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RIP Larry.
I hunted Vermont for 25 years and his style of hunting had a positive impact on me.
I could have sworn I've seen his initials carved in a tree deep in National Forest ground one year.

Rest in peace Larry. May God bless you and your family.

Sad news...he was a legend to those of us in the Northeast. He inspired a lot of guys in the ADK's to try and hunt in a similar style...not too many can successfully year after year. I never met Larry, but have attended a couple of banquets with the boys...all impressive hunters. RIP

My condolences to Lanny Benoit, Larry's son and Landon Benoit, Lanny's son. I am sure there will be a big hollow spot for a lot of hunting seasons to come.

No; not entirely.Only sometimes.

Those willing to come here and try to hunt his style in his country....will encounter the fact that in two weeks of hunting that country in which he was consistently successful on big mature bucks dressing over 200 pounds,most will not even see a buck....never mind get a shot.

No...scratch that....they won't see ANY deer except by the greatest of good luck.

There are solid reasons that the Real Tree Team films no TV shows up here. The only people who do(can)are the Benoits.

In all the hub-bub about rifles, bullets, clothing, etc, I think the two biggest factors in the Benoits sucess is that they aren't afraid of the woods and they work HARD at what they do.
I don't know how many, but it's been quite a few people that have told me "I tried tracking a buck once and never caught up with him..." Well, no shot, Sherlock, every Benoit tracks a lot of bucks they never see. They go back the next day and the next day and the next day until things click.

+1

I would love to see an episode or two of today's popular TV "hunting stars" trying their hand in the big woods. "Dude, where are the food plots?"

Scott it's the truth...


Up in New Brunswick one year,a chap from one of the southern bean field states went out on stand on Day 1,and came back to camp at 8:30AM and went back to bed....he said he hadn't seen anything.... He left after 3 days.


Royce being a native of the Northeast,you know what it's like back here .... It's very tough deer hunting.


Muskeg Man I would say that hitting moving game with a rifle is an acquired skill set, just like any other skills with a rifle.The Benoits are very good at it when they have to do it.

I'd love to see it...but won't. For one, there are no food plots. Two, the deer won't be there for more than a second or two, and 3 the benoits camera dudes are bad ass camera dudes. They have to be on point every second.

and boy do they practice at it. They bust out a shooting session in the middle of hunting just to keep tuned up!

I've tried their style a bit here in MN as we have enough land to do it but I'm not nearly good enough to get it done consistantly. We haven't had enough snow here to do it right, for a few years.

About half way through Bryce's book on the Benoits. Makes me want to vacate CT and move north. RIP Larry.

I'm sad to hear of his passing and my prayers go out to the family. Larry made a knife for me back in 2008 that sits in my office and our conversations on the phone were always entertaining and informative.
For the earlier post regarding the books, B. Towsley wrote two, "Big Bucks the Benoit Way" and "Benoit Bucks" he may have also wrote a third but, I'm unsure of that. Larry Benoit wrote a book years ago that certainly deserves mention and I feel should be on every deer hunters reading list, "How To Bag The Biggest Buck Of Your Life". Original copies may be difficult to locate however it was reprinted. I do recall Larry mentioning to me his displeasure about the reprinted copies but not the exact specifics because we had the conversation a long time ago and my memory is a bit fuzzy about it but, if I remember correctly, it had something to do with copywriting.

BD

BD,

I own all the books including an original version of "How to bag the biggest buck of your life". I think ( but I don't really now) that Larry was originally against the "commercialization" of how he and his sons hunt.

All I can say is I am glad he wrote books and that they made videos. Many great books have come since from Hal Blood for example.

I start watching the Benoit videos around this time of year as my "primer" for deer season here in the Northeast.

A loss for hunters everywhere, R.I.P. Larry.

Some don't really know what "the big woods" are. They think they do.

I don't think you'll find Team Realtree deer hunting in the U.P. either.........

2much nope that belt of north woods country running through the mid west and working back east here is much the same for us as it is for the UP as well I imagine. Have never been to the UP.

Rest in peace Larry. You will be missed by many.

He was as good of a knife maker as he was a hunter. I've always regretted not buying one when I met him and his boys a few years back.

Tzone, I'll be heading up your way with the 760 if we can get some snow. I haven't done any tracking sense I left the Adirondacks. I think this will be a good year to hit a track.

Or northern MN, or northern WI, or northern....

RIP Larry.
I need to get me a Benoit style rifle for hunting here in Alabama.

I grew up in Larry's 'neck of the woods' during the 60s, and I still find it incredible that he shot that many big whitetail bucks in the harsh New England hillside. The lack of feed and forage just limits the number of deer that can survive, and the hunting pressure further limits the number that grow to old age!

Here's a link to a story in the largest VT newspaper about Mr. Benoit with pictures of some of his bucks: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...r-Larry-Benoit-dies-at-89?nclick_check=1

RIP, Mr. Whitetail Hunter