-1/2 year old 12 point. Here are the "bounty buck" winners with the Otis gun cleaning kits that they won. Here are all of the kids who participated and the bone they found. It was a great day and my kids had a ball! Thanks again to the Jeff.-Lewis QDMA Chapter and the Lucky Star Ranch for all that they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Looks like a great day bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 What an awesome program. Congrats on the great day with the kiddos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 A great day for sure. Glad the kids had a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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