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7 03, 2022

14 Facts About Shed Deer Antlers

Clay Hanback2022-03-07T09:43:55-05:00March 7th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Shed Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on 14 Facts About Shed Deer Antlers

#1 Typical Whitetail Antler in Shed Record Book: 6-point 104 6/8 left side picked up in Illinois 1992. #1 Non-Typical Whitetail Antler in Shed Record Book: 24-point 156 5/8 right side found in Saskatchewan 2007. Individual bucks often shed their antlers the same week every year. Older bucks in good physical condition generally retain their antlers longer than those who are nutritionally stressed. Older bucks that skip meals during the breeding season and rut hard the previous fall may be in poor post-rut condition, and are choice candidates for early antler casting. Increasing daylight and a buck’s falling testosterone cause antlers to shed. Once a buck drops one antler, the other one usually falls off within hours or a day. [...]

4 03, 2022

Anti-Hunting Organizations Want To Ban Import Of Wildlife Parts into U.S.

Clay Hanback2022-03-03T09:18:39-05:00March 4th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Hunting News|Comments Off on Anti-Hunting Organizations Want To Ban Import Of Wildlife Parts into U.S.

Two groups you have never heard of, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council, petitioned the Secretary of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service to ban the import of all wild animals into the United States, and additionally to ban interstate transport within the U.S. of all wildlife parts. “This is a ridiculous petition bordering on hysteria by radical animal-rights organizations…whose only goal is to advance an extreme agenda by stoking fears around COVID-19,” said Bruce Tague of the Sportsmen’s Alliance. The antis claim that stopping the import and movement of wildlife and parts would reduce the threat of a virus like SARs-CoV-2 jumping from animal to animal and causing another pandemic. The petition [...]

1 03, 2022

Plant Sawtooth Oaks For Deer, Especially If You Bowhunt

Clay Hanback2022-02-27T11:00:48-05:00March 1st, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Management, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Plant Sawtooth Oaks For Deer, Especially If You Bowhunt

This year you might want to plant some mast trees, especially if long-term habitat management for whitetails and turkeys is on your agenda. In the early 1990s, Trebark camo creator Jim Crumley purchased and planted 50 sawtooth oak seedlings on a 300-acre property he owns and hunts on the banks of Virginia’s James River. He clustered 30 of the fast-growing seedlings in one open area, and scattered the rest around. “They’ve done great. Some trees produced acorns in the eighth fall,” he says. “By the 12th year the trees were 8 to 10 feet tall, and all but four of them were bearing.” The best part about sawtooth oaks, which came from eastern Asia, is that unlike our native white [...]

25 02, 2022

Are Elk Smarter Than Elk Hunters?

Clay Hanback2022-02-25T14:13:43-05:00February 25th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Science, sportsman channel|Comments Off on Are Elk Smarter Than Elk Hunters?

A recent study finds that elk herds know almost down to the day when hunting season opens, and where they need to go to hide out until the season is over. The study, published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, tracked the movements and patterns of 445 elk that were captured along Utah’s Wasatch range and fitted with GPS-tracking collars. The collars provided researchers coordinate information every 13 hours during the study period between 2015 and 2017. Major finding: Elk reduced their use of public lands by 30% in rifle season, moving quickly to nearby posted private lands where hunter pressure was lighter, or non-existent. "It's crazy, on the opening day of the hunt, they move (off public land), and on [...]

23 02, 2022

The Best Handguns For Deer Hunting

Clay Hanback2022-02-23T14:54:26-05:00February 23rd, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, whitetail deer|Comments Off on The Best Handguns For Deer Hunting

Having already shot his buck earlier in the season, my buddy Neil decided to try his hand at handgun hunting to fill a management doe tag. Here’s how the hunt went down, in Neil’s words: I could only hunt for a few hours that Saturday because I had to baby sit later that day. I had to draw blood early or not at all, which seemed like a foolhardy and insurmountable feat since I had never hunted with a pistol before, much yet killed anything with it. Half-hour after first light 2 does came in, broadside at about 40 yards. I raised my .41 Magnum and fired at the bigger of the two deer, the lead doe. Boom! She didn't [...]