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4 09, 2014

North Dakota Velvet Bow Buck!

admin2020-06-10T09:22:47-04:00September 4th, 2014|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|4 Comments

North Dakota has one of the earliest archery openers in the country (noon on August 29) and hunters are putting down the bucks. Thanks to Derek for the first buck story of 2014 on BIG DEER blog: Hi Mike: I went to our farm to check my trail cams and do a little scouting, and found out that neither of my cams had worked. I was bummed out but saw plenty of deer sign so I decided to sit in a stand rather than scout from a distance. I watched this buck and 3 others for 3 hours inside of 300 yards before they came down the trail toward me. A 28-yard shot hit the mark just a bit low but definitely in lungs. He ran [...]

3 09, 2014

Pre-Season To Do: Read Your Hunting Regulations

admin2020-06-10T09:22:47-04:00September 3rd, 2014|BigDeer, Hunting News|9 Comments

I have not read many hunting regulation booklets in the last 10 years. In fact I can’t remember the last time I read a state’s regs cover to cover. I doubt you can either. That’s stupid on our part, because every state has quirky little rules and regulations that might never cross your mind. But ignorance is no defense. You and I could get our butts in a sling over some technicality if we don’t know the rules and follow them to a tee when we hunt deer. This year before we go to any state to hunt and film, I have made a commitment to go online and read the regulations cover to cover. It’s boring, but necessary. First up Kentucky, where I [...]

2 09, 2014

When and How Bucks Shed Velvet

admin2020-06-10T09:22:47-04:00September 2nd, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Science|5 Comments

This is a picture of the Mini-Beast Buck last night, which means he stripped the velvet clean off his rack one day last week in late August. The bottom picture is of Mini-Beast with growing velvet antlers in July. The best description of the velvet-shedding ritual I have ever read comes from the research book Way of the Whitetail by Leonard Lee Rue III: Usually in the last week of August and the first week of September, the bucks begin to peel the velvet from their antlers. Mature bucks often peel four to five days earlier than the younger bucks, but I have seen younger bucks peel first on many occasions. Whereas up to this point the bucks have done everything possible [...]

29 08, 2014

2014 Hunt Season is Here!

admin2020-06-10T09:22:47-04:00August 29th, 2014|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|4 Comments

Here's another look at "Mini-Beast" that a hunter in the Midwest has had on camera for a couple of months. I thought this was a great image, with the other smaller buck hiding in the background. The sight of this velvet giant has the BIG DEER TV Team fired up as we hit the road for Season 4. We are starting super early this year, with teams hunting and filming from Colorado to Kentucky next week. Next week... I can hardly believe the season got here so fast! I'll be archery hunting the opener in the Bluegrass State, where there's a 50-50 chance that if I see and get a shot at a big deer his rack will still be in velvet. Or maybe half [...]

28 08, 2014

Oregon: Mule Deer Head Found in Truck, 5 Poachers Arrested

admin2020-06-10T09:22:47-04:00August 28th, 2014|BigDeer, Hunting News|5 Comments

From Northeast Oregon Now: Just after 6 p.m. (last) Sunday, an Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife trooper came across a Jeep Cherokee with the driver’s door ajar (at an intersection near Pendleton and the Umatilla River). The trooper noted an empty gun case and ammunition inside the vehicle. About two and a half hours later, another Jeep Cherokee arrived at the intersection with five occupants inside. The trooper observed the occupants were in possession of the head of a freshly killed mature buck mule deer. (Oregon State Police Photo) Most disturbing is that the poachers ranged in age from 19 to 23. The 23-year-old was deemed to be the shooter and charged with killing the deer out of season and wasting [...]

Big Deer Blog

North Dakota Velvet Bow Buck!

Pre-Season To Do: Read Your Hunting Regulations

When and How Bucks Shed Velvet

2014 Hunt Season is Here!

Oregon: Mule Deer Head Found in Truck, 5 Poachers Arrested