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14 02, 2017

Shed Hunting: 5 Matched Sets!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 14th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Shed Hunting: 5 Matched Sets!

Our friend Kelly “Sheddhunter” Kirsch from South Dakota filed this report from the antler fields: First hard day of walking two weeks ago, and looks like people are beating me at what I do so well. There were boot prints in most all the places I walked. I did manage to find a few sheds they left behind. The land these people are walking is all public, so I’ve tied up some adjacent lands where they ought to push the deer to. Hope it works out. This past weekend I walked 17 miles and found 5 matched sets (picture above). Walked another 8 miles the next day and only found 5 antlers. Funny how in some areas the bucks have [...]

10 02, 2017

Top 5 Deer Hunting States

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 10th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

Number of antlered bucks (1.5 years and older) harvested in the 2015 season: Texas 290,590 Michigan 191,608 Wisconsin 152,701 Georgia 142,346 Pennsylvania 137,580 Number of does harvested in 2015: Texas 157,247 Georgia 220,503 Pennsylvania 178,233 Alabama 171,123 Wisconsin 159,034 Source: QDMA Whitetail Report 2017

3 02, 2017

Saskatchewan Whitetail: Massive Shed Leads to Massive Buck!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 3rd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Shed Hunting|3 Comments

Last March Quinten Saunders of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, found this incredible antler and knew he had a special deer to hunt in the fall. Some 8 months later Quinten, who bills himself as an “extreme outdoorsman and hunting guide,” shot the beast. Posting on Instagram he said: Well on Nov. 22 the chase for this mass monster came to an end…look for me and the story of this true Saskatchewan whitetail in Big Game Illustrated and the Big Buck magazines. Just so you know both those Canadian publications are very popular with deer hunters north of the border. Hard to tell what a rack like that will score, but who cares! The overall mass measurements will be off the charts, [...]

1 02, 2017

Iowa Muzzleloader: Lady Smokes 240” Velvet Buck!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 1st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|3 Comments

Hi Mike: My wife, Lyla, harvested this buck with her muzzleloader near Osceola, Iowa on December 22, 2016 at 3:30 pm. The deer known as "The Freak" has 26 scorable points, an inside spread of nearly 24 inches and main beams 27 inches plus. He was 6 1/2 years old. The Freak lived most of his life on a 4,300-acre farm located 10 miles south of our farm and managed by Steve Snow. Every year in mid-October the deer would come back to our farm, except for 2016, when our first picture of him was on Nov. 2. The Freak remained in velvet last year, we believe, because he was wounded by a neighboring bowhunter the previous year. This is [...]

26 01, 2017

Whitetail Deer w/Hernia: South TX Big Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 26th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Whitetail Deer w/Hernia: South TX Big Buck

Got this email from James D. on January 8: Hello Mike: I have a place down in deep South Texas in Webb County. I have one particular buck that appears to have a hernia. I was doing research last night and trying to find images of something that matches the growth/tumor that this deer exhibits. I found the article on your website about hernia and it looks almost exactly like the one you posted. I have been watching this buck for over 3 years and am assuming he is at least 6 1/2 years old now. He has never exhibited any abnormality the past few years. This picture was taken this week. His neck is still swollen and he appears to [...]