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9 01, 2019

Michigan: Hunter Shoots Illegal Deer, “Wife Made Me Do It”

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 9th, 2019|BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

From USA Today: A Michigan hunter caught shooting an illegal deer at first denied doing so, but then confessed and put the blame on his wife... “The honest-to-God truth is that my wife wants deer meat and if I come home without any she’ll get really mad at me,” the hunter told the conservation officer. The hunter was cited for killing a spike buck in an area with antler-point restrictions. No word on how he and his venison-loving wife are getting along.

8 01, 2019

Indiana: 180-Inch Homestead Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 8th, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Indiana: 180-Inch Homestead Buck

Thanks to Ben Andrew for sharing his tremendous 2018 buck from central Indiana. “Sentimental buck right here,” Ben said. "Shot off the homestead where I grew up, and where my dad taught me years ago with a muzzleloader. Place where I got my first buck 25 years ago. “My father is my lifelong hunting buddy. He’s getting into his middle 70s, and still after it with me. Unfortunately the land around us is up for sale.” How much longer Ben and his dad have to hunt the home place is unknown. Many of us face similar uncertainties these days, but we have to stay with it and hunt hard while we still can. Tale of the tape on Ben’s massive [...]

3 01, 2019

Hunt Tactics for Winter Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 3rd, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|Comments Off on Hunt Tactics for Winter Bucks

We have 2 more days to hunt deer this season in Virginia…if you’re still hunting too, try these tips. Afternoons are always best in late season. Deer move straight from their beds to a cornfield or beans or a thicket or a pasture with weeds--anywhere they can find last scraps of food. When you hunt a food source, the wind can’t blow back toward a bedding cover or travel lane out, and it can’t swirl out into a field where the does will pop out first. Set up downwind of a trail or funnel where your scent will blow back into a dead zone in the timber where no deer will hopefully come out. If just one doe winds you [...]

2 01, 2019

CWD Changing The Way We Process And Eat Venison

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 2nd, 2019|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|1 Comment

Starting out the new year with this guest blog from our friend Luke Strommen, who lives and hunts with his wife, Tara, and daughters out on the Milk River in northeastern Montana. Luke is one of the most ethical and responsible deer hunters I know: It was a tough year to get out and hunt with our girls because they were so busy with school stuff and extracurricular activities, etc. I'm sure you parents can relate. My oldest daughter, Summer, got to go the second to last day of the 2018 season. We hit the rattling sheds and made a ruckus with some leaves and low branches. After two close encounters on rack bucks, when an ethical shot wouldn’t present, [...]

21 12, 2018

Ohio: Hunter Shoots Big Bucks Locked Together!

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00December 21st, 2018|BigDeer|4 Comments

Lee Fackler shot a 17-point buck on 11-11-18 in Putnam County, Ohio. It had a recently expired 10-point entangled with it. The Ohio DNR wrote Lee a permit for him to keep the expired buck also. He is having them mounted together. Incredible, obviously once in a lifetime. Can’t wait to see that mount, thanks for sharing!