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17 02, 2017

Virginia 2016: Wayne Mills Bow Buck Nets 172 6/8

admin2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00February 17th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Virginia 2016: Wayne Mills Bow Buck Nets 172 6/8

Excerpt of the story Wayne Mills, who lives and hunts in north-central Virginia, told me one day last fall, read the whole post here: On Friday, October 21st we had a cold front moving in and forecast for winds to swing from the SW to the N after the front came through. I got in the stand about 2:00 p.m. and waited for the shift in the wind. By 3:30 the wind had started blowing from the north. At 5:15 the birds alerted me, and I looked toward the ruckus to see a deer moving through the brush about 40 yards away, coming out of the bedding area. I saw a rack… It looked unusual. I saw that it had good mass and spread [...]

16 02, 2017

Oklahoma 2016 Deer Season: Top Big Deer Year!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 16th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Oklahoma 2016 Deer Season: Top Big Deer Year!

One day last August I blogged: From what I’m seeing and hearing this has the potential to be the best buck season across America since 2010. It was, and here is a good example. From Paul’s Valley Democrat: Oklahoma’s 2016 deer season is well on its way to revamping the record books. Alan Peoples, chief of wildlife with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said: “I have the privilege of seeing a bunch of big deer racks pass through my office every year and I’ve never seen this many at one time.” Several monstrous non-typicals from the bow season have been reported so far, including Travis Ocker’s 245 2/8” beast from Comanche County (photo top). More racks scoring from 180 [...]

14 02, 2017

Shed Hunting: 5 Matched Sets!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 14th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Shed Hunting: 5 Matched Sets!

Our friend Kelly “Sheddhunter” Kirsch from South Dakota filed this report from the antler fields: First hard day of walking two weeks ago, and looks like people are beating me at what I do so well. There were boot prints in most all the places I walked. I did manage to find a few sheds they left behind. The land these people are walking is all public, so I’ve tied up some adjacent lands where they ought to push the deer to. Hope it works out. This past weekend I walked 17 miles and found 5 matched sets (picture above). Walked another 8 miles the next day and only found 5 antlers. Funny how in some areas the bucks have [...]

13 02, 2017

Illinois Coyote Hunt: 5 Critters and a Shed

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 13th, 2017|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Predator Hunting, Shed Hunting|5 Comments

Longtime BIG DEER blogger Scott from MI and his buddies made their annual trek to coyote camp, and he recaps their awesome hunt: Hi Mike: We headed out about 9:30 am Thursday morning Jan. 26th from Michigan and made the 6-hour trip to northwest Illinois, to a place along the Mississippi River. The normal gang was along for the hunt, good friends John, Ryan, Mike and Jason. My dad Russ did not make the trip this year but I told him I would keep him posted with the play by play if we got some action. The weather was pretty good, mid-teens at night and mid-20s during the day. Winds were a little stronger than we would have liked, about [...]

10 02, 2017

Top 5 Deer Hunting States

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 10th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

Number of antlered bucks (1.5 years and older) harvested in the 2015 season: Texas 290,590 Michigan 191,608 Wisconsin 152,701 Georgia 142,346 Pennsylvania 137,580 Number of does harvested in 2015: Texas 157,247 Georgia 220,503 Pennsylvania 178,233 Alabama 171,123 Wisconsin 159,034 Source: QDMA Whitetail Report 2017

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Virginia 2016: Wayne Mills Bow Buck Nets 172 6/8

Oklahoma 2016 Deer Season: Top Big Deer Year!

Shed Hunting: 5 Matched Sets!

Illinois Coyote Hunt: 5 Critters and a Shed

Top 5 Deer Hunting States