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6 11, 2019

Stalk A Rut Buck With Your Bow

Clay Hanback2020-06-10T09:14:52-04:00November 6th, 2019|BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Stalk A Rut Buck With Your Bow

You don’t have to wait until gun season to get out of a tree and stalk. One November day bowhunter Don Kisky, Iowa expert and host of Whitetail Freaks on Outdoor Channel, left his Iowa farmhouse with 5 steps in his pocket and a small lock-on stand on his back. He’d been seeing little deer movement from his best stands the last few days, and it was time to change it up. “When bucks are locked down with does and breeding them or getting ready to, many of them aren't in their usual core areas anymore,” he says. “That’s why the woods seem to go dead in mid-November and your stands go cold. Many bucks and does are away from [...]

4 11, 2019

Ultimate Guide To Whitetail Buck Scrapes

Clay Hanback2020-06-10T09:14:52-04:00November 4th, 2019|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Ultimate Guide To Whitetail Buck Scrapes

Bucks are hammering scrapes right now in the Virginia pre-rut and all over the country...perfect time for the ultimate guide on scrapes: It’s been 20 years since scientists at the University of Georgia's Deer Lab conducted a study on whitetail buck scrapes, and to this day it is regarded as the ultimate research ever done on the most alluring of all deer sign. The study’s findings are still relevant today, and will be 20 years from now. A scrape is a scrape right? Whether a buck pawed it 10 years ago or this morning or November 2040. THE PROJECT The 2-year study carries weight with me because it dealt not with captive deer, but with wild, free-ranging, hunted animals. It was [...]

1 11, 2019

Best Days To Hunt The November 2019 Whitetail Rut

Clay Hanback2020-06-10T09:14:52-04:00November 1st, 2019|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, whitetail deer|Comments Off on Best Days To Hunt The November 2019 Whitetail Rut

The best deer hunting begins this weekend across the East and Midwest and continues for the next 3 weeks, here are a few tips on the best times to go: November 4, 2019 First-Quarter Moon: Looking back to my notes and all the research I’ve done over the past 30 years it is fact that many huge bucks are killed every year during the seeking phase of the rut November 6-10. This is always a good week to take off work and hunt. Week of November 11, 2019: Full Moon: November 8 through 16 will be great for midday deer movement, especially if it’s cold. Expect to see some bucks up and moving from 10 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. Spend [...]

24 10, 2019

Arkansas Hunter Killed By Deer He Shot

Clay Hanback2020-06-10T09:14:52-04:00October 24th, 2019|Big Deer TV, Deer Hunting, Hunting News, whitetail deer|9 Comments

I have blogged several times over the years that a “dead deer can kill you,” so be careful when you walk up on a buck you just shot. Every time I do, some tough guys send me snide comments of how ridiculous that sounds, and what a wuss I must be. Really? From Ky3.com: “I’ve worked for the Game and Fish Commission for 20 years, and it’s one of the stranger things that’s happened," said Keith Stephens, the Chief of Communications with the agency. Officials said 66-year-old Thomas Alexander shot a buck with his muzzleloader while hunting near Yellville (Marion County). When he walked up to the buck, it attacked. “It got back up, and he had several puncture [...]

23 10, 2019

Breaking: Giant 2019 Bow Buck Could Be New Oklahoma Record

Clay Hanback2020-06-10T09:14:52-04:00October 23rd, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, whitetail deer|2 Comments

This photo is bombing around social media, for obvious reasons. The Sportsman Channel's Twitter reads: Absolute giant taken down in Oklahoma, possible new typical state record. Could this be close to the World Record? A beautiful and amazing typical that I believe will net 200. State record? Likely. Eclipse the Hanson Buck, which has held the top typical spot for more than 2 decades? I have seen and put my hands on Milo's deer, and I don't believe this Oklahoma deer will top it, but... If anybody knows the hunter and has more details, let me know. I'll be in Oklahoma in early December and would love to interview him and feature that amazing rack on Big Deer TV. I'll [...]