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13 03, 2014

Shed Hunting: Are Skulls With Antlers Legal?

admin2020-06-10T09:23:03-04:00March 13th, 2014|BigDeer, Hunting News, Shed Hunting|10 Comments

While you’re roaming the woods for sheds this weekend, you might run across a skull with antlers attached (from a buck that died of EHD, was hit by a car, or was lost by a hunter in the last season or two). These skulls are cool finds, but did you know that in a few states, like Kansas and Illinois, possession of a skull with antlers attached requires a salvage tag from the state? With a skull and antlers that are obviously months-old and dried out or even bleached, this does not make sense to me, but if it’s the law you need to know it. The last thing you want is to come back home with a skull with [...]

12 03, 2014

Ohio: 190-Inch Sheds!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00March 12th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|2 Comments

Chasing Trophy Whitetails just shared this photo on Facebook. Kody found this set with a rough score of 190. Wow!

11 03, 2014

Minnesota Hunters To Feed Deer

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00March 11th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Science, Hunting News|4 Comments

From Twincities.com: Sometime early next week, men and women will fan out across the woods of northern Minnesota, many on snowmobiles, and begin laying out feed for wild whitetail deer. A million pounds of feed, give or take. As much as $170,000 can buy…. "We're at 130 volunteers and climbing fast," Mark Johnson, executive director of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, said Wednesday…. Whose idea to feed the deer? Hunters, who put pressure on the state to do something because this brutal winter is surely killing some deer in the northern zones. Feeding from now through the spring green up will help the animals survive. The money for the project will come from a fund established from proceeds of hunting [...]

10 03, 2014

4 Shed Hunting Tips

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00March 10th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|4 Comments

Got this email from longtime Big Deer blogger Dan Hermon a while back: Mike: It's getting close to time to hit the woods and crop fields for some sheds. What advice do you have in terms of shed hunting? I know they fall off at different times and different locations, but do you have any tricks of the trade to share? I'll be taking my son out again this year and the only advice I can really give him is to put in the miles and search every step of the way. I thought the best deer blog in the country and its readers might have good advice for us! Thanks, Dan Here are 4 great tips. Readers, please add [...]

7 03, 2014

How Rare is a Doe With Antlers?

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00March 7th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Science|10 Comments

Mike: One day last fall I swear I saw a doe with a small set of fork-horn antlers, but I didn’t shoot. Have you ever seen a doe with antlers?—Steve from MO Steve, no I have never seen one in the wild, though I’ve posted a few on the blog. According to VA biologists, there are two types of antlered whitetail does. The first is a female deer with velvet-covered antlers like this one. This animal usually has a normal female reproductive tract and is capable of bearing fawns. The second type is a female deer with polished antlers. This animal is actually a male “pseudo-hermaphrodite.” It has the external genitalia of a female, but has male sex organs internally. [...]