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11 04, 2016

Deer Habitat Work: Cutting, Pruning & Seed Selection

admin2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00April 11th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management|Comments Off on Deer Habitat Work: Cutting, Pruning & Seed Selection

Part 2 of our exclusive 3-part series “Manage the Land, Manage the Deer” from our good friend Flatlander, who lives, hunts and manages ground in his home state of Illinois: As we move through the early spring trees are leafing out but not in full foliage, so this is still a good time do to some chain saw or hand saw work, as we discussed in Part 1 of this series. Find staging areas, small clearings and food plot areas near your tree stands, and cut away all overhanging limbs up to about 12 feet high, EXCEPT one. Leave one limb with a low-hanging branch, and prune that branch so the limb is eye level. This will become a licking [...]

8 04, 2016

Recipe: Grilled Venison Beer Brats

admin2020-06-10T09:16:49-04:00April 8th, 2016|BigDeer|6 Comments

Perfect for a spring or summer Friday night, these deer brats are amazing: Shoot deer. Gut deer. Transport deer to processor and have brats made. (These jalapeno cheese brats came from the buck I shot in the Crazy Mountains of Montana last November, and were made by H&H Meats in Missoula, though a deer you shoot and gut anywhere will do.) Simmer thawed brats in mixture of half-water, half-beer for 20-25 minutes. Do not boil brats, just a low, slow simmer on medium heat. Roll brats occasionally. As brats simmer, sip remainder of leftover beer. Heat gas grill and chill one more beer. After 25 minutes, remove brats from stove and drain water/beer mix. Reduce grill to medium-low. Add brats [...]

6 04, 2016

USFWS: Hunters, Fishermen Provide $1.1 Billion for Conservation

admin2020-06-10T09:16:49-04:00April 6th, 2016|BigDeer, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

WASHINGTON – On March 6, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will distribute $1.1 billion in revenues generated by the hunting and fishing industry to state wildlife agencies throughout the nation. The funds support critical fish and wildlife conservation and recreation projects that benefit all Americans. The Service apportions the $1.1 billion annually to all 50 states and U.S. territories through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration programs. Revenues come from taxes generated by the sale of firearms, ammunition, archery and fishing equipment and electric boat motors, as well as from taxes on the purchase of motorboat fuel. “These funds are the cornerstone of state-based efforts that are critical to the preservation of America’s [...]

4 04, 2016

Monster Kansas Deer Sheds: One Side Scores 121!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:49-04:00April 4th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|3 Comments

From Mike C., The Antler Collector on Facebook: Nearly 18 years of trying to buy one of the most outstanding sets of Kansas sheds I have ever seen came to reality yesterday. This set was picked up 20-plus years ago in eastern Kansas by Dave Griffin. Very little was ever spoken of this elusive giant, as Dave was VERY private. And man was he a tough cookie to break. But finally he agreed to let them go. Here are a few of the stats. The animal’s right antler is an amazing 4-point with a few non-typicals. It scores 85 3/8, just from the typical 4 points. If it was clean, this would have been a world-record 4-point. The G-2 is [...]

31 03, 2016

How Much Are These Sheds Worth?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:49-04:00March 31st, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|3 Comments

Scott sent this picture of a beautiful set of 181-inch sheds he found a few years back. He had them stained, which I think looks good, but which knocks back the value of the antlers. I asked Mike at The Antler Collector for an appraisal of these sheds; you can use his response as a track to run on if you have a large set you might want to sell sometime: Split G-2 hurts the net…Stain, ouch, not good news. And pen-raised deer have swallowed up the prices up on the wild racks. An antler like this would need to be sold on Ebay in my opinion. He would get between $125 and $300 if lucky. A lot of 220- [...]

Big Deer Blog

Deer Habitat Work: Cutting, Pruning & Seed Selection

Recipe: Grilled Venison Beer Brats

USFWS: Hunters, Fishermen Provide $1.1 Billion for Conservation

Monster Kansas Deer Sheds: One Side Scores 121!

How Much Are These Sheds Worth?