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15 01, 2018

Why Do People Knock TV Hunters?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 15th, 2018|BigDeer|10 Comments

Recently on social media (which has no doubt helped to recruit young and millennial hunters, but which has also done plenty of disservice to our sport and way of life in my opinion, though that is a topic for another day) there has been an inordinate amount of bashing of TV hunters or “celebrities.” (BTW, I do not like that latter term; just because a guy or gal hunts on TV that does not make him or her a celebrity or, God forbid, a “professional hunter,” another moniker that really peeves me. Just this week on Facebook I saw 2 different posts: 1) What annoys you most about TV hunters? And 2) What do you hate most about hunting TV [...]

12 01, 2018

Garmin Xero Rangefinding Bow Sight

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 12th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

The Archery Trade Association (ATA) show 2018 is going on right now in Indianapolis. I’m not there, but from what I hear this digital range-finding sight from Garmin is the big news, and I can see why. I just wonder why it took a company so long to come up with one. From Garmin: We are excited to announce the Xero A1 and A1i, two groundbreaking auto-ranging digital laser bow sights that automatically measure the distance to a target and provide a precise, virtual lighted pin for the shot. A silent, single-button trigger mounted on the bow’s grip lets the archer range targets at rest or at full draw, virtually eliminating distance estimation and hunter movement …The laser range [...]

10 01, 2018

BIG DEER TV Season 7 Coming Summer 2018 on Sportsman Channel

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 10th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

We're 80% wrapped filming another season of BIG DEER TV, and what a ride it has been once again. I don't have the luxury of hunting sprawling private farms, or high-dollar lodges. And that's fine. I don't want hunt like that. We travel around North America and hunt wild deer in woods and on farms that are very similar to those that you hunt. Like you, most days we don't shoot a buck. A few days we do get lucky. My show is all about real-world deer hunting with real-world hunters. At least once a year, I take a flyer and go hunt an area and a type of whitetail I've never hunted before. This year, in December, we went [...]

4 01, 2018

Virginia: Cactus Crossbow Buck!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 4th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Virginia: Cactus Crossbow Buck!

From North American Whitetail: Look at this crazy buck (2017 season) taken by John Linens in Ringgold VA, using a Tenpoint crossbow with Rage broadheads. So what’s up with John’s buck? Scientists explain that a buck like this, which is extremely rare, has “cryptoridism.” This condition can result from a birth defect or disease that causes a buck’s testicles (one or both) not to drop normally. Or, at some point in his life a buck may injure his privates, say jumping a wire fence (ouch). A cryptorid buck doesn’t engage in the seasonal rituals of a normal whitetail buck; he lacks the chemical stimulation to rub, scrape or express dominance or individualism. His neck doesn’t swell and he doesn’t breed. [...]

2 01, 2018

Maine Deer Hunt Report

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 2nd, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Maine Deer Hunt Report

Thanks to our friend Kevin McKenna for submitting this field report from Maine, which I consider to be one of the hardest places in North America to shoot a big whitetail: Hey Mike: So a little update from our deer hunt in Maine back on Nov 10-19th 2017. We had some decent weather this year, a little warm in the afternoons in the 30s but mornings were in the teens to 20 degrees. Not as cold as we like and deer seemed to be moving mostly at night but an improvement from last year. We found some good buck sign in one spot and so-so sign in the other. One big buck we were after last year had another rub [...]