27 03, 2017

2017: It’s a Tough Economy for the Gun & Hunting Industry Right Now

2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00March 27th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews, Hunting News, Remington|12 Comments

The health care chaos last week on Capitol Hill notwithstanding, things have been looking pretty good since President Trump’s election last November. The stock market is up and consumer confidence is high as the President reduces burdensome regulations on business and moves to act on tax reform this summer. But ironically the election of our first pro-gun president in 8 years has slowed the sale of firearms and softened the overall shooting/hunting market. In recent years, with anti-gun Barack Obama at the helm and with the prospect of Hillary looming for another 8 years, law-abiding and freedom–loving Americans had a deep and well-founded concern that their gun rights were in serious jeopardy, and so we purchased guns and hoarded ammunition [...]

16 02, 2017

Oklahoma 2016 Deer Season: Top Big Deer Year!

2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 16th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Oklahoma 2016 Deer Season: Top Big Deer Year!

One day last August I blogged: From what I’m seeing and hearing this has the potential to be the best buck season across America since 2010. It was, and here is a good example. From Paul’s Valley Democrat: Oklahoma’s 2016 deer season is well on its way to revamping the record books. Alan Peoples, chief of wildlife with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said: “I have the privilege of seeing a bunch of big deer racks pass through my office every year and I’ve never seen this many at one time.” Several monstrous non-typicals from the bow season have been reported so far, including Travis Ocker’s 245 2/8” beast from Comanche County (photo top). More racks scoring from 180 [...]

13 02, 2017

Illinois Coyote Hunt: 5 Critters and a Shed

2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 13th, 2017|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Predator Hunting, Shed Hunting|5 Comments

Longtime BIG DEER blogger Scott from MI and his buddies made their annual trek to coyote camp, and he recaps their awesome hunt: Hi Mike: We headed out about 9:30 am Thursday morning Jan. 26th from Michigan and made the 6-hour trip to northwest Illinois, to a place along the Mississippi River.  The normal gang was along for the hunt, good friends John, Ryan, Mike and Jason. My dad Russ did not make the trip this year but I told him I would keep him posted with the play by play if we got some action. The weather was pretty good, mid-teens at night and mid-20s during the day. Winds were a little stronger than we would have liked, about [...]

1 02, 2017

Iowa Muzzleloader: Lady Smokes 240” Velvet Buck!

2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00February 1st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|3 Comments

Hi Mike: My wife, Lyla, harvested this buck with her muzzleloader near Osceola, Iowa on December 22, 2016 at 3:30 pm. The deer known as "The Freak" has 26 scorable points, an inside spread of nearly 24 inches and main beams 27 inches plus. He was 6 1/2 years old. The Freak lived most of his life on a 4,300-acre farm located 10 miles south of our farm and managed by Steve Snow. Every year in mid-October the deer would come back to our farm, except for 2016, when our first picture of him was on Nov. 2. The Freak remained in velvet last year, we believe, because he was wounded by a neighboring bowhunter the previous year. This is [...]

25 01, 2017

Kentucky Kid Shoots 169” Buck

2020-06-10T09:16:31-04:00January 25th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

One day last November Jordan Mills hunted on family property near Lily, Kentucky in Laurel County. He left home about 1:30 PM and was in his tree stand by 2:20. Jordan had patterned the deer in this area and knew they traveled along an abandoned logging road in the afternoons. It was windy and cold, and darkness fast approached. Jordan decided to try his Extinguisher call, and he delivered two loud grunts. Immediately he heard deer walking behind him—6 does but they were not looking in his direction. A yearling fawn began to stamp her foot, and all the does looked directly away from Jordan. Then he heard a loud, deep grunt from the direction the does stared. Jordan had [...]

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