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21 08, 2015

Trail Camera Photos: Big Bucks in Daylight!

admin2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 21st, 2015|Big Deer TV, Deer Management|3 Comments

Mitch on Facebook says: My top hit-lister "Zeus" is starting to show up during daylight… I know he is 6.5 based on history with him. I hope this is the year we get to bring him home in the truck! Nathan emailed the unique buck below and said: Mike, love your show and website. My buddy and I picked up a new lease and had this big guy show up on camera. We call him Dagger! Is it unusual for a mature buck to show up in daylight this time of the year? It is not unheard of for bucks like these to be visible in daylight in August. Some bucks are simply not as nocturnal as others. I told Nathan that he needs [...]

20 08, 2015

Big Deer Q&A: Tree Stands, Buck Rubs, Scent Killers

admin2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 20th, 2015|BigDeer|Comments Off on Big Deer Q&A: Tree Stands, Buck Rubs, Scent Killers

I get lots of questions, especially now as everybody is revving up for the new season, and I’ll try to answer them all before I hit the road for the filming for months. I’ll post some Q&As here as often as I can in hopes some of the info will help you kill a good buck. If you could set a tree stand in only one spot, where would that be? On a hardwood ridge where the predominant wind will stay in my favor most days, and where I can see down into a creek or river bottom with thick cover. Across America, whitetails are bottomland animals. No matter where you hunt, if you watch a creek or river funnel with fresh [...]

19 08, 2015

Should You Shoot Does Early In Bow Season?

admin2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 19th, 2015|Bowhunting, Deer Management|2 Comments

If a big fat doe walks 30 yards under your stand during opening week, should you shoot it? This QDMA article makes some solid biological points about why you should, but the first comment that follows the article makes, I feel, an even better point about why you shouldn’t: ELPzee wrote: I'm still waiting until December to fill my freezers. Here's why. Pressure! If you shoot does early in the season you're pressuring your herd before the rut, reducing your chances of killing that monster buck. In regions where (hunter) densities are high and tracts of land are small…waiting to harvest does makes your land become a sanctuary, especially if you are surrounded by trigger happy hunters (on neighboring lands). [...]

18 08, 2015

Trail-Camera: What’s This Buck Score?

admin2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 18th, 2015|BigDeer|1 Comment

Hey Mike, long time follower of the Big Deer Blog. The bucks in the photos have been traveling together this summer. I have yet to capture them on camera during daylight hours. I'm thinking the rut may be the only time they break their nocturnal pattern. I plan to be ready! Curious to know what you think the buck on the right would score...seems to have some good mass in those main beams. –Travis, somewhere in the Midwest Thanks Travis. Tough to score from cam images sometimes, but I’d put him in mid- to high 130s, pushing 140. Good mid-beam mass in the side profile, though velvet can fool you. Big thing holding this buck’s score back is short main beams. But [...]

17 08, 2015

More Big Trail-Camera Bucks 2015

admin2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 17th, 2015|BigDeer|2 Comments

These cool bucks are roaming somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic. First below is the latest and best image that our friend Danny has of The Freak, and I’m amazed at how much his antlers exploded in recent weeks. Danny seems to have a good fix on Freak’s pattern, good luck in a few weeks man! All pictures below are from our friend KClap: Mike, hope you recognize the pics. I've been sending you pics of these VA Bucks for the past few years. Good signs this year! We're a group of 6 hunters managing our herd. Added 5 new plots, now we have over 20 ½- to 4-acre food plots on 725 acres. Will keep sending pictures, hopefully holding one of these [...]