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26 10, 2016

Iowa: One Smashed Truck and One Great Buck

2020-06-10T09:16:32-04:00October 26th, 2016|BigDeer|5 Comments

Today’s guest blog from Iowa hunter Marianne Kooker: Hi Mike: My husband, Joe, and I had been planning the October 15th weekend as "our hunting weekend." We lease some land with 2 other families about 1 1/2 hours from our hometown in Iowa, so we decided to rent a cabin down there and hunt Saturday night and Sunday morning. We headed down about 2 p.m and were in our stands by 4:00. Joe's stand is about 600 yards from mine, so he drops me off on the 4-wheeler first and up I go. It was a very warm evening and I guess I really didn't expect to see much, which I didn't, not even a squirrel. I had prayed several [...]

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24 10, 2016

Virginia: 21-Point Cold-Front Giant!

2020-06-10T09:16:32-04:00October 24th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

I posted Friday that with the weekend beginning on October 21, the best hunting of the year was about to heat up: Historical “rut curves” assembled by biologists over decades show that bucks really begin to rev up their scraping around October 20…the data show that 5 to 7 percent of a herd’s does are bred by bucks around October 21… With the cooler weather…that will occur in the Eastern U.S. (last) weekend, I predict the buck movement and hunting will get better… after (last) week of 80-plus Indian Summer days here in Virginia, a cold front will blow through later this afternoon, and the low tomorrow morning will be 44. …the next couple of days should be good. Virginia [...]

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21 10, 2016

October 21: The Best Hunting Starts This Weekend

2020-06-10T09:16:32-04:00October 21st, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|Comments Off on October 21: The Best Hunting Starts This Weekend

After lazy weeks of fattening up on grain and acorns in summer and early fall, whitetail bucks get antsy and start to move around more in mid-October. Historical “rut curves” assembled by biologists over decades show that bucks really begin to rev up their scraping right now, around October 20. Better yet, the data show that 5 to 7 percent of a herd’s does are bred by bucks around October 21, give or take a few days. That’s not a whole lot, but good things happen when bucks start to rip more scrapes and prowl for the first estrus does. The more they are on their feet, the better your chances of seeing and shooting one. Bonus: There’s little hunting [...]

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19 10, 2016

Virginia Bowhunter Shoots Massive 7-Point Buck

2020-06-10T09:16:32-04:00October 19th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

Today’s guest blog from fellow Virginia hunter Chris Davis. These are the stories I like the best, hard-working, hard-hunting Americans doing their thing, grateful for the opportunities we have, thankful for the chance to one day shoot a big deer:     Opening day of bow season in Virginia, I went behind my house in the morning because I only had a few hours to hunt. I saw a fawn come by, but not much else. I noticed rubs on big cedar trees that were fresh. I decided to come back in the afternoon when I had more time. When I returned later that day I saw squirrels, birds and a few hawks flying around. Daylight was starting to fade when [...]

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17 10, 2016

Nevada Gun Shop: Firearms, Ammo Prices Will Skyrocket If Clinton Elected

2020-06-10T09:16:32-04:00October 17th, 2016|BigDeer|4 Comments

Over the past 8 years, President Obama has been the firearms industry’s best salesman, with gun and ammo sales breaking record after record for months. But you ain’t seen nothing yet if Hillary wins on November 8. From the Washington Post: Now the Las Vegas gun store Westside Armory is predicting a Hillary Clinton victory in November, and it has a message for customers: Buy now, because things are going to get expensive. In an advertisement over the weekend in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Westside Armory said it was holding a “Pre-Hillary Sale” on tactical rifles, warning of a price surge if the Democratic nominee wins the presidential election next month. “Don’t wait!” the advertisement reads. There is little question that [...]

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