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6 03, 2017

Southeast Deer Study Group 2017

admin2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00March 6th, 2017|Big Deer TV, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|1 Comment

The Southeast Deer Study Group meets annually for researchers and managers to share the latest information on whitetail deer. The 2017 study just concluded last week in St. Louis, and here are a few of their findings: As always there was interesting new info on the whitetail rut. Researchers from Mississippi State’s Forest Resources revealed a study that shows when bucks of similar age and body weight are present and available, does in estrus prefer to breed with the buck with the largest antlers. Another finding confirms why during peak rut you need to keep as many trail cameras rolling across your land as possible: Researchers at the Univ. of Georgia noted that you’ll get the most cam photos of [...]

2 03, 2017

Amazing Wild Turkey Trail-Camera: Kansas Birds Gone Wild!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00March 2nd, 2017|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

My friend Brian Helman, who lives in southeastern Kansas and works for 180 Outdoors, sent me this image the other day with the message: If you get a chance come on out this spring, these turkeys are waiting on you… The more I study the image the more amazed I am. I can definitively identify at least 18 longbeards, and surely there are many more, though some of the black blogs must be hens. Moreover, looking back to the far wood line, I count at least 83 birds marching out into the field, and who knows how many more are still back in the woods? How many turkeys do you count? Isn’t this the most interesting turkey image you’ve [...]

28 02, 2017

10 Ways to Improve Your Deer Hunting Land

admin2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00February 28th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

(Photo: Matt "Flatlander" Cheever) Scatter food plots of about one acre across your ground. Design and build them to take advantage of thick cover and the predominant winds in the area in fall deer season. The closer you plant to a thicket where a mature buck can pop out to feed with his nose in the wind, the better the chance you’ll see him in daylight hours. Give deer a salad bar. Plant 60 percent of your plots with a perennial like a clover/chicory mix that will provide a steady food source for three to five years. Plant the other 40 percent with a fast-growing, tasty annual like oats or wheat. Planting 1,000 yards of logging road is like putting [...]

23 02, 2017

Oklahoma 20-Point Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00February 23rd, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Robert Nichols, who creates the best amateur deer-skull art I’ve ever seen, says: Hey Mike: Just wanted to share. My youngest son, Ethan Nichols, shot this buck on 11/23/16. The rack has 20 points total! Ethan had been watching this deer since early August and had a lot of trail cam pics of him. I'm super proud of him. You did a blog on Ethan’s first deer 2 years ago, and it made his hunt even more of a success to him. Thank you for that, and thanks for checking this one out.—Robert from Oklahoma

21 02, 2017

Clyde Roberts: Oldest Hunter In the U.S. Shoots His Biggest Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:16:30-04:00February 21st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

Photo by Meghan Marchetti Last year I posted on Mr. Clyde Roberts and the buck he shot from a tree stand during the 2015 Virginia deer season. Still hunting strong at 103 years young, Mr. Clyde shot his biggest buck ever during our state's 2016 muzzleloader season. He was hunting in Bedford County that afternoon with his granddaughter, Christin Elliott, who told the Virginia Game Department: I (saw a deer and) held my hands out in front of me to describe antlers and he just smiled. I knew things were going to happen quickly, so he got the gun up and ready. Papa was so calm when the buck walked out broadside. I knew he was a great buck and [...]