30 06, 2017

Summer of Snakes and Ticks!

2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00June 30th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

The other day I told you that after the mild winter of 2016, many entomologists have predicted a longer and more severe tick season this summer. From some of the responses I got from that post on social media, it appears the experts were right. People from Connecticut (heart of Lyme disease country) to Mississippi to Texas reported that ticks are bad and thick. Jeff from Kentucky told me, “Worse tick season I’ve ever seen in Kentucky, and I’ve see some bad ones. Stand in the grass one minute and you’ll pull off 20 of them!” The short, mild winter can also be blamed for an increase of another critter we love to hate, snakes! For example, snake bites in [...]

22 06, 2017

Rage Broadheads Protected From Chinese Knockoffs

2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00June 22nd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|5 Comments

FeraDyne Outdoors announces that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a powerful General Exclusion Order (GEO) that will protect FeraDyne’s popular Rage broadheads from foreign patent and trademark infringement. The GEO, which takes effect immediately, empowers more than 20,000 Customs & Border Protection Officers at more than 300 U.S. ports of entry to identify and bar from entry all foreign-made broadheads that violate Rage patents and trademarks. In 2006 FeraDyne released the original slip-cam Rage (pictured), which changed the face of the archery-broadhead business, especially as pertains to deer hunting. The original Rage quickly became the market leader and has since been joined by a growing line of patented Rage broadheads, all of which are designed and manufactured [...]

21 06, 2017

Pre-Season Tip: How to Hang a Tree Stand in the Woods

2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00June 21st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

While Montana bowhunter Luke Strommen prefers to hunt big bucks on the fringes of fields when possible, he realizes that hanging sets back in the woods is an integral part of the game. “In mid-season, by hunting back in the woods a ways, you can catch the bucks that come off a field early and first in the morning--these are usually the most mature and the largest deer. And these stands can be anytime-of-day stands, where you might shoot a buck morning, midday or evening.” In a woods-hunting situation, you have to get to your stand very early, morning or afternoon advises Luke. “You have to pick your poison because it is difficult to pick a trail to your stand where [...]

19 06, 2017

Pre-Season Tip: How to Set Tree Stands Around Fields

2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00June 19th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

Luke Strommen, who you might have seen shoot some great bucks with his longbow on my TV shows, is one of the best field hunters I know. The habitat he hunts in northeastern Montana is a patchwork of huge alfalfa and wheat fields stitched with woodlots and strips. He has had to master the technique of setting his stands for close shots (15 yards or so) w/his longbow. He’s one the best I’ve seen at it, and here’s his advice to help with your stand sets this fall. “I always try to hunt from trees on the fringes, edges and funnels around fields and stay out of the woods if I can, especially early in the season,” says Luke. “This will [...]

16 06, 2017

5 Summer Work Projects for Deer Hunting Land

2020-06-10T09:16:12-04:00June 16th, 2017|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

Get out and put in a little sweat equity this weekend and for the next few months to improve your hunting this fall. If you’ve got a good-sized pasture or overgrown field on the property, one of the best things you can do is mow 5 or 6 strips through the weeds, maybe 100 yards long and 20 yards wide. Leave strips of the larger and taller vegetation, like blackberries and greenbrier, between the mowed rows. This simple task creates diversity of food and edge that whitetails love. When late-summer rains come in time for bow season, weeds and forbs pop up in the mowed strips, and deer love the new and succulent food source. While you’re at it, hang [...]

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