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24 05, 2021

How To Hunt A Whitetail Buck On 40 Acres

Clay Hanback2021-05-21T14:09:36-04:00May 24th, 2021|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on How To Hunt A Whitetail Buck On 40 Acres

Mike: I hunt on 80 private acres, 40 of which are on the west side of a road and the other 40 on the east side. When I sit in a stand on the west side all I see are does, no matter the time, food source or wind direction. When I hunt any of my stands on the east side all I see are small bucks. Not just one or two, but like 5 or 6, with the biggest one maybe a 6-pointer. There is sign of bigger bucks in the area, and locals have seen some big deer on both sides of the road. So where should I hunt? Wait it out on the east where all the small [...]

21 05, 2021

How Important Are Acorns For Deer?

Clay Hanback2021-05-21T13:55:13-04:00May 21st, 2021|Big Deer TV, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on How Important Are Acorns For Deer?

Pennsylvania biologist Jeannine Fleegle notes that while the list of foods for whitetails is long and varied and includes crops, browse, forbs, grasses, fungi and mast, “It is no secret that acorns are a favorite on the list. If they are available, acorns dominate their diet in fall and winter.” Fleegle points to experiments that show when acorns are available, whitetails eat about 1.5 pounds of nuts daily per hundred pounds of body weight. “Deer can sustain a maximum of 30% weight loss during (the rut and into) winter,” she says. “More than that and they die of malnutrition.” It’s easy to see why acorns are so important not only to the deer, but to your hunt strategy. This summer, walk [...]

3 05, 2021

Why One Man Hunts

Clay Hanback2021-05-03T08:57:09-04:00May 3rd, 2021|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|3 Comments

Today’s fantastic guest post is from a bowhunter named Kyle Wright. I don’t know Kyle, but from his writing I take he’s a fairly young man and I know he is a thinking and appreciative hunter. Love your attitude, man.—M.H. Just saw on your site an article entitled 'Why Do You Hunt?' and thought I'd submit my answer to that question. Thanks for reading, Kyle Wright There is a plot of common ground on every acre of sacred ground we hunt, a common thread woven through every stitch of camouflage in our closets. We come from all walks of life but those walks are all taken in the same pair of broken-in boots. So, unsolicited, I made the decision after wrapping [...]

15 04, 2021

How Hot Weather Affects Deer Hunting

Clay Hanback2021-04-16T13:08:42-04:00April 15th, 2021|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on How Hot Weather Affects Deer Hunting

Fact: It is warmer where most of us hunt than it was a decade ago. And while it was always warm in many places in September and October, it can now be downright hot during those first weeks of bow season. It’s not unusual for warm weather to extend into November or even December. During a muzzleloader hunt here in Virginia last year, it was the warmest November in 25 years! By all accounts this pattern will continue, and so it is more important than ever to factor warm weather into your game plan. Dave Moreland is an avid hunter and a biologist who worked for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, serving many years as the state’s Deer [...]

5 04, 2021

2021 Pennsylvania Deer Harvest Tops 400,000

Clay Hanback2021-04-05T10:03:09-04:00April 5th, 2021|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Hunting News, whitetail deer|Comments Off on 2021 Pennsylvania Deer Harvest Tops 400,000

HARRISBURG, PA - Pennsylvania hunters took an estimated 435,180 deer in the 2020-21 hunting seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported today. The 2020-21 estimated harvest topped the previous license year’s harvest of 389,431 by about 12 percent. Since 1993, Pennsylvania hunters have harvested more than 400,000 deer in a license year 10 times. The statewide buck harvest -- 174,780 – set a new record in the antler restrictions era. The buck harvest also increased 7 percent over the previous license year’s buck harvest of 163,240. “About a quarter of the state’s deer hunters took a buck in the 2020-21 deer seasons,” noted David Stainbrook, the Game Commission’s Deer and Elk Section supervisor. “It’s a trend that hunters have maintained over the [...]