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17 07, 2015

Bowhunting Deer: Best Summer Practice

admin2020-06-10T09:19:36-04:00July 17th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting|291 Comments

Standing in the backward and burning arrow after arrow into foam targets is the best way to get your bow and arrows tuned, your shooting muscles toned and your release and follow-through down pat. But along about mid-July, it’s time to raise your game and shoot from an elevated platform, just like you’ll do when deer season rolls around in a few short months. Why High? On the ground you stand fence-post straight, plant your feet in a baseball hitter’s stance, stare across at your target, draw with ease and let an arrow fly. Pretty simple. In a tree stand, you often have to turn and contort your body, sometimes wildly so, and your footing is trickier. Leaning left, right, [...]

15 07, 2015

BIG DEER TV Tonight: “Blood Moon Rising”

admin2020-06-10T09:19:36-04:00July 15th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|90 Comments

All-new episode tonight on Sportsman Channel 10 ET/9C. Here are some clips from the script you’ll see and hear: “I’m on a high desert adventure in the Oregon Outback with Big Deer producer Justin and his buddy Nick. “At first glance the high desert appears to be a harsh moonscape. But upon further inspection, you see pockets of water and prime habitat that support the numerous wildlife adapted to thrive here… “Oregon’s high desert is a landscape born of fire. Beginning some 3 million years ago, a string of young volcanoes in eastern Oregon began erupting and covering large terrains with lava flows of basalt. This igneous rock…formed from the rapid cooling of lava exposed at or near the surface…rises [...]

14 07, 2015

Photo: Monster Texas Rattlesnake!

admin2020-06-10T09:19:36-04:00July 14th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer|216 Comments

It would not be summer if I didn’t post a humongous rattler. This one has been floating around social media the last few weeks and is allegedly an “11-footer from Texas.” I don’t think rattlesnakes grow that large, but no matter. This is an especially troubling image, so vivid in my mind, since I’ll be hunting in south-central Texas next week. With all the rain they have had down there, the brush will be thick, and who knows what lurks beneath… I have my snake boots ready, but it’s my heart I’m worried about if I ever see one of those things.

13 07, 2015

Summer Trail-Camera Tips

admin2020-06-10T09:19:36-04:00July 13th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Management|668 Comments

A lot of hunters have had their cameras out for weeks or months, but right now is when I like to start my annual big-buck recon in earnest. In mid-July the bucks’ velvet antlers are well up and growing full bore; if you see or get an image of a big one, you’ll immediately know it. The bucks haven’t been hunted, or even disturbed by a man in their woods, for 7 months, so they are laid back and “camera ready.” It’s just like hunting. The first time you sit in a tree stand—or the first time you set a cam—is the best time to shoot a big deer, or get an image of a giant like the one pictured here. Saturday [...]

10 07, 2015

Rainfall 2015: Good Deer Health & Big Antlers

admin2020-06-10T09:19:36-04:00July 10th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Science|724 Comments

All this rain we’ve been getting here in Virginia—and across the East and Midwest—is great for deer, and at this stage of the pre-season, barring any big breakouts of disease, I’m predicting a banner hunting year in most all of whitetail range. It is mid-July and the woods and fields are greener and lusher than I have seen them in years. The corn is emerald and tall. The habitat’s natural food and cover are in peak condition, and have been since spring. For months deer have consumed nutritious forbs and new-growth browse, which are high protein. The woods are a jungle of green, with good cover everywhere. With does healthy and producing good milk from eating right, they have dropped a good [...]