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7 08, 2013

Top 10 Tactics on BIG DEER TV!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 7th, 2013|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|3 Comments

Tonight on the show (8 and 11 PM Eastern on Sportsman Channel) I lay out my Top 10 whitetail tactics, one or a few of which I hope will help you shoot a giant this fall. Here’s an example from the script: # 3 Hunt Terrain, Not Sign (with graphic): “Many hunters find hot rubs and scrapes and rush out to hang a tree stand right beside it. Sometimes that works out, but there’s a better way to do it. Hot sign is obviously important because it tells you bucks are in the area and active. Then scout out from those rubs/scrapes/trails for 50 yards, 100, even 200 yards. Find those draws, creek crossings, points of ridges...that bucks have traveled for years, [...]

6 08, 2013

Deer Blood Trails: Did You Know?

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 6th, 2013|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|2 Comments

Did you know that if you shoot a buck in a few weeks, he might not leave a heavy blood trail? Scientists say that in early fall deer have high levels of Vitamin K, which causes blood to clot quickly. Also, whitetails produce lots of B-endorphin that helps to heal wounds. So two things: Pick your shots carefully (you never want a one-lung hit and especially in the early season). And I recommend a big-cutting broadhead like the Rage; even if you hit a buck a little off, he’ll bleed and you’ll likely find him. Bottom line: If you put any broadhead/arrow in the right spot, through both lungs, a buck won’t go much farther than 60-70 yards, even if [...]

5 08, 2013

Giant Bucks on Trail Camera!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 5th, 2013|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Management|4 Comments

Ok, the big deer are starting to show up. The guys at Huntography posted this monster the other day. Word is the rack might go 200”; I don’t know about that, but it is the biggest buck we have seen so far this summer. I would have been hunting the giant above, but I didn’t draw a tag for that area/state. Heartbreaker! I count at least 14 points! This big 8 is living on a farm where I will be hunting in November. I’m hoping for a 10-point, but if this tall-tined 8 comes by I’ll probably take him.

2 08, 2013

Funky Buck on Trail Cam!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:23-04:00August 2nd, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Management, Deer Science|5 Comments

Martie sent this crazy image and asked if I knew what was going on with this buck’s rack. I ran it by QDMA biologist Kip Adams, who said: “Hey Mike, those are the biggest drop tines I’ve ever seen on a spike! I know his right antler split but I couldn’t resist referencing a spike with drop tines! It looks like he injured both his main beams early in the growing season. I’ve seen numerous bucks with a similar injury to one side of his rack, but never to both sides that occurred so low on the antlers. Many times the pooling of blood in the downturned antlers causes them to break and fall off but this guy was lucky to [...]

31 07, 2013

Bucks Showing Up Big Time!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:23-04:00July 31st, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Management|1 Comment

Hopefully the blog is now back to normal as you expect it, and I plan to be blogging again with a vengeance daily. I’m told we’re still going to have to battle the spammers, who caused the problems with my site in the first place, and who continue to be a royal pain in the a--, but we’ll monitor as best we can. Thanks for your patience. Now on to the good stuff… It’s that time of summer when bucks come out of the woodwork, showing up in fields and pastures both morning and evening, posturing and eating. If you haven’t been looking/glassing/running trail cameras yet, start right now. Tanner sent these VA bucks, which I believe are showing up in his grandmother’s backyard. [...]