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30 06, 2014

Mule Deer Fawn in Road!

admin2020-06-10T09:22:49-04:00June 30th, 2014|BigDeer|4 Comments

This year I’ve heard about more than a few newborn whitetails literally dropped in a road by a mama doe, but this is the first little mule deer I’ve seen in that predicament. Eric posted on Facebook that he ran up on this little deer the other day, on a road in Washington State I believe. He gently picked it up and carried it off the road and back into the woods. Hopefully the doe was hanging around and went back to get her baby when Eric drove off. I’d think she did. This tiny muley seems to have more spots in a more distinct linear pattern than your average whitetail fawn, beautiful and interesting.

27 06, 2014

First Trail Camera Buck 2014!

admin2020-06-10T09:22:49-04:00June 27th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Management|6 Comments

One of our bloggers who shall remain anonymous sent us the first good buck of 2014. This buck’s antlers might grow 1/8” to 1/2” per day for the next 2 months, until the rack is fully developed in early to mid-August. Those brow tines will be killer. Nothing fires us up more and seems to make the season get here a little quicker than looking at trail-camera images from around the country. Email me your pictures to share. As always I’ll never publish your name and certainly not the state/area where your cam bucks are living. That’s your secret and I’d never blow your cover.

26 06, 2014

Weird Racks: Peruke Deer Antlers

admin2020-06-10T09:22:49-04:00June 26th, 2014|BigDeer|1 Comment

Mike: I know how you like wild racks, check out this one! Have you ever seen anything like that before? Tom from Iowa I did a little research. A QDMA post says this crazy skull was picked up in Maryland some years ago. The taxidermist that now has it said a couple of hunters had seen the buck alive, but it was “acting stupid.” A year later the buck was found dead. Examination found that the right antler had sprouted up in a perfect cauliflower, but the left antler had grown inward, back into the skull and down into the brain pan and eye socket. Zoologist and antler expert Dr. George Bubenik said this type of unusual growth is known as a “peruke,” [...]

25 06, 2014

Estimate Your Deer’s Weight

admin2020-06-10T09:22:49-04:00June 25th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|8 Comments

The old-time deer hunters didn’t care what a buck scored, all they wanted to know was, “What did that sucker weigh?” A lot of hunters still want to know just that, especially up in Maine where a 200 is a much sought after 200-hundred pounda. Here’s simple math for estimating a deer’s live weight. Pull the guts out of your animal, hang it and weigh it on a scale, pull up the calculator on your Smartphone and multiply the deer’s field-dressed weight by 1.28. That will give you a good ball-park. For example, a 150-pound gutted buck would have weighed about 192 on the hoof, give or take 5 pounds. A 120-pound doe would have gone about 154. What is the heaviest buck [...]

24 06, 2014

Hunt Skills: Best Way to Your Tree Stand

admin2020-06-10T09:22:49-04:00June 24th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|2 Comments

Mike: Every time I walk into my favorite stand I jump four or five deer that blow up and crash away. I have the wind right, and I am quiet. What am I doing wrong? Travis from NY Travis: Oftentimes the shortest and easiest route to a stand or blind is not the best way. In your case since you repeatedly jump deer, it sounds like you are walking through (or very close to) a thicket, ridge or similar spot where deer like to hang out and browse, or bed down. Whitetails are habitual animals that eat, walk and hang in the same general areas so long as they feel safe and comfortable there. You need to avoid them and find a new way to [...]