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22 06, 2020

3 Tips To Improve Deer Habitat

2020-06-22T09:41:01-04:00June 22nd, 2020|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on 3 Tips To Improve Deer Habitat

Dr. Grant Woods, one of America’s top whitetail biologists and habitat specialists, says that many hunters make deer management out to be way too complicated, like it is Advanced Trig or something. “It’s simple math,” he says. “If you plant some food and make some improvements to your land, you can go from having maybe 50 percent deer that live on your property and 50 percent that just travel through, to maybe 80 percent that live on your land and 20 percent that are transient.” In other words, you might increase the number of does and bucks that live in core areas on your spot by some 30 percent, which naturally will lead to more deer sightings and more buck [...]

10 06, 2020

Where Big Bucks Live: 2 Core Areas

2020-06-10T10:21:32-04:00June 10th, 2020|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Science, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Where Big Bucks Live: 2 Core Areas

Scientists tracked adult bucks fitted with GPS collars on a hunted property on the Maryland coast. Data collected from the GPS collars allowed the researchers to home in on the home ranges of mature bucks, and the “core areas” within those home ranges. The property was a mix of agricultural fields and woods, typical of whitetail habitat across the United States. “We saw core areas show up in places that (people) basically don’t hunt,” said Dr. Mark Conner, who headed up the study. Mark described 2 sites in particular that served as the core areas for multiple bucks. “One is a sanctuary because it is impenetrable to humans,” he said. “Very dense greenbrier and other thorny vegetation. The only way [...]

5 06, 2020

VIDEO: How to Choose Your Next Deer Rifle

2020-06-10T09:14:50-04:00June 5th, 2020|Big Deer TV, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews, Remington|Comments Off on VIDEO: How to Choose Your Next Deer Rifle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTZ9SDCRKPk   Hunting season is closer than you think. If you're in the market for a new hunting rifle, check out this video I did with my good buddy John Fink a few years back. John no longer works at Remington today, he is now a Product Manager for Magnified Optics with Trijicon - the presenting sponsor of Big Deer TV. For the latest Model 700 lineup click here.

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