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12 02, 2015

Illinois: Giant Shotgun Buck, 185 Inches!

admin2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00February 12th, 2015|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management, Shed Hunting|3 Comments

Hey Mike: I love checking out your site and reading about big bucks. You featured my brother, Daniel, and I couple of years back when we teamed up on a 176-inch 13-point buck during the Illinois shotgun season. I've got another story for you from the first Illinois gun season 2014 in Adams County. We had been watching this buck for 4 years. The first picture we ever got of him, we guessed him to be a 3.5-year-old 10-pointer. The next year he put on some inches and had long G-2s and G-3s but short G-4s. We had never actually seen this buck in the woods, and we hadn’t gotten any hard-horn pictures of him. In 2013 the buck [...]

11 02, 2015

BIG DEER TV: “Top 10 Rut Tactics” Helps Hunter Shoot Biggest Buck Ever

admin2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00February 11th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|1 Comment

Mike: I watch your show all the time, and just wanted to thank you for the information on deer hunting. Last year I watched the episode “10 things to Know about the Whitetail Rut.” Well, I took your advice about hunting on November 8th, and had the most activity I've ever experienced in the deer woods! I hunted every day from November 8th to the 11th 2014. I grunted, rattled and used the bleat can....and I shot the BIGGEST deer of my life! I shot him from a ground blind at 28 yards with my Hoyt Faktor 30.—Thanks and God bless, Kenny Kyte from southern Indiana PS: I've already scheduled my vacation for this time of year next deer season. [...]

10 02, 2015

Shed Hunting: Do Big Bucks Mark Territories with Antlers?

admin2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00February 10th, 2015|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|2 Comments

Mike: A friend and I are obsessed w/shed hunting in Wisconsin and Minnesota. One year we found 2 sets that score 150+ and another half that came from a buck that would have been in the 170 to 180 range. These 5 sheds were found in a straight line from one another heading north to south from a cedar swamp to a ridge/valley habitat. We looked for days, but there was no sign of smaller bucks in the area. The large sheds we found were all distinctively similar--they look like grandfather, father, son and so on, with high brow tines and G2s and impressive main beams. This is probably due to genes in the area, but the odd thing [...]

9 02, 2015

How Rare Are White Deer?

admin2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00February 9th, 2015|BigDeer, Deer Science|6 Comments

Last deer season 2 hunters shot 2 rare and incredibly beautiful white whitetails. One day in October 2014 11-year-old Gavin Dingman shot a 12-point buck with a crossbow. Another day fellow Virginia hunter Daniel Blaha shot this 8-pointer, which is without question the most stunning piebald buck I have ever seen. Just how rare are white deer like this? According to Wisconsin naturalist John Bates, co-author of "White Deer: Ghosts of the Forest," a true albino occurs in about one in 20,000 fawn births. Other biologists say they are much rarer, with only one in 100,000 deer born totally white. As for the genetic variation that causes the brown-and-white piebald, biologists say that less than 1% of all whitetails born will [...]

6 02, 2015

Coyote Hunting: Best Guns, Calls, Tips

admin2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00February 6th, 2015|BigDeer, Predator Hunting|3 Comments

Now is a great time to try and bust a few coyotes on your land before the fawns start dropping in spring. Here's a quick primer: Find a Killer Setup: Look for a ridge top or hillside that overlooks a field, clear-cut, river bottom or other semi-open area. Try to set up and call where you can see well below, out to 100 or 200 yards or more. The farther you can see a coyote coming in, the more time you have to get your rifle up and prepare for the shot. Coyote Sign: Coyote tracks are 2 to 3 inches long, with 4 toes and round pads. An adult critter’s scat is 2 to 5 inches long, round and fat. [...]

Big Deer Blog

Illinois: Giant Shotgun Buck, 185 Inches!

BIG DEER TV: “Top 10 Rut Tactics” Helps Hunter Shoot Biggest Buck Ever

Shed Hunting: Do Big Bucks Mark Territories with Antlers?

How Rare Are White Deer?

Coyote Hunting: Best Guns, Calls, Tips