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27 09, 2017

Deer Season 2017: Big-Buck Q and A To Help You Out

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 27th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Deer Season 2017: Big-Buck Q and A To Help You Out

Some questions and answers from the BIG DEER files, with hopes the strategies in the answers will help you out this fall. Mike, is it true that once a buck sheds velvet, he’s ready to breed? Jacob, Oklahoma Bucks peel velvet from their antlers from mid-August through the first week of September, so the fuzz has been off a while now. The day a mature buck becomes “hard horn,” his demeanor begins to change, he gets more aggressive by the day and yes, he is ready, willing and able to breed a doe. But in reality he won’t get that opportunity until mid-October, when the first does come into early estrus. It was warm where I hunt last fall, with [...]

25 09, 2017

Wisconsin Science Teacher Shoots Massive Bow Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 25th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Wisconsin Science Teacher Shoots Massive Bow Buck

From the Leader Register: What’s it like to walk up on a buck of a lifetime? Webster High School science teacher Greg Widiker knows. Widiker had been watching the deer on trail cameras and scouting since 2014… 2015 the buck got a lot bigger and was estimated to be 4 years old... By 2016 the buck had grown a drop tine, and this year, now estimated to be 6 years old, drop tines were on both beams. “I was definitely very aware of him and the last two years the focus was definitely on him. He was the only deer I was going to shoot,” said Widiker. Greg shot the 16-point beast on 9/17/17, click here for the full story. [...]

22 09, 2017

EHD Tracker 2017: Michigan Confirms Dead Deer

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 22nd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Science|Comments Off on EHD Tracker 2017: Michigan Confirms Dead Deer

From Outdoor News: The... Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory announced Wednesday, Sept. 20 that they have confirmed that a free-ranging white-tailed deer in Genesee County has died from epizootic hemorrhagic disease. EHD is a viral disease, sometimes fatal, found in wild ruminants such as white-tailed deer... “Although this has been a single deer death at this point, we are asking for hunters to look around as they hit the field to let us know if they find dead deer, especially any near water,” said Tom Cooley, DNR wildlife pathologist. Where there is one dead deer, there are likely to be more, but hopefully the outbreak is light, as it is in most cases. When the first hard frost hits [...]

21 09, 2017

North Dakota Velvet Bow Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 21st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

The first buck of 2017 on BIG DEER blog! Guest post from North Dakota native and bowhunter Kelsey Deutz: We had a couple of years of history with the buck we call “S-10.” My husband, Nick, hunted him last year. He was very visible on camera but never came within bow range during the daylight hours. In 2017, we first spotted S-10 about a month before season opened. We were so glad he made it through the year. He blew up! Once again, he was very visible on camera, and Nick had seen him on the hoof a few times just after sunrise in the weeks before season opened. We set up a couple different blinds in different parts of [...]

19 09, 2017

Will Summer Bucks Hang Around This Fall?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 19th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

A popular question this time of year: Will the bucks I’ve been watching in fields and getting on my trail cameras this summer stick around when hunting season opens, or once the bachelor groups start separating will the bucks disperse and disappear? According to Penn State’s Deer-Forest study, more than half of the small-antlered yearlings (18 months old) you’ve been seeing will hit the road from mid-September through early November. The adult bucks, however, won’t be going anywhere, which is good news. Very rarely does a mature buck have a different home range during the breeding season from one he used all summer. However, it might seem like the big bucks disappeared. First, the bachelor groups break up. And then during [...]