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4 03, 2016

Shed Hunt Reports and Tips

admin2020-06-10T09:16:58-04:00March 4th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Shed Hunt Reports and Tips

Kelly K. from South Dakota walked another 15-20 miles last weekend and filed this report: Mike: Another weekend of shedding turned up 15, including three great horns for the effort. The weekend was sunshine (which I hate) and very warm, 98% of snow is gone so I am covering some of the same land I have walked before. I am always amazed at what you miss! I have picked 5 horns into the 70-inch-plus mark so far but cannot match any of them for a set, but still looking.—Kelly Great tip from Kelly: “Shed hunting is no different than deer hunting, put in a bunch of time finding where the deer groups are right now, and wait until the [...]

2 03, 2016

Georgia: Old Ghost Buck Scored 156 7/8

admin2020-06-10T09:16:58-04:00March 2nd, 2016|BigDeer|1 Comment

I saw on Twitter that Georgia hunter Jay Chambless shot an exceptional buck for the southwest part of the state last November, so I asked him to give us the story. He sent this fantastic and well-written report. Mike: Thanks so much for letting me share this adventure! It all started in September 2014. A buck showed up on one of my trail cameras that really caught my attention, a buck that I had never seen before. The deer sported a tall 10-point rack, with incredible brows and long beams. Looking at his body, it was very evident the deer was mature. I judged his age to be 5.5 years old at that time, and figured his rack to be [...]

29 02, 2016

Deer How-To: Late-Winter Buck Scout

admin2020-06-10T09:16:59-04:00February 29th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Deer How-To: Late-Winter Buck Scout

It was a gray, bone-chilling evening, one of the last of the New York muzzleloader season. Craig Dougherty was fixing to climb down from his stand and call it a year when he looked up and saw a 150-inch brute standing in a plot of brassica greens. Boom! Craig’s .50-caliber roared and he tagged the biggest buck he’d ever seen on his farm. The more Craig pondered his good fortune that night a few years ago, the more curious he became. That was the first time he’d ever seen the big buck on his land. Where had he come from? How had the deer approached the plot? Where had he been living, eating and bedding all those years? The next [...]

26 02, 2016

What Became of this Trail-Cam Monster Buck?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:59-04:00February 26th, 2016|BigDeer|Comments Off on What Became of this Trail-Cam Monster Buck?

I was going back through the Big Deer archives and found this photo that a guy sent me in 2013. Supposedly from Iowa, free-range and pushing 270", though with all that mass and third beam it could be a game-farm deer. If a wild buck, I wonder what became of him? There have been some giant non-typicals killed in recent years, was he one of them? I can't recall seeing any photos of this buck dead, have you?

25 02, 2016

BIG DEER TV Wins 3 Telly Awards

admin2020-06-10T09:16:59-04:00February 25th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|3 Comments

The Oscars are Sunday night. “Who cares?” you ask, and I agree. I only bring it up because we were honored recently with 3 Tellys, cable television’s version of the prestigious film awards. In the TV Programs category at the 36th Annual Telly Awards, BIG DEER TV won a much- coveted Silver for Entertainment for “A Dream Buck For Krista.” In this episode, cancer-survivor Krista Dick, a wonderful and inspiring young lady, and I persisted over 2 years and 4 hunts in South Carolina and finally got her buck, an old 5 1/2-year-old warrior. It was one of the most emotional and uplifting episodes I have ever produced, one of my all-time favorites. I gained a friend and hunting buddy for life. [...]

Big Deer Blog

Shed Hunt Reports and Tips

Georgia: Old Ghost Buck Scored 156 7/8

Deer How-To: Late-Winter Buck Scout

What Became of this Trail-Cam Monster Buck?

BIG DEER TV Wins 3 Telly Awards