Big Deer Blog

From our friend Oneil Baillargeon who lives and hunts in central Saskatchewan: Was fortunate to harvest "Clubroot," an ancient old buck who's been living around home for 8 years now. He's never been much of a buck until this year, going from a 5x4 last year to adding a pile of mass and brow tine length this year. Not having any other deer on camera that I was convinced were over 5 years old, I decided this was the deer I would be pursuing. Having a couple sightings the days leading up to the season opener, I was in the right place at the right time for the evening of opening day. Clubroot barely had any teeth left and carried [...]

By late November in most places the rut is winding down and there’s been a lot of pressure in the woods—people stomping around, riding ATVs, shooting guns… A bunch of bucks have been removed from the gene pool, and the survivors are spooky as stray cats. You’ve hunted all day without seeing a rack, right? Well, keep the faith and stay out there. More old deer than you think still cruise your woods into early December, hoping to hook up with one of the hot does of the season. You might score big yet. Hunt Midweek: One good thing about the post-rut is that 75 percent of the “rut hunters” who were in the woods two or three weeks are [...]