7 08, 2013

Amazing Photo: Predator Barn!

2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 7th, 2013|BigDeer, Predator Hunting|1 Comment

From Boone-Crockett.com: Will Huppertz of Alberta is an expert in the art of harvesting coyotes and wolves. This is the result of his 2012 season: 352 Coyotes and 31 Wolves. Because of the large populations of predators, Alberta's game laws set no limit on either wolves or coyotes. This is awesome and almost as cool as the house of fox pelts we posted last year, but not quite. I like the fox house better.

6 08, 2013

Deer Blood Trails: Did You Know?

2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 6th, 2013|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|2 Comments

Did you know that if you shoot a buck in a few weeks, he might not leave a heavy blood trail? Scientists say that in early fall deer have high levels of Vitamin K, which causes blood to clot quickly. Also, whitetails produce lots of B-endorphin that helps to heal wounds. So two things: Pick your shots carefully (you never want a one-lung hit and especially in the early season). And I recommend a big-cutting broadhead like the Rage; even if you hit a buck a little off, he’ll bleed and you’ll likely find him. Bottom line: If you put any broadhead/arrow in the right spot, through both lungs, a buck won’t go much farther than 60-70 yards, even if [...]

5 08, 2013

Giant Bucks on Trail Camera!

2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 5th, 2013|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Management|4 Comments

Ok, the big deer are starting to show up. The guys at Huntography posted this monster the other day.  Word is the rack might go 200”; I don’t know about that, but it is the biggest buck we have seen so far this summer. I would have been hunting the giant above, but I didn’t draw a tag for that area/state. Heartbreaker! I count at least 14 points! This big 8 is living on a farm where I will be hunting in November. I’m hoping for a 10-point, but if this tall-tined 8 comes by I’ll probably take him.

2 08, 2013

Funky Buck on Trail Cam!

2020-06-10T09:23:23-04:00August 2nd, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Management, Deer Science|5 Comments

Martie sent this crazy image and asked if I knew what was going on with this buck’s rack. I ran it by QDMA biologist Kip Adams, who said: “Hey Mike, those are the biggest drop tines I’ve ever seen on a spike! I know his right antler split but I couldn’t resist referencing a spike with drop tines! It looks like he injured both his main beams early in the growing season.  I’ve seen numerous bucks with a similar injury to one side of his rack, but never to both sides that occurred so low on the antlers.  Many times the pooling of blood in the downturned antlers causes them to break and fall off but this guy was lucky to [...]

1 08, 2013

Wisconsin: Schumacher Bow Buck, 243 6/8”

2020-06-10T09:23:23-04:00August 1st, 2013|BigDeer|1 Comment

One day recently Wayne Schumacher drove out to a hunt camp in Fond du Lac Co., WI where my film crew and I were waiting to see the state record archery non-typical buck he’d killed one day in September 2009. Wayne flipped up the tail gate on his van; the mount with the 30-point rack was one of the most impressive whitetails I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of big deer. Here’s how Wayne arrowed the giant: The first week of Wisconsin’s bow season, which opens in mid-September, is Wayne’s favorite time to hunt. But that fall, his son was moving to Iowa, and Wayne drove down to help him out. “You do that for your [...]

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