Big Deer Blog

On my TV show you see us regularly spray down with Scent Killer (full disclosure, one of our great sponsors). I mist my boots, clothes, pack, etc. every day while I’m hunting and filming. It’s become second nature. One night last fall a guy watched an episode and wrote me: “Mike, stop using that spray. It makes you look foolish. That stuff does not work.” Ah, the non-believers. Anyway, that guy is wrong. Here’s the latest confirmation that scent-eliminating products do work. In a lab at Mississippi State University (MSU), Shamitha Dissanayake, a graduate student, and Todd Mlsna, Ph.D., head of the lab, are working on ways to best collect and analyze volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from body odor. Their goal [...]

Sometimes the best and most meaningful blogs are the simplest: Mike: Thought I would share my November 13, 2013 buck with you. This guy came running in after I had blown the grunt call. He came in behind me, and I had to spin around and come to full draw on the other side of my stand tree. He stopped at 15 yards broadside, so I took the shot. Went 30 yards and expired. Blessed to have my sons around to share in the harvest and help get him out of the woods! Thanks & God Bless—Jeremy Miner The simple lesson, share what we do with your kids or grandkids.  

I am forever amazed at the incredible talent to be found across America, and when that talent is exhibited by a hard-working deer hunter from the Heartland, I am really impressed. I saw this skull art on the Facebook page of Robert Nichols, a family man and deer hunter from Oklahoma. I posted to Robert that I thought his work was awesome, incredible really. I figured he had carved and engraved for years, and was selling his artwork. Robert wrote back: Hey Mike: Thanks for the compliment on my engravings! I have enjoyed watching your shows and reading your work for years. This is a very new hobby for me. We got snowed in for a couple days last November. My [...]