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9 09, 2013

Maryland: Bowhunter Shoots “Spike” on Opening Day!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00September 9th, 2013|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|9 Comments

Danny shot the beautiful buck his wife had named “Spike” last Friday. His story: I had my trail cameras set at three different locations since the middle of June. I studied all the pictures (around 200 of them) I got of Spike. I printed out the moon phases and the wind directions for the past couple months, compared them and tried to come up with a game plan. Maryland bow opener was Sept 6--the morning after the new moon. The wind direction was supposed to be out of the NNE. I looked back through all the cam pictures, and it just so happened the last time we had a NNE wind was the morning after the new moon in August. Spike was [...]

6 09, 2013

2013 BIG DEER Hunt Forecast

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00September 6th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|5 Comments

After a string of dry to drought years, we’ve had good rain and cool temperatures this spring/summer in many regions. Here in VA and down through the Carolinas, I cannot remember a cooler, wetter summer. Take a look at the U.S. Drought Monitor. With the exception of western Kansas and a few spots in Nebraska, the majority of whitetail range is looking pretty good. There are spots of dry ground, but overall the conditions are much improved over the last few years. In many areas, the corn is tall and the two most prominent and protein-rich legumes for deer, soybeans and clover, are lush and thick. That’s great, but the rebirth of the natural vegetation across the nation, which not [...]

5 09, 2013

Man Struck with Rage Broadhead

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00September 5th, 2013|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Hunting News|3 Comments

I shoot Rage and I have seen the damage it does to a deer, so I shuddered when I read this: TJ Cartwright, 23, was struck with an arrow in the cheek while hunting deer with three companions… Cartwright was taking video ahead of the hunting party when a buck began making its way across the field. As the hunters began positioning themselves to take a shot, Cartwright inadvertently ended up between the archer and the target. As the shooter, whose bow was drawn, attempted to throw the shot away, the arrow accidentally released. Cartwright stood and was hit. The broadhead lodged near TJ’s carotid artery. Surgeons worked for more than eight hours to remove it. "Even though he is [...]

4 09, 2013

Giant 10-Point Buck Update

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00September 4th, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management|8 Comments

Danny sent this last update before he starts hunting this huge 10-pointer that his wife named Spike on Friday: “I got an absolute ton of pictures of Spike last week. The majority of the pictures were nighttime, but for some reason he came into the field at 3:16 in the afternoon one day." I really like the image of him in the morning with a few other bucks. Unfortunately this spot is impossible to hunt in the morning with a bow. I have pictures of deer in this field’s corner from 11:30 p.m. thru 7:00 am every single day last week. There’s no way to get into the stand without blowing everything out of the fields. Our bow opener is [...]

3 09, 2013

Kansas Pick Up: 17-Point Rack w/10” Spread!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00September 3rd, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|4 Comments

Hey Mike, Some guys were bird hunting in southeastern Kansas in 2011, came upon a mud pit and saw just a little piece of the left beam sticking up in the mud. After a closer look they realized it was a whole deer buried in the pit! They dug out the skull and it was in awesome shape; I guess the mud had protected the rack from the weather and animals. We rough-scored it at 164 gross with only a 10 " inside spread… it has 6 points on the right beam, 9 on the left and also the spike in the middle with a fork on it! A friend and I are going to mount it soon. —Teddy Hensley [...]