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18 07, 2014

Video: Best Remington Core-Lokt Deer Shot

2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 18th, 2014|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads|7 Comments

The bullet that has killed more deer than other turned 75 years old in 2014. Serious gun writers with more knowledge of ballistic coefficients and terminal performance than me say that the iconic Remington Core-Lokt produces good accuracy in most center-fire rifles and “typically sheds considerable weight during expansion and penetration, which quickens the death of an animal.” While I might not have as much ballistics knowledge as those gun writers, I have more field and hunting experience than most of them. I have shot dozens and dozens of whitetails and mule deer (and one blacktail) over the years with 140- to 180-grain Core-Lokts, both the soft-point and pointed-soft-points. The shock and knockdown power of these bullets are impressive. They kill [...]

17 07, 2014

Trail Camera: Mini-Beast Buck

2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 17th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Management|4 Comments

Remember this image of "The Beast" from yesterday? I said the gentleman who has the net Booner on his camera has hit the mother lode. Well, I was wrong. Now that guy has hit the rich lode. He posted this last night: NEW BUCK ALERT (below)... Lol... I think I will call him "Mini-Beast" since he lives on the same farm as "The Beast." Cool. From what I'm seeing early, this is going to be a good rack year, certainly better than 2013 I hope. Send me your trail-camera images to fire us up. You have my word I'll never divulge your name or the location of the buck you'll be hunting.  

16 07, 2014

Giant Typical Buck on Trail Cam!

2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 16th, 2014|BigDeer|6 Comments

A gentleman somewhere in the Midwest (where else?) has hit the mother lode, and has this symmetrical 10-point giant on his cam. Look at those brows, and the rack is still growing! Unique shot in the corn like that. Net Boone for sure, good luck to the hunter.  

16 07, 2014

Giant Velvet Buck Hit By Car!

2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 16th, 2014|BigDeer|2 Comments

One of our bloggers just sent this. He heard it happened this morning somewhere in PA, but he can't confirm it. With social media and the way rumors fly, it could be anywhere. "But wherever its location, that is heartbreaking," he wrote. It sure is. Anybody seen this before and know more?

15 07, 2014

Tree Stands: How Many Should You Set?

2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 15th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|3 Comments

My friend and expert bowhunter Terry Drury typically hangs 3 to 6 tree stands in a 100-acre block of timber. Ideally you’ll spread out those stands to cover as much woods as possible, and to have options for different winds. But don’t force that. “If I’ve got 100 acres but only 25 of those acres are conducive to hanging stands with quiet and hidden access to and from them, I’ll do all of my hunting from maybe 3 stands set strategically around those 25 acres,” says Drury. “Most hunters naturally want to hunt and cover as many acres as they can, and in theory that is good thinking. But if you try to bull your way into tough, thick spots and hang [...]

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