Anyone ever see these guys before? I was laughing my butt off at how these guys shoot/hunt....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FhZ0oSL94&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FhZ0oSL94&feature=related
Killin'time
Deer Hunting with The "Benoits"
I agree. They are legendary. You should see where they hunt in Maine. It is very thick and there are very few deer. I have never deer hunted there, but I have hare hunted. Last year we never saw a deer and only seen one set of deer tracks in a week.WexfordBowhunter said:
You've never heard of Larry Benoit?
I don't have cable T.V., so when I want to watch
deer hunting on the tube I pop in one of their Videos.
No canned hunts there.
Larry's been a hero of our hunting group since he was on the cover of Sports Afield 40 years ago.
A legend on par with Babe Ruth, Dale Sr. and Dylan.
I don't have cable T.V., so when I want to watch
deer hunting on the tube I pop in one of their Videos.
No canned hunts there.
Larry's been a hero of our hunting group since he was on the cover of Sports Afield 40 years ago.
A legend on par with Babe Ruth, Dale Sr. and Dylan.
They've perfected the art of still hunting in big woods. I like to hunt that way too. But the hunter density is way too high to do that where I hunt.
Re: Deer Hunting with The "Benoits"
When they look at a track in the snow, They already know whether its worth going after.
They are the complete opposite of the antler porn tv craze thats swept the country. Real Hunters to me and not harvesters
They are the real deal! If you want to be a hunter you must be a good woodsman. I have all their videos and Ive yet to see a treestand set up over a trail camera over a baitpile.Matchman said:
When they look at a track in the snow, They already know whether its worth going after.
They are the complete opposite of the antler porn tv craze thats swept the country. Real Hunters to me and not harvesters
Not your typical "realtree" hunter here.... Some of the best big woods hunters and trackers.Killin'time said:
One of the best if not the best book on deer hunting Ive ever seen. They k i s s and succeed on a scale that rivals most deer farmers/huntersMatchman said:
If I were to reccomend any hunters for a young person or someone just starting out, Id reccomend these guys. Get the books and vids. Pay attention to the small stuff. Its important. Great woodsman
Big woods, second week of rifle season, fresh snow and a 3X3 track. Gives me a , well you know, just thinking about it.
If you have hunted for more than a year you should know who the Benoits are. They are absolutely the real deal unlike 99% of the clowns that have hunting shows on tv. I have personally talked to Lanny Benoit and his brothers and they;ll tell you how it is. I have also hunted in Maine close to where they do and it is the most ungodly country you've ever seen. You need to see the area they hunt to truly appreciate how good they are, I got turned around the first time I was in Maine and I wasn't that far from a road. Those guys will spend an entire day tracking a buck in the middle of the wildest country most have ever seen and succesfully at that.
LOL I was by no means bashing them or anything, I just love how when they start shooting, THEY'RE SHOOTING!!! and KEEP shooting until the deer is down! Trust me, I appreciate their hunting more than any Lee and Tiff crap that's on tv anymore where they sit on a food plot knowing a 180+" buck will come strolling by at 6:30 PM...
That is how I was taught to shoot when I started. Make a good first shot and if you know you hit it you keep shooting until the deer goes down or goes out of sight.
Re: Deer Hunting with The "Benoits"
This family is absolutely legendary in real deerhunting circles. Decades of tracking and killing big bruiser bucks in the Maine woods. Demanding and difficult way to hunt but extremely satisfying, tradition in New England. In college, I experienced hunting like this for big "ridge runner" bucks in NH's White Mountain National Forest. Cut a big buck track in the snow and track it all day until you get a shot or darkness falls. Then you hike all the way back out. Anyone that's hunted this way knows how demanding and personally satisfying it is.Killin'time said:
I was in a deer seminar at the sportsmens show a couple of year ago that included the Benoits,Lakoskies and 2 other guys that I can't remember. Someone asked Lee some management questions about shooting does and he precedes to tell a story of some farm they own that had hundreds of does and all the ones they kill to keep the herd in balance and then they asked Shane Benoit what he thought and he said where we hunt at there is maybe 1 deer every 3 square miles so we're carefully what we shoot. That ended the conversation right there.
"How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life."
That may be the first piece of whitetail specific literature I read at a very young age. I found an autographed (by old man Larry) copy in the bottom of my dad's gun cabinet and couldn't put it down.
I believe Larry said his dad shot a 416lb buck and he believed that was the biggest buck anyone knew of.
That may be the first piece of whitetail specific literature I read at a very young age. I found an autographed (by old man Larry) copy in the bottom of my dad's gun cabinet and couldn't put it down.
I believe Larry said his dad shot a 416lb buck and he believed that was the biggest buck anyone knew of.
Worked with a Dr. Who turned me on to the hunting family. Had all the movies and books, AMAZING! He and his father went up hunting with them for 2 weeks. When they returned, he tossed EVERYTHING he owned of theirs in the trash!!!
Don't know what his beef was, other than him saying they ain't who they are in their movies....
Hard to argue those results, though!!!
Don't know what his beef was, other than him saying they ain't who they are in their movies....
Hard to argue those results, though!!!
Heaviest Whitetail
On a cold November day in 1926, Carl Lenander Jr. dropped a monstrous Minnesota buck with a single shot. Field-dressed, the deer weighed 402 pounds. The state Conservation Department calculated its live weight to be 511 pounds. No heavier whitetail deer has ever been recorded.
On a cold November day in 1926, Carl Lenander Jr. dropped a monstrous Minnesota buck with a single shot. Field-dressed, the deer weighed 402 pounds. The state Conservation Department calculated its live weight to be 511 pounds. No heavier whitetail deer has ever been recorded.
If you can't imagine that try this.Killin'time said:
In a 7 year year period between 1989 and 1995 in Main the 5 of them held a total of 35 licenses, they filled 28. The aggregate total dressed weight was 6,132 pounds.
Larry's average was 215.1 lb and 8.5 points
Lanny's averaged 239.3 lb. and 8.1 points
Shane's 221.6 lb. and 8.6 points
Lane's 213.2 lb. and 8.5 points
Landon's ( Lanny's son ) 201.4 lb. and 8.4 points.
To top all this off, at that time they all hunted with Remington pumps, still do, with peep sights. All the bucks were taken off public ground, open to anyone.
Yea you could say they're legends in their own life time.
I read his book years ago as a teenager. Very good read. The Benoits are REAL Deer hunters. IMO the best book you can find on hunting BIGWOODS Bucks. The tactics they use are great for Maine but too much pressure and too many hunters here. Good tips on tracking and stalking though.
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