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3 12, 2018

Indiana Big Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00December 3rd, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Today's guest blog from BIG DEER blog fan and our friend Jason Lough: Hi Mike: It was opening weekend in Indiana and I was excited to share another weekend of deer hunting with my Father, as it’s something we look forward to every season. We put cameras out every year to determine the quality of bucks on the property so that we have an idea of what to expect. Based on the camera pictures and our scouting this year, we knew we had a few good bucks in the area. Opening day came and I set up in our best stand in a funnel. I began to see deer early in my sit. The does and small were chasing and [...]

30 11, 2018

Deer Food Plot Seed: Frosty Berseem Clover

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00November 30th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|Comments Off on Deer Food Plot Seed: Frosty Berseem Clover

Our friend Jeff Herrmann, who is managing his New Jersey farm for whitetails, tells about a new seed blend you might want to try in your food plots: “One thing I started growing this year is Frosty Berseem Clover, which is relatively new and would work great for a lot of guys that don’t yet know about it. “Berseems are very fast growing, but most are not cold tolerant. What makes Frosty unique is that it stays alive into freezing temps. As a bonus, it tolerates very wet soils (even standing water for days). That means it can be fall planted, even in very wet years like this one, or in chronically wet fields. It still puts on tons [...]

26 11, 2018

Deer Hunt Tip: How To Make A Doe-In-Heat Scent Trail

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00November 26th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Twenty ago one of the top scent strategies was to lay a hot-doe trail to your stand on the walk in every morning or afternoon. You heard many testimonials of bucks smelling those scent trails and following them straight to a hunter’s stand. You don’t hear much about scent trails anymore, but I still make them and you should to. Park your truck and sneak off down through the woods. When you’re 150 yards or so from where you plan to hunt, tie a drag rag to your boot, soak a wick with hot-doe lure and walk the rest of the way in. Make a couple of big sweeps around your stand. A buck that comes from any direction might [...]

23 11, 2018

Deer Tactics For Thanksgiving Weekend

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00November 23rd, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Deer Tactics For Thanksgiving Weekend

Most of you have several days to hunt this weekend, so after stuffing your face on Thursday, get out and try these tatics: On Friday, November 23, on the day the moon waxes full, you need to spend most of the day in a tree stand or blind. In a North Carolina State study several years ago, researchers said that a common misconception with hunters is that during a full moon, deer can see better at night. But according to their data, bucks actually moved less on average at night during a full moon and more during the middle of the day, and also earlier in the evenings. With the full moon so late this November, it’s tricky to predict [...]

21 11, 2018

New York: Adirondack Camp Bags 11-Point “Big Mac” Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00November 21st, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on New York: Adirondack Camp Bags 11-Point “Big Mac” Buck

Great guest blog from my buddy Connor Burns from up in the Adirondack Mountains: Three summers ago, we set out trail cameras at our camp in the great Adirondacks. We knew we had some good bucks on our property; we’d seen them during deer season the previous year. The cameras had only been out a few weeks before the excitement got to us and we had to make the trip to camp to check them. As we scrolled through the pictures we were surprised at just how many bucks were on the property and consistently on camera. One picture completely stunned everyone. There stood a beautiful, tall 11-point with a kicker off his left brow tine. Needless to say the picture [...]