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24 10, 2013

Are You a Meat Hunter?

admin2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00October 24th, 2013|BigDeer, Hunting News|16 Comments

A recent study by Responsive Management asked people, “Why do you hunt?” Of those polled, 35 percent said “for the meat.” That’s up 13 percent from a similar 2006 survey, when 22 percent of hunters said their primary motivation was for meat to eat. The people who conducted the survey said the ongoing slow economy is the primary reason for the uptick in meat hunting: “As households…started to feel the effects of significant financial pressures several years ago (including frozen or reduced salaries and/or prolonged unemployment) more Americans likely turned to hunting as a way of obtaining relatively inexpensive venison…to put food on the family table.” Another school of thought believes the recent increase in meat hunters (and hunting license [...]

23 10, 2013

Red Sox or Cardinals? World Series Challenge!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:21-04:00October 23rd, 2013|BigDeer|33 Comments

Who is going to take the World Series? As you can see from this picture I’m rooting for the Sox big time. Did you know that tonight’s pitcher for Boston, Jon Lester, is a big deer hunter? Let’s have a contest. Reply below with the team you think will win, and how many games it will take. For example: Sox in 5 or Cardinals in 6. Winner gets a new BIG DEER hat. Since we might have multiple people pick the right result, I’ll put those names in a hat and draw out one winner. Note* Contest entries close at 8 PM Eastern Time tonight, before first pitch. Good luck…and go Sox!

22 10, 2013

BIG DEER Report: Best Moon & Rut Days 2013

admin2020-06-10T09:23:21-04:00October 22nd, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|6 Comments

Mark Drury and I compared notes again and came up with our 5th annual prediction of the best days to shoot a monster in the 2013 rut. Any year, the first week of November, when bucks rub and scrape like fiends and troll for the first receptive does, is a great time to hunt for a big deer. If you take off this week, you ought to hunt all day every day, because you never know when you might see a shooter. But with the moon new and dark this November 3 and then waxing crescent, bucks should be most active at daylight. Get on stand extra early and hunt the mornings extra hard. The first week of November “will [...]

21 10, 2013

Ohio: “Old No. 7” Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:23:21-04:00October 21st, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|3 Comments

Today’s blog is a guest post from Dean Weimer: In 2011 Virginia bowhunter James Edwards and some friends secured a lease on a central Ohio farm. That first year they set out trail cameras and started getting pictures of a wide and massive buck they named “The Big Seven Pointer.” They learned the buck was a homebody, and the most dominant animal on the farm. They had several encounters with him, but no one was able to seal the deal that year. In the months leading up to the 2012 Ohio bow opener the hunters talked of the buck often, and he got a new moniker: “Old No. 7” The deer was gaining legendary status amongst the group. “In late [...]

18 10, 2013

Oct. 19-20: Best Hunting Weekend!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:21-04:00October 18th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|2 Comments

This is gonna be the best weekend of the season so far, so plan to be in a tree as many hours as you can. With cooler temperatures and high-pressure across the country, bucks will start moving in preparation for the rut. October 20 is the kick-off of the hard pre-rut every season, and so some serious rubbing and especially scraping are set to kick in. While bucks have been making sign right along, they are going to really get after it now, with the days growing shorter and the temps cooling down. I bet you find some big, fresh scrapes. While I don’t like this full moon nearly as much as the one that will illuminate the rut next month on November [...]