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3 10, 2017

How Do You Feel When You Lose A Deer?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00October 3rd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

Mike: I’m sick. I shot a doe the other night but couldn’t find her. I looked all night and for the next day and half. Some blood at first, but then nothing. I feel so bad I’m going stop hunting for the rest of the year. Just wanted you to know, because I can tell from your TV show that being ethical and respectful means a lot to you.--John John: A lot of people who are going about hunting the wrong way would have poked around a little bit and said, "What the hell, it's just a doe, I've got more tags…" But you didn't and I applaud you for that. Losing either a doe or a 10-point buck is [...]

28 09, 2017

2017 EHD Tracker: KY and PA Update…and now West Virginia

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 28th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|Comments Off on 2017 EHD Tracker: KY and PA Update…and now West Virginia

The EHD outbreak in eastern Kentucky gets worse. The Northern Kentucky Tribune printed: reports of dead and/or dying deer received by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has ballooned to 2,967...tissue and blood samples taken from fresh specimens in the field confirmed that the cause was Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), specifically the EHD-2 strain… As of Sept. 12, reports have come in from 72 Kentucky counties. By comparison, a month ago reports were received from just 21 counties. The outbreak in Pennsylvania has also gotten worse. Nearly 1,000 dead deer have been reported in Beaver, Washington and Allegheny counties. An official said, “Regrettably I have to tell people we’re probably going to find a lot more (dead) deer [...]

27 09, 2017

Deer Season 2017: Big-Buck Q and A To Help You Out

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 27th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Deer Season 2017: Big-Buck Q and A To Help You Out

Some questions and answers from the BIG DEER files, with hopes the strategies in the answers will help you out this fall. Mike, is it true that once a buck sheds velvet, he’s ready to breed? Jacob, Oklahoma Bucks peel velvet from their antlers from mid-August through the first week of September, so the fuzz has been off a while now. The day a mature buck becomes “hard horn,” his demeanor begins to change, he gets more aggressive by the day and yes, he is ready, willing and able to breed a doe. But in reality he won’t get that opportunity until mid-October, when the first does come into early estrus. It was warm where I hunt last fall, with [...]

25 09, 2017

Wisconsin Science Teacher Shoots Massive Bow Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 25th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Wisconsin Science Teacher Shoots Massive Bow Buck

From the Leader Register: What’s it like to walk up on a buck of a lifetime? Webster High School science teacher Greg Widiker knows. Widiker had been watching the deer on trail cameras and scouting since 2014… 2015 the buck got a lot bigger and was estimated to be 4 years old... By 2016 the buck had grown a drop tine, and this year, now estimated to be 6 years old, drop tines were on both beams. “I was definitely very aware of him and the last two years the focus was definitely on him. He was the only deer I was going to shoot,” said Widiker. Greg shot the 16-point beast on 9/17/17, click here for the full story. [...]

21 09, 2017

North Dakota Velvet Bow Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00September 21st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

The first buck of 2017 on BIG DEER blog! Guest post from North Dakota native and bowhunter Kelsey Deutz: We had a couple of years of history with the buck we call “S-10.” My husband, Nick, hunted him last year. He was very visible on camera but never came within bow range during the daylight hours. In 2017, we first spotted S-10 about a month before season opened. We were so glad he made it through the year. He blew up! Once again, he was very visible on camera, and Nick had seen him on the hoof a few times just after sunrise in the weeks before season opened. We set up a couple different blinds in different parts of [...]