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25 06, 2023

5 Tips For Family Camping

Clay Hanback2023-06-25T09:49:59-04:00June 25th, 2023|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, sportsman channel|Comments Off on 5 Tips For Family Camping

The 4th of July is right around the corner, and many families will head to campgrounds. Some things to keep in mind: Get the Kids Involved When you take kids camping, keep them busy and off their phones and portable gaming devices. Start out with a little required work—setting up the tent, collecting firewood, etc. Then move on to a whole lot of fun. Go hiking with your son or daughter, show him or her animal tracks, fish for trout or bream, etc. The more active your kids are the more fun they’ll have, and they more they’ll enjoy the outdoors and camping and want to go with you again. Fire Up Make sure open-air fires are legal and safe [...]

12 05, 2023

How to Lease Land for Whitetail Hunting

Clay Hanback2023-05-12T11:14:56-04:00May 12th, 2023|Big Deer TV, Deer Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on How to Lease Land for Whitetail Hunting

Here’s your practical and affordable way to get into the land leasing game—and shoot more and bigger bucks. My old college buddy Dave hunts a 22-acre brush-and-briar thicket within walking distance of his house in Kentucky. “Nobody else hunted that spot, but I figured it is close to the house, so I’ll ask permission and try it if I can,” he said. Dave got the okay from the landowner, and he has hunted the spot for the last several years. In October he sees mostly does, and the bucks came in November, piling into the cover to breed the does and to flee the booming guns on surrounding lands. The first season he hunted the place, Dave saw 4 shooters [...]

16 02, 2023

Mississippi Hunter Kills Famed Swimming “Buck 140”

Clay Hanback2023-02-16T11:19:18-05:00February 16th, 2023|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Mississippi Hunter Kills Famed Swimming “Buck 140”

In 2020 we reported on “Buck 140,” which amazed researchers with the Mississippi State Deer Lab as the GPS-collared deer left his home range in Mississippi and traveled into Louisiana, covering 40 miles and swimming across the mighty Mississippi River two times. "This guy is an extreme case of mobile personality on steroids," said one of the MSU researchers at the time. Turns out over the last 2 years, 140 walked more miles and swam the river 4 times on his cross-country migration! Alas, Buck 140’s traveling and swimming days came to an end one day last December when Mississippi hunter Trevor Martin pulled the trigger on the big-racked 8-pointer. “"I was so shocked," Trevor said. "I didn't even know [...]

8 12, 2022

Big Deer TV Road Trip 2022

Clay Hanback2022-12-08T13:41:39-05:00December 8th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, CZ-USA, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting, sportsman channel, trijicon, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Big Deer TV Road Trip 2022

Right now we're in the middle of a 3-week road trip filming for Season 12 of Big Deer TV on Sportsman Channel. I wanted to share a few photos with this update: I kicked things off in northwestern Oklahoma by shooting this beautiful 10-pointer (4.5 years old) with thick antler bases. He was pushing does all over the place and I finally stopped him with a loud eck and killed him with one 150-grain Hornady SST bullet. Rifle is the great new CZ model 600, mine in old-school .30-06, topped with the great Trijicon Huron 3X-9X by 40mm scope. Next up was my friend John Trull of Trijicon, who for several days hunted a [...]

12 09, 2022

2022 NSSF Congressional Report Card On Guns, 2nd Amendment

Clay Hanback2022-09-08T11:42:05-04:00September 12th, 2022|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, CZ-USA, Deer Guns & Loads, sportsman channel, trijicon|Comments Off on 2022 NSSF Congressional Report Card On Guns, 2nd Amendment

NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, released its 2022 Congressional Report Card, grading all 430 sitting U.S. Representatives and 100 U.S. Senators on key legislation that is of critical importance to the firearm industry, Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and America’s hunters and target shooters. “This scorecard is of vital importance to voters as we head into November elections. This tells voters exactly where their lawmakers stand on issues they care about like recreational shooting and hunting and the right to keep and bear arms,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “This nonpartisan scorecard reflects the voting record of each legislator. These grades indicate their public voting record as well as their sponsoring and co-sponsoring key [...]