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25 03, 2014

Spring Scout For Big Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:23:03-04:00March 25th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|4 Comments

Do any of you walk the woods and scout for old buck sign this time of year? I know it's not a sexy topic, but if you go out and do it a few days this spring, your whitetail hunting will improve three-fold 6 months from now. A study of wild, hunted deer in Louisiana found that the average core area of mature bucks in the fall and winter months is only about 300 acres. Much smaller than you probably imagined. Although big deer venture out of these comfort zones on excursions for does in November, they come home after the rut and spend most of their days back in the same small areas. If food and cover remain the same, [...]

19 03, 2014

Hide Your Stand With Fake Leaves

admin2020-06-10T09:23:03-04:00March 19th, 2014|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|7 Comments

Traditional bowhunting legend Barry Wensel injured his arm a few years ago, and now he hunts often out of ladder stands that he can more easily climb with one hand. He hides those big platforms with artificial leaves and ferns that he buys at a craft store. “You know, the brown, gold and green plastic or nylon ones with the wire stems,” he says. Barry weaves the fake foliage around the uprights of the ladder; threads the leaves and ferns down, around and through the seat and foot grill; and then ties or tapes them solidly in place. “When the real leaves fall later on in October and November, my ladders stay hidden and deer are used to seeing them,” [...]

6 03, 2014

VIDEO: Find a Buck’s Rub Line

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00March 6th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|3 Comments

3 03, 2014

Thanking Rand Paul

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00March 3rd, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Hunting News|4 Comments

We all need to stand up and thank Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) for putting a hold on Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Obama’s pick for Surgeon General of the United States. A hold is a parliamentary procedure that allows a Senator to prevent a motion (Murthy’s nomination) from reaching a vote on the Senate floor. As this article points out, Paul wrote in a letter to Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada): “Historically, the Surgeon General of the United States has been a position with the purpose of educating Americans so that they may lead healthier lives, rather than advancing a political agenda.” Murthy’s agenda? Very anti-gun. Wrote Sen. Paul: “The primary policy goals of Dr. Murthy’s organization (Doctors for America) have been [...]

24 02, 2014

Big-Buck Tip: Tweak Your Deer Stands

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00February 24th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|2 Comments

Another finding reported at the Southeast Deer Study Group 2014: Researchers say adult bucks traveled 55 yards farther away from hunting stands on average at the end of the season vs. the beginning of the season. This further confirms something I have been blogging about and saying on TV for years: Mature bucks can learn your habits and pattern you. As the season progresses they see, smell and hear where you walk into the woods…where you climb into trees…where you walk out at midmorning or after dark… Then they skirt those stand locations to avoid you. I did a “Top 10 Tactics” episode of BIG DEER TV on Sportsman last year, and this strategy was #6: Change It Up. Say [...]