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5 09, 2013

Man Struck with Rage Broadhead

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00September 5th, 2013|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Hunting News|3 Comments

I shoot Rage and I have seen the damage it does to a deer, so I shuddered when I read this: TJ Cartwright, 23, was struck with an arrow in the cheek while hunting deer with three companions… Cartwright was taking video ahead of the hunting party when a buck began making its way across the field. As the hunters began positioning themselves to take a shot, Cartwright inadvertently ended up between the archer and the target. As the shooter, whose bow was drawn, attempted to throw the shot away, the arrow accidentally released. Cartwright stood and was hit. The broadhead lodged near TJ’s carotid artery. Surgeons worked for more than eight hours to remove it. "Even though he is [...]

15 08, 2013

Confirmed: Gray Wolf Shot in Kentucky

admin2020-06-10T09:23:22-04:00August 15th, 2013|BigDeer, Hunting News, Predator Hunting|Comments Off on Confirmed: Gray Wolf Shot in Kentucky

Back in March, James Troyer shot an animal while predator hunting on his family's farm in Hart County. He walked up and saw it was much larger than a coyote. "I was like - wow - that thing was big!" he recalled. "It looked like a wolf, but who is going to believe I shot a wolf?" Because a free-ranging wolf has not been seen in Kentucky for more than 100 years, biologists were skeptical. Troyer convinced Kevin Raymond, a biologist for the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources, to look at the animal. Once Raymond saw the animal was twice the size of a coyote he contacted furbearer biologist Laura Patton, who submitted samples to federal officials for DNA testing. [...]

26 07, 2013

Colorado: Man Applies for BB Gun Permit, Is Targeted By Police

admin2020-06-10T09:23:23-04:00July 26th, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Hunting News|Comments Off on Colorado: Man Applies for BB Gun Permit, Is Targeted By Police

I am posting this press release pretty much in its entirety because 1) it is so ridiculous; and 2) it is so downright scary. What is going on in Colorado and our country? Discharging a BB gun in the city limits of Grand Junction, Colorado is illegal. In order to try to rid his area of an invasive species, the Eurasian Dove, which Colorado allows to be hunted with no bag limit, James Shults requested a Discharge Permit to use a 30-year old Daisy BB gun to run the pest from his residence and from neighbors’ areas with their permission. After inspection of Shults' neighborhood by two police sergeants the Chief (whom Shults likes personally) refused the permit because the [...]

10 07, 2013

Biggest Threat to Deer Hunting

admin2020-06-10T09:23:33-04:00July 10th, 2013|BigDeer, Hunting News|13 Comments

A poll by huntersurvey.com found that 23 percent, or one in 4 hunters, lost access to private land they had hunted for years, or at least had their access to that land significantly restricted. Looking inside those numbers, 52 percent of the respondents who had lost access said their hunting time was reduced as a result; 11 percent said the loss of land/access kept them from hunting altogether. In short, they threw in the towel. Land changes ownership…properties are sold and subdivided…well-off sportsmen and clubs lease up ground--all reasons the average deer hunter is getting squeezed off the best lands with the best deer hunting. This loss of access is the biggest threat to whitetail hunting. How can we retain [...]

25 06, 2013

Best & Worst States for Gun Owners

admin2020-06-10T09:23:34-04:00June 25th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Hunting News|1 Comment

Guns & Ammo has built a list of the best (and worst) places to be a gun shooter/hunter. They based their criteria on state firearms laws, concealed carry, etc. As you might expect New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and California ranked dead last. Best gun states were Arizona, Alaska, Utah, Kentucky and Vermont (a mild surprise to me). My native Virginia ranked a disappointing 24, though I do not feel my rights as a gun owner have been squeezed in recent years, even though our state is becoming more liberal. Click here to read the list and see where your state ranks.