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29 08, 2024

Is Mike Hanback a Tattoo Artist?

Clay Hanback2024-08-28T13:31:57-04:00August 29th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, sportsman channel|Comments Off on Is Mike Hanback a Tattoo Artist?

I have gotten some weird emails in the many years I’ve been doing this blog, none stranger than this one: Hey Mike: I'm reaching out to you because we are getting a lot of job leads for tattoo artists, and I'm looking for another tattoo artist who is interested in taking on more clients. After checking out your website I think you are a great fit for us and I'd love to start sending you job leads. Please fill out a few details about your skills and rates, and I'll start forwarding you potential new clients. Thanks, Heather Hmm, if this inflation and mortgage rates don't get better soon, I might have to think about it. I suppose I’d specialize [...]

26 08, 2024

Feeders and Blinds for Texas Deer Hunting

Clay Hanback2024-08-24T13:05:26-04:00August 26th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Feeders and Blinds for Texas Deer Hunting

An estimated 5.3 million whitetails inhabit 252 of the 254 counties in Lone Star State. Texas hunters shoot more than 800,000 deer (does and bucks combined) a year. While there are no stats to back me up, I feel confident saying at least 95% of those deer are shot from towers and box blinds positioned to watch corn feeders. Feeder and Blind Strategies “This is Texas, feeders have long been part of our hunting heritage,” says my friend Wren Munsterman, who has managed and hunted ranches in all geographical regions of the state. Wren says, “My main strategy regarding stands and feeder placement is twofold: first, to avoid shooting into a rising or setting sun during the hours of peak deer movement, [...]

20 08, 2024

Deer Hunt How-To: Look Deep in Shadows for a Big Buck

Clay Hanback2024-08-16T14:26:23-04:00August 20th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, sportsman channel, trijicon, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Deer Hunt How-To: Look Deep in Shadows for a Big Buck

I hiked, sweating, a mile and climbed into a ground blind at 2:00 p.m on a warm, windy December Afternoon. Around 4:00 the wind laid and my tent blind stopped flapping. Two does came out and started to feed. Over the next hour, 6 more does and a 4-pointer joined them. With 20 minutes of legal shooting light left, I glassed deep into the tree shadows behind the does and spotted tall tines. When you spot a shooter, no need to look longer, you just know. The giant ambled in like he owned the joint and checked a doe on his left, then pushed a couple does to his right. The second he stopped broadside, I killed him with one [...]

16 08, 2024

5 Things to Remember for Hunting Early Bow Whitetails

Clay Hanback2024-08-16T14:10:14-04:00August 16th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on 5 Things to Remember for Hunting Early Bow Whitetails

Throughout August, you scout and glass a couple of small bucks, a decent 8-pointer and a shooter 10 coming to a bean field like clockwork in the evenings. Will those bucks, and especially the 10-point, be around when bow season opens in a month or so? That bachelor’s club will start to break up in mid-September, but a few of the bucks may still run together into October. In what is known as the “fall shuffle,” some of the bucks will shift a mile or more to winter range while some of them—maybe that big 10--will stay right there, close to where you’re spotting them now. Keep glassing the fields and edges, and hang a tree stand or 2 [...]

12 08, 2024

Should You Bowhunt Whitetails in the Morning in September?

Clay Hanback2024-08-12T09:56:08-04:00August 12th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Should You Bowhunt Whitetails in the Morning in September?

For those of you who are getting ready to bowhunt whitetails in September... In my travels over many years, I have run into quite a few bowhunters who do not and will not hunt the mornings during an archery season that opens in September. Their thinking is actually pretty sound. First, it’s less risky and easiest to hang and access tree stands near crop fields and plots in the afternoons. In morning darkness, it’s tough to sneak back to stands near a bedding area without bumping deer that are already home and tucked in after a night of feeding. Why risk spooking a buck in the predawn when your odds are better of seeing him and getting a shot in [...]

Big Deer Blog

Is Mike Hanback a Tattoo Artist?

Feeders and Blinds for Texas Deer Hunting

Deer Hunt How-To: Look Deep in Shadows for a Big Buck

5 Things to Remember for Hunting Early Bow Whitetails

Should You Bowhunt Whitetails in the Morning in September?