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5 08, 2015

Bowhunting: Hang The Best Tree Stand

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 5th, 2015|BigDeer|4 Comments

It’s almost time to hang your first sets of the season, keep these things in mind: --Rather than clumping cross country and deep into the woods, set your stands 50-100 yards from a logging road, power right-of-way or field edge if it works out with the deer sign and movement patterns. Much of the walking to the stand will be quiet and easy and you won’t jump many deer. Use Google Earth or an aerial photo to determine the best routes in and out. --After finding a potential tree for a stand, turn around and see where the various winds will push your scent, especially the predominant wind in that location. If an old doe circles behind your stand and catches a whiff she’s liable to stamp and [...]

3 08, 2015

Thoughts on Cecil the Lion

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 3rd, 2015|BigDeer|26 Comments

I have never hunted Africa, but I have hunted in many remote locations in North America with many outfitters and guides over the past 30 years, and so here are some thoughts I have on the alleged actions and behavior of Walter Palmer, the dentist from Minnesota, and his guide, Theo Bronkhorst, as they hunted lions in Zimbabwe in July. The hunt was ill-fated from the start. Bronkhorst said that due to travel delays, he had to divert from the area he intended to hunt, and was forced to shift the hunt onto another property nearer the park. I assume that Bronkhorst had the necessary permits and paperwork set up to hunt the original area, and had the hunt gone off then and there, [...]

30 07, 2015

South Dakota: East Sioux Falls Buck Still Alive in 2015!

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00July 30th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|18 Comments

In October 2008 I first blogged about a giant whitetail that was living in the city limits of East Sioux Falls. Somebody posted a Youtube video of him (I don’t see it online now) and it caused mild hysteria amongst hunters and non-hunters alike. At the time people figured the buck was the walking state record non-typical for South Dakota. He was a 12x14 and people figured he might score 250! The buck would come and go between the city limits and bordering private lands, where people tried to hunt him. Rumors flew like they always do with a Big Deer—“somebody poached him…no, he’s still out there…he got hit by a car…” For 7 years I’ve tracked this amazing deer with [...]

28 07, 2015

UPDATE: Big Freak Buck on Camera

2020-06-10T09:19:36-04:00July 28th, 2015|BigDeer, Deer Management|3 Comments

Here’s an update on the biggest and coolest buck I’ve seen growing in the summer of 2015. The hunter reports: So a storm blew over the tree this wireless camera is on, but you can still see he’s put on some serious growth since the last picture I had of him a month ago. This deer has a relatively large body, but his antlers actually make his body look small. The sleepless nights have already begun…. I wrote the hunter back and told him good luck, he is about to hunt the buck of a lifetime. He responded: I’ve never seen anything like him before, and probably never will again. I would just love to see this deer in person! [...]

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