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22 04, 2016

Deer Management: 18 Tips for Great Food Plots

2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00April 22nd, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|5 Comments

Time to start prepping and planting your plots. To grow better greens and attract more bucks than ever, remember these tips: --Rather than planting several 3- to 5-acre fields like deer managers did the old days, scatter 5 to 10 smaller plots across your land. Green strips and pockets of ¼- to one-acre max are easier to plant and maintain. Small plots are all the rage with the best deer biologists/managers these days. Turn whatever open fields and spots you have on your land into small food plots.   --Think back to your past hunts on the property. Whitetails are habitual animals that come and go in the same places season after season. Where have you seen the most deer [...]

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20 04, 2016

Trail-Cam Mystery Solved: Kansas Giant Scored 208

2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00April 20th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management|Comments Off on Trail-Cam Mystery Solved: Kansas Giant Scored 208

A couple of months ago, I re-posted this photo and asked if anyone knew more about it. The Antler Collector Mike C. saw it and sent this “after” picture. Caleb Gillespie tagged the giant during the 2013 Kansas season…scored 208” non-typical. Another big deer mystery solved. Thanks Mike and great buck Caleb.

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18 04, 2016

Hunters Beware: Lone Star Tick Can Cause Meat Allergy

2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00April 18th, 2016|BigDeer, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

I was talking to a young lady, Katie, at a turkey hunting event here in Virginia last weekend. “I’d sure like to have one of those burgers, but I can’t eat red meat,” she said. “Really?” I asked. “Yeah, I was working on an environmental project down in the Carolinas a few years ago, and got bitten by a tick. Soon after I ate a steak and got really sick. Long story short, an allergist did a test and found out the tick bite had caused me to become allergic to red meat. It's terrible!” A bite from the Lone Star tick can cause the alpha-gal allergy that Katie and thousands of other people have developed. In Katie’s case, while [...]

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14 04, 2016

VIDEO: How to Clean a Hunting Rifle

2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00April 14th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads|1 Comment

Jim emailed me about the video we produced on cleaning a rifle. He said he watched it, followed our steps to a tee, let the rifle sit awhile and then went to the range to sight-in again. "I have killed a lot of deer with this rifle over the years, but it never really shot all that great," he said. "Two and a half inches is about the best group I could ever get. But after cleaning the barrel like John advised in the video, the rifle now shoots just over an inch MOA." A thorough cleaning can do that, especially if you have neglected your rifle's barrel lately. Our video, featuring the expertise of Remington's John Fink, runs about [...]

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13 04, 2016

UPDATE: Iowa Roadkill “Titan” Buck Scored 195 1/8

2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00April 13th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|Comments Off on UPDATE: Iowa Roadkill “Titan” Buck Scored 195 1/8

We first posted on this monster last December when this photo montage was blowing up on social media. Speculation was the rack would score 200, maybe as high as 206. Although there is still not as much information as you would think on this giant, the head did make an appearance at the 2016 Iowa Deer Classic, where it took home top honors in the “Most Unique” category. The buck, known as “Titan” to the locals who had seen him, was found dead near Knoxville, Iowa. The head was entered into the classic by Carol Tompkins. Score 195 1/8, with exceptional mass, so not far off the speculation. No doubt there are trail-camera photos of Titan out there—if anybody has [...]

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