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6 02, 2017

Where to Hunt Shed Whitetail Antlers

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 6th, 2017|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Where to Hunt Shed Whitetail Antlers

Pick up a deer trail and follow it for a half-mile or more, until you come to a thick and obvious bedding area. In late winter that might be a brushy southern exposure that gets midday sunlight, or the east side of a grassy ridge or swamp where deer hunker out of a northwest wind. Last hunting season if you were smart, you would have stopped, tested the wind and worked the outer fringes of such a sanctuary so as not to spook deer. But now, plow right in. Montana artist and shed-hunting fanatic Dick Idol told me one time that he finds 60 percent of his sheds in and around thick covers where mature bucks hide in late winter. [...]

3 02, 2017

Saskatchewan Whitetail: Massive Shed Leads to Massive Buck!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 3rd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Shed Hunting|3 Comments

Last March Quinten Saunders of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, found this incredible antler and knew he had a special deer to hunt in the fall. Some 8 months later Quinten, who bills himself as an “extreme outdoorsman and hunting guide,” shot the beast. Posting on Instagram he said: Well on Nov. 22 the chase for this mass monster came to an end…look for me and the story of this true Saskatchewan whitetail in Big Game Illustrated and the Big Buck magazines. Just so you know both those Canadian publications are very popular with deer hunters north of the border. Hard to tell what a rack like that will score, but who cares! The overall mass measurements will be off the charts, [...]

1 02, 2017

Iowa Muzzleloader: Lady Smokes 240” Velvet Buck!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 1st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|3 Comments

Hi Mike: My wife, Lyla, harvested this buck with her muzzleloader near Osceola, Iowa on December 22, 2016 at 3:30 pm. The deer known as "The Freak" has 26 scorable points, an inside spread of nearly 24 inches and main beams 27 inches plus. He was 6 1/2 years old. The Freak lived most of his life on a 4,300-acre farm located 10 miles south of our farm and managed by Steve Snow. Every year in mid-October the deer would come back to our farm, except for 2016, when our first picture of him was on Nov. 2. The Freak remained in velvet last year, we believe, because he was wounded by a neighboring bowhunter the previous year. This is [...]

26 01, 2017

Whitetail Deer w/Hernia: South TX Big Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 26th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Whitetail Deer w/Hernia: South TX Big Buck

Got this email from James D. on January 8: Hello Mike: I have a place down in deep South Texas in Webb County. I have one particular buck that appears to have a hernia. I was doing research last night and trying to find images of something that matches the growth/tumor that this deer exhibits. I found the article on your website about hernia and it looks almost exactly like the one you posted. I have been watching this buck for over 3 years and am assuming he is at least 6 1/2 years old now. He has never exhibited any abnormality the past few years. This picture was taken this week. His neck is still swollen and he appears to [...]

25 01, 2017

Kentucky Kid Shoots 169” Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 25th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

One day last November Jordan Mills hunted on family property near Lily, Kentucky in Laurel County. He left home about 1:30 PM and was in his tree stand by 2:20. Jordan had patterned the deer in this area and knew they traveled along an abandoned logging road in the afternoons. It was windy and cold, and darkness fast approached. Jordan decided to try his Extinguisher call, and he delivered two loud grunts. Immediately he heard deer walking behind him—6 does but they were not looking in his direction. A yearling fawn began to stamp her foot, and all the does looked directly away from Jordan. Then he heard a loud, deep grunt from the direction the does stared. Jordan had [...]