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20 07, 2016

BIG DEER TV 2016 Episode 3: “Rut Race Saskatchewan to Idaho”

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 20th, 2016|Big Deer TV, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Remington|1 Comment

As the script goes: Saskatchewan’s muzzleloader season is 2 weeks earlier than my usual rifle hunt up here, and the warm, wet weather is killing us. It’s hard just to get around in the mud and slop, and the deer are inactive in their thick winter coats…the forest is dead...but you have to keep your head up. That I did, though I did not see a single buck all week. A few does, but not one buck. My 10-plus-year streak of amazing buck hunts and good fortune in the Saskatchewan bush had come to a crashing end. I could not let it end that way. I’d have to come back next month… Down but not out, I put a tough [...]

18 07, 2016

How To Build Cheap, Awesome Food Plots For Deer

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 18th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|Comments Off on How To Build Cheap, Awesome Food Plots For Deer

Today’s guest blog from Wisconsin hunter Kim Redburn, a good friend of BIG DEER: If you own a lawn tractor and have some small and accessible clearings on your land, putting in some food plots does not need to be expensive or physically taxing. I am 52 years old and have some physical disabilities, and I was able to make a few plots for under $150. Other items you will need: --A tow-behind lawn spike aerator; this Brinly 40” model (about $80) works great. --Seed. For ease in planting I use seeds that do not need to be covered with soil: clover, chicory, brassica, oats, beans and peas. Antler King No-Till Mix ($14.99 Amazon) is great, and I also like [...]

15 07, 2016

Deer How-To: Scouting Big Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 15th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

Excellent guest blog and advice from Montana traditional archer Luke Strommen, a charter member of the Big Deer Hunt Team: To all the BIG DEER Bloggers: Here is story and a lesson I have learned. Hope it helps you find a big buck and shoot him this season. One time I spotted a gnarly 6x6 during my scouting and glassing routines in the summer. The mature whitetail used his primary core area throughout July and August. I saw him many times and took some distant digital images of him from one of our tree stands. He would browse in an irrigated alfalfa field, and having completed his evening ritual, he’d sneak off to spend the night in a 20-acre corn [...]

14 07, 2016

BIG DEER TV: Why We Air No-Kill Episodes

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 14th, 2016|Big Deer TV|7 Comments

After last’s night episode in which I hunted magical new country for a week, walked long and hard, sweated and cussed, laughed and had fun, but came home empty-handed, Steve emailed me and said: “Mike, loved the Anticosti show, too bad you didn’t get anything, that would have made it better.” I thanked Steve for writing, and sent him a link to a blog I wrote while ago, and reprint here with a few tweaks and updates: In the last few seasons of BIG DEER TV, we have aired episodes from Maine, Wisconsin, New York and other places (and now Anticosti Island Canada) where I hunted hard as hell but did not kill a buck (BTW, hard is the only [...]

13 07, 2016

BIG DEER TV 2016 Episode 3: Anticosti Island, Canada

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00July 13th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

Bits from the script of tonight’s episode which airs for the first time at 7 pm Eastern on Sportsman Channel. Set your DVR: So what’s the recipe for a grand adventure? A place that piques a hunter’s innate curiosity… is hard to reach… is far from the beaten path, where an isolated population of animals thrives in idyllic habitat where nature can take its course… On the border of New Brunswick and Quebec, crystal streams feed the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Anticosti Island, creating a natural wonderland. I’m here to hunt Anticosti’s resident and wild whitetail herd, which was introduced to the island 120 years ago by a man named Henry Menier, a chocolate manufacturer from France. After two [...]