28 08, 2015

Bowhunt Big Deer: When To Crowd A Buck’s Bedding Area

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 28th, 2015|Big Deer TV, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

In late summer whitetails are genetically programmed to set up their home ranges near nutritious food sources and with heavy bedding cover close by. This way bucks can pile on the pounds (up to 20 percent of their body weight now through September) while only moving short distances. Finding bucks now is all about zeroing in on the best food sources. The top four: alfalfa, soybeans, clover and corn. If you have any of these fields on your land, or if the crops are planted on neighboring properties, you will have bucks in your woods to hunt. It’s fairly easy to glass, locate and pattern bucks that come to feed in the alfalfa and beans fields. But setting up to [...]

25 08, 2015

How Much EHD in Whitetails 2015?

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 25th, 2015|Big Deer TV, Deer Science|2 Comments

From Drury Outdoors: DOD team member Rod Owen found this buck in a pond by Braymer, MO. This is one of several potential EHD reports that I have heard of over the last week. Has anyone else heard about or found any dead deer lately? Let us know where you are from and how many. EHD (epizootic hemorrhagic disease) typically occurs from mid-August through October, or until the onset of freezing weather stops the biting midges that carry this nasty virus. I am optimistic that outbreaks will be limited and spotty this year, as we had plenty of rain in many regions this spring and summer. EHD tends to be especially prevalent in drought years. BREAKING NEWS: I just received a heart-breaking email w/pictures [...]

21 08, 2015

Trail Camera Photos: Big Bucks in Daylight!

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00August 21st, 2015|Big Deer TV, Deer Management|3 Comments

Mitch on Facebook says: My top hit-lister "Zeus" is starting to show up during daylight… I know he is 6.5 based on history with him. I hope this is the year we get to bring him home in the truck! Nathan emailed the unique buck below and said: Mike, love your show and website. My buddy and I picked up a new lease and had this big guy show up on camera. We call him Dagger! Is it unusual for a mature buck to show up in daylight this time of the year? It is not unheard of for bucks like these to be visible in daylight in August. Some bucks are simply not as nocturnal as others. I told Nathan that he needs [...]

30 07, 2015

South Dakota: East Sioux Falls Buck Still Alive in 2015!

2020-06-10T09:19:35-04:00July 30th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|18 Comments

In October 2008 I first blogged about a giant whitetail that was living in the city limits of East Sioux Falls. Somebody posted a Youtube video of him (I don’t see it online now) and it caused mild hysteria amongst hunters and non-hunters alike. At the time people figured the buck was the walking state record non-typical for South Dakota. He was a 12x14 and people figured he might score 250! The buck would come and go between the city limits and bordering private lands, where people tried to hunt him. Rumors flew like they always do with a Big Deer—“somebody poached him…no, he’s still out there…he got hit by a car…” For 7 years I’ve tracked this amazing deer with [...]

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