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15 07, 2016

Deer How-To: Scouting Big Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 15th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

Excellent guest blog and advice from Montana traditional archer Luke Strommen, a charter member of the Big Deer Hunt Team: To all the BIG DEER Bloggers: Here is story and a lesson I have learned. Hope it helps you find a big buck and shoot him this season. One time I spotted a gnarly 6x6 during my scouting and glassing routines in the summer. The mature whitetail used his primary core area throughout July and August. I saw him many times and took some distant digital images of him from one of our tree stands. He would browse in an irrigated alfalfa field, and having completed his evening ritual, he’d sneak off to spend the night in a 20-acre corn [...]

14 07, 2016

BIG DEER TV: Why We Air No-Kill Episodes

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 14th, 2016|Big Deer TV|7 Comments

After last’s night episode in which I hunted magical new country for a week, walked long and hard, sweated and cussed, laughed and had fun, but came home empty-handed, Steve emailed me and said: “Mike, loved the Anticosti show, too bad you didn’t get anything, that would have made it better.” I thanked Steve for writing, and sent him a link to a blog I wrote while ago, and reprint here with a few tweaks and updates: In the last few seasons of BIG DEER TV, we have aired episodes from Maine, Wisconsin, New York and other places (and now Anticosti Island Canada) where I hunted hard as hell but did not kill a buck (BTW, hard is the only [...]

13 07, 2016

BIG DEER TV 2016 Episode 3: Anticosti Island, Canada

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 13th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

Bits from the script of tonight’s episode which airs for the first time at 7 pm Eastern on Sportsman Channel. Set your DVR: So what’s the recipe for a grand adventure? A place that piques a hunter’s innate curiosity… is hard to reach… is far from the beaten path, where an isolated population of animals thrives in idyllic habitat where nature can take its course… On the border of New Brunswick and Quebec, crystal streams feed the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Anticosti Island, creating a natural wonderland. I’m here to hunt Anticosti’s resident and wild whitetail herd, which was introduced to the island 120 years ago by a man named Henry Menier, a chocolate manufacturer from France. After two [...]

12 07, 2016

Buck with Massive Stomach Growth (Hernia)

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 12th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management, Deer Science|2 Comments

Hi Mike: I found your website and see that you have a lot of knowledge about deer. I'm not a hunter, but love the herd of 9 deer that frequent our yard on most days. I saw on your blog a post about a deer with a massive growth. I am sending this email and pictures of a huge growth that is on one of our bucks. Have you ever seen anything like this? As you can see it is a huge growth/tumor/abscess hanging from his abdominal area. I am hoping you can give me an idea of what this might be. It has been there for about 3 weeks...started out much smaller and over the weeks has continued to grow. He is still [...]

11 07, 2016

Trail Cam Monday: The Pictures Begin

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 11th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Management, Predator Hunting|Comments Off on Trail Cam Monday: The Pictures Begin

Our friends Zach and Ellie sent this great buck, first time they have ever seen him on their farm. Double beam, can't wait to see how this rack turns out in full. Good looking 8-pointer growing on one of the farms I hunt. Got a lot of red foxes in our VA county, they have long been protected here because "the hunt" chases them on horses and with hounds, a long-standing tradition. This fox grabbed a late-night snack of juicy rabbit at 2:28 a.m. one day last week. Another look at a split-brow buck our friend and blogger Danny has eyes on. Send me your pictures to share (mikehanback@yahoo.com) I'll always keep the location of your target bucks top secret. [...]

Big Deer Blog

Deer How-To: Scouting Big Bucks

BIG DEER TV: Why We Air No-Kill Episodes

BIG DEER TV 2016 Episode 3: Anticosti Island, Canada

Buck with Massive Stomach Growth (Hernia)

Trail Cam Monday: The Pictures Begin