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18 10, 2018

October Deer Tip: Hunt Mast And Browse

admin2020-06-10T09:15:27-04:00October 18th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on October Deer Tip: Hunt Mast And Browse

Some good hunters I know don’t hunt their best stands until around Halloween, and then they hunt them hard for the next 3 weeks. Their strategy is sound: put no pressure on bucks until they start rutting and moving more in daylight hours. Good in theory, yes, but I don’t believe that approach is practical for most of us. You’re busy…you hunt when you can. If that happens to be in October, great. The woods are beautiful, the weather is nice and there are fewer people in the timber than there will be come November. There are opportunities to get your buck, and here is one thing to keep in mind. Grant Woods, one of the premier whitetail scientists [...]

17 10, 2018

DIY Deer Project: Wood Pallet Ground Blind

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00October 17th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Saw this and thought it was a cool way to save a few bucks. As the story indicates shipping pallets are usually free, as many businesses just want to get rid of them. You haul them off and everybody’s happy: The one-man, full-height blind consists of 6 pallets, two 2×2 corner strips, and a handful of wood screws…. have all your pieces cut (including shooting windows) and ready to assemble prior to going into the woods with it. Then all you need is a cordless screwdriver and you can erect the blind at your hunting spot… For a roof add a couple of wood slats and a scrap piece of tarp…staple roofing felt around the inside to make it warmer…wrap [...]

15 10, 2018

October 20: The Best Deer Hunting Starts This Weekend

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00October 15th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on October 20: The Best Deer Hunting Starts This Weekend

Historical “rut curves” assembled by whitetail biologists over decades show that bucks really begin to rev up their scraping around October 20. Better yet, the data show that 5 to 7 percent of a herd’s does are bred by bucks on October 21, give or takes a few days. That’s not a lot, but good things happen when bucks start to rip scrapes and prowl for the first estrus does. The more they are on their feet, the better your chances of shooting one. The big thing that can kill October hunting is warm weather. But when a cold snap blows in and drops the temperature 20 or 30 degrees, perfect. The cooler weather will kick deer into moving more. [...]

11 10, 2018

New Research: Deer Jumping The String

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00October 11th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

My friend Dr. Grant Woods, one of the top whitetail scientists in the world, recently produced a must-watch video with some new observations about deer jumping the bow string. Grant worked with an engineer and avid bowhunter who devised a computerized device to record the sound of a bow going off, test the speed of gravity, etc. Sounds complex, but when you watch and listen to the video it’s much clearer. They set up a range…took shots at 20, 30 and 40 yards with bows that shot between 258 and 315 fps… and recorded the data. Then they watched many video clips of actual hunts, with deer ducking and twirling as they heard the sound of bow shots. Grant and [...]

9 10, 2018

Nebraska Giant Bow Buck, 196 Inches!

admin2020-06-10T09:15:51-04:00October 9th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

Andy Morgan, co-host of American Archer on Outdoor Channel, shot one of the largest whitetails ever on film with bow and arrow last week in central Nebraska. The giant green-scores 196 5/8, and is believed to be at least 7 years old. Morgan, from Dayton, Tennessee, has been hunting Nebraska for 15 years. He encountered this buck as a 3-year-old, but passed on him. Andy didn’t see the deer for the next 3 years, and thought he was gone. But the giant popped up on a trail cam earlier this year, and he knew immediately this would be his target buck for the 2018 archery season. Andy got his opportunity a few days ago and capitalized. He shot the buck [...]