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8 01, 2019

Indiana: 180-Inch Homestead Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 8th, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Indiana: 180-Inch Homestead Buck

Thanks to Ben Andrew for sharing his tremendous 2018 buck from central Indiana. “Sentimental buck right here,” Ben said. "Shot off the homestead where I grew up, and where my dad taught me years ago with a muzzleloader. Place where I got my first buck 25 years ago. “My father is my lifelong hunting buddy. He’s getting into his middle 70s, and still after it with me. Unfortunately the land around us is up for sale.” How much longer Ben and his dad have to hunt the home place is unknown. Many of us face similar uncertainties these days, but we have to stay with it and hunt hard while we still can. Tale of the tape on Ben’s massive [...]

3 01, 2019

Hunt Tactics for Winter Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 3rd, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|Comments Off on Hunt Tactics for Winter Bucks

We have 2 more days to hunt deer this season in Virginia…if you’re still hunting too, try these tips. Afternoons are always best in late season. Deer move straight from their beds to a cornfield or beans or a thicket or a pasture with weeds--anywhere they can find last scraps of food. When you hunt a food source, the wind can’t blow back toward a bedding cover or travel lane out, and it can’t swirl out into a field where the does will pop out first. Set up downwind of a trail or funnel where your scent will blow back into a dead zone in the timber where no deer will hopefully come out. If just one doe winds you [...]

2 01, 2019

CWD Changing The Way We Process And Eat Venison

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 2nd, 2019|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|1 Comment

Starting out the new year with this guest blog from our friend Luke Strommen, who lives and hunts with his wife, Tara, and daughters out on the Milk River in northeastern Montana. Luke is one of the most ethical and responsible deer hunters I know: It was a tough year to get out and hunt with our girls because they were so busy with school stuff and extracurricular activities, etc. I'm sure you parents can relate. My oldest daughter, Summer, got to go the second to last day of the 2018 season. We hit the rattling sheds and made a ruckus with some leaves and low branches. After two close encounters on rack bucks, when an ethical shot wouldn’t present, [...]

3 12, 2018

Indiana Big Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00December 3rd, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Today's guest blog from BIG DEER blog fan and our friend Jason Lough: Hi Mike: It was opening weekend in Indiana and I was excited to share another weekend of deer hunting with my Father, as it’s something we look forward to every season. We put cameras out every year to determine the quality of bucks on the property so that we have an idea of what to expect. Based on the camera pictures and our scouting this year, we knew we had a few good bucks in the area. Opening day came and I set up in our best stand in a funnel. I began to see deer early in my sit. The does and small were chasing and [...]

30 11, 2018

Deer Food Plot Seed: Frosty Berseem Clover

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00November 30th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|Comments Off on Deer Food Plot Seed: Frosty Berseem Clover

Our friend Jeff Herrmann, who is managing his New Jersey farm for whitetails, tells about a new seed blend you might want to try in your food plots: “One thing I started growing this year is Frosty Berseem Clover, which is relatively new and would work great for a lot of guys that don’t yet know about it. “Berseems are very fast growing, but most are not cold tolerant. What makes Frosty unique is that it stays alive into freezing temps. As a bonus, it tolerates very wet soils (even standing water for days). That means it can be fall planted, even in very wet years like this one, or in chronically wet fields. It still puts on tons [...]