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13 06, 2016

What Causes Warts and Tumors on Deer?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00June 13th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|4 Comments

Big Deer Hunt Teamer and Montana bowhunter Lucas Strommen was haying on his ranch near the Milk River a few summers ago when he found this buck next to a dike, “gasping for breath and suffering, apparently near death.” The buck had large warts or tumors that nearly covered one side of his face. One growth had sealed his right eye shut. The largest one was about the size of a tennis ball. He had other numerous growths on his back, some around his groin area, a larger one on his leg, a bunch more behind his head and others on the left side of his head and face. Montana law prohibits a citizen to put an animal out of its misery, [...]

6 06, 2016

Dragging Deer Is Good, Hard Work

admin2020-06-10T09:16:47-04:00June 6th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|10 Comments

I wrote this in a magazine article many years ago: …anybody who kills a deer and then has the gall to complain about the work when the animal is down will never hunt with me again. If you are doing it right, gutting a buck and then wrestling it around and over logs, up and down hills, through creeks and mud, all the while sweating a river and stumbling and bumbling and cussing back to your truck is strangely fun and invigorating, whether it takes you 20 minutes or 2 hours or all day. The work was a lot harder back in the day. I didn’t have an ATV, and so I had to drag my deer, sometimes a mile [...]

3 06, 2016

Public Land Deer: Summer Scout Now

admin2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00June 3rd, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|2 Comments

Don’t let the ticks and snakes keep you from finding new spots to hunt this fall. It’s time to get out there and start scouting. Lather on the DEET, put on snake boots and get a leg up on those other guys who are playing golf or kicked back on a beach or in the A/C somewhere. Let’s say you hunt a 250-acre woodland. You’ve probably hunted only 50 to 75 of those acres over the years, if that. You figure other guys roam the ridges and hollows beyond your stand. Or maybe you’ve just gotten in a rut and hunted the same spots. You bust some does every year and a buck every once in a while, so why [...]

27 05, 2016

Memorial Day 2016: Thank You U.S. Veterans

admin2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00May 27th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

Got this from a loyal blog reader, I could not have said it better myself: Mike: A nice blog for the weekend would be a dedication to the REAL HEROES of our country. The men and women that serve and have served in our Armed Forces are owed well-deserved respect and gratitude from us. "To those who have fallen, you will never be forgotten,” including those who perished in The Towers on 9/11. We WOULD NOT be able to pursue our dreams of freedom and hunting if not for the men and women that we honor this weekend. At a minimum, raise a drink during a celebration this weekend and remember our TRUE AMERICAN HEROES. Also, maybe you could link [...]

20 05, 2016

Whitetail Fawn Facts

admin2020-06-10T09:16:48-04:00May 20th, 2016|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|Comments Off on Whitetail Fawn Facts

We celebrate these beautiful little creatures! A fawn weighs 4 to 8 pounds at birth; their weight doubles in 2 weeks. A fawn has a unique smell that the mother doe recognizes. A fawn spends its first month in hiding, separate from the doe, except to nurse 2 to 4 times a day. A healthy fawn can outrun you when it’s only days old. A fawn has about 300 white spots. 25% of twin fawns have different fathers. Twin fawns are the norm. In a prime habitat where the soil/feed/cover is outstanding, 20% to 30% of does might drop triplets. In a habitat with poor soils and feed, a doe is lucky to have and raise one fawn. An individual [...]