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13 11, 2013

Buck Movement & Barometric Pressure

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 13th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|4 Comments

Mike: I‘ve heard that bucks move better when the barometer is moving, either rising or falling. Is that right?—Joe from Indiana Joe: For decades, biologists have been trying to pattern deer activity as related to changes in barometric pressure. To date, nobody has been able to pin it down. Dr. Grant Woods, one of the top whitetail scientists in America, puts it this way: “I’m confident that deer move before and after significant changes in weather. However, since such changes can’t be predicted more than a few days in advance, there’s no way to plan hunting dates weeks ahead of time.  After years of trying to find a pattern, the best I can offer is hunt when you can!” My personal [...]

12 11, 2013

Black Wolf in the Wilderness

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 12th, 2013|BigDeer|3 Comments

As you read this, I sit in the same area where this black wolf showed up like an apparition one time on our trail camera last year. I shiver in the bone-chilling cold, listen to the pounding silence of the North Woods, gaze at those frost-covered spruce and willows that sparkle pink and blue in the morning sunlight, thank God that I am alive and able to go hunting in an awesome place like this. As I watch for a massive-bodied buck with a thick rack the color of old motor oil, I inevitably wonder, “Where is the black wolf?” (When you sit freezing for 10 straight hours each day in a tiny chair in a tiny ground blind, you [...]

12 11, 2013

Wisconsin: Giant Buck on Trail Cam!

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 12th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Management|2 Comments

Hey Mike: I just got this pic off my trail cam from my property in WI. I can't wait until my upcoming time off work. Hopefully this guy steps out into the daylight come the rut!--Happy hunting, Jason Great buck, good luck man! The rut is officially upon us, how is the hunting going for you? What is it like in your part of the woods? Let us know!

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