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4 10, 2018

Will There Be Two Deer Ruts In 2018?

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00October 4th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

I saw this article by Oak Duke, a writer and hunter from New York, and I think he might be onto something. Oak wrote: The 2018 whitetail rut should unfold as a mirror image of the 1999 and 2010 events, very early for bow hunters, and then great for those of us who carry a gun into the deer woods in New York and Pennsylvania. 2018 will feature a bifurcated rut ... two-pronged. Oak’s theory revolves around full moons. In September, the moon was full just two days away from the Autumnal Equinox. He says that when this celestial conjunction occurs (the moon and the equinox at the same time) we witness early rutting activity: Deer hunters best be prepared for [...]

1 10, 2018

Breaking: Ohio Giant Could Be Buck of The Year 2018

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00October 1st, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

Saw this giant on my Twitter feed this morning, it will go down as one of the top bucks of 2018, and possibly the buck of the year. Early indications, it scores around 220. No further details, but you will see a lot more about this buck soon I am sure.

27 09, 2018

BIG DEER Moon & Rut Guide 2018

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00September 27th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on BIG DEER Moon & Rut Guide 2018

From Missouri to Virginia to Canada, 90 percent of whitetail does will come into estrous and be bred from November 5-20, regardless of moon phase or weather. It’s been that way for decades in the Northern two-thirds of America, and will continue to be that way forever. Take off anytime from Halloween though Thanksgiving, and you’ll hunt some phase of the rut. Anytime you hunt rutting deer you are going to have a good time, with the potential to shoot a big buck. While many hunters and scientists don’t put much stock in the moon’s effects on deer movement, I do. I base this on two things. One, 30-plus years of hunting and observing whitetails as they seek, chase and [...]

24 09, 2018

The “Hunter” Hypocrisy of Politicians

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00September 24th, 2018|BigDeer|4 Comments

Every time a pivotal election rolls around, a few politicians in rural states come out with ads that tout them as “avid hunters,” even though they have not purchased a hunting license for many years or even a decade or more. To avid hunters like you and me, who do buy a hunting license every year, these people immediately become posers, caricatures, “Elmer Fudds” as people in the gun industry call them. This year, with the U.S. Senate up for grabs, I give you the latest two Fudds. The Tennessean reports that until the 2018 election year, Democrat Phil Bredesen, who is locked in a heated battle with Republican Marsh Blackburn for the Senate seat in Tennessee, had not bought [...]

21 09, 2018

2 Awesome Bow Stands

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00September 21st, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Forget the rut for now. The first days of your archery season in September or October can be a great time to whack a 10-pointer. The bucks are relatively docile and locked into their summer/early fall bed-to-feed patterns. So long as you don’t press them too hard, they’ll keep moving reasonably well at dawn and dusk. Tweak these setups to your land and tag out early. The Choke Point One September I hunted in sprawling alfalfa and corn country where you could see deer coming and going for miles. The only way to have a fighting chance with a bow in a big spot like that is to narrow the country down, way down. During the middle of the day [...]

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Will There Be Two Deer Ruts In 2018?

Breaking: Ohio Giant Could Be Buck of The Year 2018

BIG DEER Moon & Rut Guide 2018

The “Hunter” Hypocrisy of Politicians

2 Awesome Bow Stands