6 07, 2023

How a Cell Phone Can Save a Hunter’s Life

2023-07-06T08:46:33-04:00July 6th, 2023|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews|1 Comment

You always carry your cell with you every minute you are hunting, right? Do it, it could save your life. Let’s say you’re hunting in new mountains or woods and get turned around or full-blown lost…. Suppose you’re climbing a rock ridge, slip and fall, and break your ankle…. You get chest pains… Or heaven forbid you fall out of a tree stand or off the ladder and are seriously injured and about to lose to consciousness. In an emergency, there are 2 ways your cell can get you help in a hurry. SOS Message Swipe the SOS slider on your iPhone and it will automatically call the closest local emergency number and share your location with emergency services. After [...]

14 06, 2023

Number 1 Tick Prevention Tip

2023-06-14T09:24:11-04:00June 14th, 2023|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews, Hunting News|Comments Off on Number 1 Tick Prevention Tip

Over the next few months, we’ll be outside hiking, fishing, scouting deer, setting trail cameras and otherwise having loads of fun in the outdoors. We sure don’t want a nasty tick ruining the party, and possibly infecting us or loved ones with Lyme or another disease, so read on. According to Dr. Thomas Mather, Tick Expert at the University of Rhode Island, the biggest mistake you can make is not wearing tick-repellent clothing. “Ticks are out there, and they're likely to get on you if you go into their habitat. (Wearing) permethrin-treated clothing, especially socks and shoes sprayed with permethrin, is the easiest way you can help repel ticks and potentially keep them from biting you. It's essential to take all preventive measures. [...]

8 02, 2023

How To Make A Hunting Cabin Weather Resistant

2023-02-06T08:59:57-05:00February 8th, 2023|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews|Comments Off on How To Make A Hunting Cabin Weather Resistant

Thanks to Ryan Reed-Baum of Trulog Siding for this guest post: Hunting cabins are typically located in areas that get an ample amount of bad weather. You don't want a new cabin to begin to deteriorate after two seasons, which can happen if you're not careful. Many cabins are in regions that deal with a lot of snow and winter weather. This means a lot of snow-weight on your roof, a risk of freezing pipes and potential damage to windows and other portions of the property. In the summer, the heat mixing with humidity can lead to rot and mold inside and outside your cabin, which can make staying there not only uncomfortable but also a biohazard. Sealing a cabin [...]

30 01, 2023

Are Climbing Tree Stands Still Popular?

2023-01-25T08:25:55-05:00January 30th, 2023|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews|Comments Off on Are Climbing Tree Stands Still Popular?

The fat 4-pointer glided in below my perch, young muscles rippling in the morning sun. I pulled the Bear and the aluminum arrow sliced the air. Thwack, the buck mule-kicked and bolted. When I heard him crash, I shinnied down the tree, stepped out of the boot straps and over the bottom of the metal platform and went and got my deer. A fine November day in the early 1980s, back when life and hunting were slower and simpler. That fork-horn was the third deer I’d killed that season with my old wheel bow from the same climbing stand fixed to the same hickory tree. A decade earlier a man called Baker had introduced the first climber to the market. [...]

11 04, 2022

10 Questions For Tick Man Dan

2022-04-11T11:06:11-04:00April 11th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews, whitetail deer|Comments Off on 10 Questions For Tick Man Dan

Dan Wolff, aka “Tick Man Dan,” specializes in education for the prevention of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases. Good info to remember in tick season as we venture out to shed hunt, turkey hunt, hike to a fishing hole or do deer-habitat work. Big Deer: Everybody hates ticks. Just what are these nasty things? Tick Man Dan: Most people think ticks are a kind of insect. They’re not. Technically, they’re classified as arthropods and, more specifically, as acarines, which place them in the same group of bugs as spiders and mites. Practically, however, what defines ticks is that they are obligate blood feeders (blood is all they feed on). A special feature of most ticks is that they typically [...]

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