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1 09, 2017

How Deer React to Extreme Hunting Pressure

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 1st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|Comments Off on How Deer React to Extreme Hunting Pressure

Researchers at the University of Georgia put GPS collars on 13 does and monitored them during a period of extremely heavy hunting pressure with deer dogs. Every doe hung out and hid in her core area until the dogs got too close and the heat too intense. The does then ran a mile or so out of their familiar area and found thickets where they could shelter in place. Deer are crepuscular, wired to move at dawn and dusk every day. Once the sun started setting and the dogs and pressure ceased for the day, every doe got up and made its way back to its core area. Every doe was back home within 12 hours. What it means to [...]

30 08, 2017

How to Deal with a Hunting Egomaniac

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00August 30th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

Mike: My hunting buddy is a pretty good guy and a great hunter; he's into conservation and getting kids involved and all that. But he's obsessed with killing more deer and bigger deer than anyone else. Every year he gets hung up on being the number one deer killer in our parts. Is there anything you would suggest for me to do? I haven't known him all that long, and he's shown me some good hunting spots. But damn, sometimes I can't stand to be around him and his ego. BTW, I don't care about numbers. I simply want to put some doe meat in the freezer and wait for a buck that is mature, like I have seen you [...]

25 08, 2017

Trail-Cam Photo Friday

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00August 25th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Trail-Cam Photo Friday

Hard to believe summer is about gone. You will be hunting in a matter of weeks, to further fire you up… Mike posted this freak on Twitter; won't score squat, but the coolest buck I’ve seen so far this year. Conn sent this beauty. From longtime blogger Scott: “…real nice buck that we have on camera on our property. Hope he sticks around, killer brows…” Longtime blogger Danny has been watching 30 bucks this summer, and he has thousands of cam photos. He reports, “A couple of the bachelor groups have combined. Sunday evening there was a group of 18 bucks together. As you can see, a couple of them were pushing a bit. Which I thought was strange since [...]

24 08, 2017

Hunt Planner: Where to Get Over-the-Counter Elk Tags

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00August 24th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Hunting News|Comments Off on Hunt Planner: Where to Get Over-the-Counter Elk Tags

No. 1 on the bucket list for many readers of the BIG DEER blog, especially those who live east of the Mississippi, is to hunt elk. People ask me all the time, “Hanback, where should I go for elk?” Most people who email me don’t want to spend a lot of time and money applying for an elk tag. While they would certainly love to shoot a big bull, most people I correspond with are not trophy hunters. They want to spend a reasonable amount of money for a license, go west for a week, experience all that the mountains and elk hunting have to offer, and stand a decent chance to get one. If this sounds like you, the [...]

22 08, 2017

2017 EHD Tracker: Outbreak Spreads in Kentucky

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|2 Comments

Jeff sent me this picture via Twitter of 3 more bucks dead from EHD in eastern Kentucky. This update out of Pikeville reports a “significant outbreak,” and that authorities are responding to incidents at the rate of “1 dead deer a day and sometimes up to 3 dead deer a day.” What is especially troubling about this occurrence of EHD is that it started so early, in late July, and it might not end till October, or whenever the first hard frost kills the midges that bite the deer and transmit the disease. I have not heard any other reports of EHD across the country. Let’s hope it stays that way, but let me know if you hear of an [...]