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11 01, 2017

Photos: 3 Big Bucks from 2016

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 11th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

Three gentlemen sent me photos of bucks from the 2016 season: Mike, I’m 39 years old and have been hunting for as long as I can remember. I've always managed to fill the freezer with meat but never was able to get my "trophy buck.” That all changed for me this year--15 point, double drop tine. Woohoo!--Mark Hi Mike. My father bowhunted this deer in November on our farm in Kansas. He took a shot at it and skimmed his belly. Dad was devastated, but kept his head held high for his return trip in December. He went back a couple weeks later and the buck reappeared! Dad was fortunate to kill him with the muzzleloader at 30 yards, he was [...]

9 01, 2017

New Mexico: Hunting Guide, Client Wounded in Alleged Kidnapping on Border

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 9th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|1 Comment

One of my favorite places to hunt used to be down in the extreme southwest near the border of Mexico, or inside northern Mexico for that matter. It is intriguing desert country that teems with deer and other game, and the weather is fantastic this time of year. Notice I say “used to be.” With the crime along the border—drugs, kidnappings, beheadings-- no deer or sheep is worth the risk to me. The border country from South Texas and to the west is vast, remote, uninhabited and wild; if you even consider booking a hunt down there, plan carefully, do your homework and be damn careful. If this reported shootout is accurate, it’s just another justification to build the wall, [...]

6 01, 2017

5 Tips for Hunting Late-Season Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 6th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|2 Comments

We have 2 more days to hunt here in Virginia, and my friends Jack and Cecil are hunting hard, with our eyes on two bucks that have eluded us all season. If you’re still hunting into January too, try these 5 tips. Get the wind perfect: Back in October and especially during the November rut you predicted but never really knew from which direction a buck would come. So sometimes you cheated and hunted a stand on a couple different winds, and that worked out okay. But now there is only one good wind and little margin for error. In the evenings, deer move straight from their beds to a harvested cornfield or soybean field--anywhere they can find last scraps [...]

5 01, 2017

Maine Deer Hunt: Teamwork for a Great 8-Pointer

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 5th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Maine Deer Hunt: Teamwork for a Great 8-Pointer

I have hunted the great state of Maine exactly once. We covered hundreds of miles and explored the magical big woods for a week and saw two moose but not a single deer, not even a doe. We traveled around and filmed everything we saw and everybody we met, and put together a TV show. It was a hit, and the episode remains one of the most popular we have ever produced for Big Deer TV. Today’s guest blog is from Kevin McKenna, who hunts in Maine every year. Although Maine is one of the toughest places in America to kill a deer, especially a good buck, Kevin’s post has me longing to go back again, maybe next year. (Dan, [...]

3 01, 2017

Texas Unicorn Buck: Biggest Unicorn Whitetail Buck Ever?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 3rd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|Comments Off on Texas Unicorn Buck: Biggest Unicorn Whitetail Buck Ever?

Thanks to our friend Wren for alerting me to the most unique "unicorn buck" ever. I’ve never seen a multi-pointed third beam--5 points--of this size protruding from a buck’s face; this could well be the biggest unicorn buck ever recorded in America! The original post is from the South Texas Hunting Association Facebook page: Our amigo Troy Calaway from TWC Hunt Co. with a very unique buck with a third main beam that grew out between both eyes...congrats on an awesome trophy! So what causes this rarity? Scientists say a unicorn tine is caused by trauma to the front facial bone of a buck, such as a tine puncture from another buck. Strangely, another beam then grows out from there. [...]