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16 06, 2022

How High Should You Hang a Tree Stand For Deer Bowhunting ?

Clay Hanback2022-06-13T10:55:42-04:00June 16th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on How High Should You Hang a Tree Stand For Deer Bowhunting ?

Hiking through the woods one day, I came upon an empty tree stand and had to chuckle. I could almost reach up and touch it! It was maybe 9 feet off the ground. Another day on a public area, I was walking a log road back to my truck when I heard a whistle. I looked round and round but didn’t see anybody. Finally, I heard, “Up here.” I craned my neck and looked some 35 feet up into an oak. The guy grinned down at me and whispered, “How it’s going?” Talk about extremes! At 9 or 10 feet off the ground, any deer that walks anywhere close is bound to see you. And a “skyscraper stand” 30 feet [...]

15 06, 2022

School Research: 4 Benefits of Whitetail Deer Hunting

Clay Hanback2022-06-13T10:06:06-04:00June 15th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on School Research: 4 Benefits of Whitetail Deer Hunting

Elementary and middle-school students listen up. For many years I’ve been helping kids like you with research projects and term papers. Students from rural areas—all their parents and many of their teachers are deer hunters--write and ask me for advice and quotes on why we should hunt deer, and what are the benefits of deer hunting. Here is a white paper I send them. Students, please feel free to use this on your next project! You have permission to use the photographs too.--M.H. The whitetail deer is the number one game animal in the United States. There are an estimated 30 million whitetails in the U.S., and more than 11 million people buy a deer hunting license each year. Deer [...]

13 06, 2022

Go Mountain Hunting While You Can

Clay Hanback2022-06-13T09:31:49-04:00June 13th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, sportsman channel|1 Comment

A fellow named Joe heard me say on TV the other day that I used to do a lot of mountain hunting years ago, before I switched over to basically 100% deer. I made the switch because to scratch out a living in the outdoor blogging and television business, you’d better hunt deer, and you’d better write and speak like you know what you are talking about. “I’m over the hill now, with bad knees and a stiff back, but those hunts I took for sheep and elk back in my day are forever etched in my memory,” Joe said in an email. “In the long run of a hunting career it’s the adventure and the chase, not the prize, [...]

8 06, 2022

Is the COVID Boom In New Hunters Over?

Clay Hanback2022-06-08T09:23:07-04:00June 8th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Hunting News, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Is the COVID Boom In New Hunters Over?

A report released last year by the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports documented a 4.9% increase in hunting license sales from 2019 to 2020. One of the few bright spots of COVID is that it produced a rekindled interest in deer hunting across the United States as people sought to get outside, do something new and try to harvest their own food. To continue monitoring the pandemic’s impact on hunting, the Council revisited this study in early 2022 to identify ongoing changes and emerging trends in hunters’ rates of license purchases. Working with survey experts Southwick Associates, the Council collected monthly resident and nonresident hunting license sales data from 46 state wildlife agencies to compare 2021 [...]

6 06, 2022

3 Summer Tips For Better Deer Hunting This Fall

Clay Hanback2022-06-06T12:52:27-04:00June 6th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on 3 Summer Tips For Better Deer Hunting This Fall

1) While you’re out working your land with a tractor this summer, try this. Bush-hog a strip of grass or mow a lane through a thicket right up to one or two of your favorite tree stand locations near a field. Keep those lanes trimmed one more time in late August. Deer will find and use the paths. One day later this fall, a big 8-pointer might walk smack down the strip to your bow stand. The trimmed lanes are also great places to plant mini-plots of attractant clover and chicory just before hunting season. 2) Scour an old grown-up farm field or pasture for hidden fruit trees, like apple or persimmon, or thickets of blackberry. Open up the trees [...]