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11 02, 2019

Deer Hunting Tip: Benefits Of Winter Scouting

admin2020-06-10T09:15:25-04:00February 11th, 2019|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

If you’ve got a free day this weekend or next, and if there is no snow on the ground in your area, go back out to the stands you hunted last fall, walk out from them in an ever-widening circular pattern and look for old sign. You will learn a lot about how deer used the terrain, structure, cover and wind when traveling from bed to feed 3 or 4 months ago. You will find spots where bucks rubbed and scraped the most. You will learn if you need to move your stand 50 to 100 yards…or maybe you’re in a good spot and should stay put…or maybe you should pull out of the area all together. All this will [...]

6 02, 2019

Are Crossbow Hunters Killing Too Many Bucks?

admin2020-06-10T09:15:25-04:00February 6th, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Hunting News|9 Comments

Back in 2014, I blogged that Wisconsin was the latest major whitetail state to permit the use of the crossbow during the regular archery season. Since then, the crossbow season in the state has run concurrently with the archery season, typically mid-September through December. One of the original complaints from traditionalists and vertical bowhunters at the time was that crossbow hunters would kill too many bucks. There is no denying that it is easier (and takes less practice) to kill a deer with a crossbow than with a compound or recurve. Well, 5 years later, with crossbow technology having increased tenfold, turns out those fears might have been warranted. WKOW in Madison reports that at a recent Wisconsin Natural Resources [...]

31 01, 2019

New York Hunter Mistakes Woman For A Deer, Gets Prison Time

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 31st, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Hunting News|1 Comment

I blog this as a reminder to look, think and analyze every situation before we pull the trigger: From Pennlive.com: It was a fatal mistake that left a woman walking her dogs dead and a deer hunter facing a prison stretch. The day before thanksgiving 2017, the hunter mistook the woman for a deer and shot. The hunter heard her screams and ran over to help, but it was too late. Court authorities and investigators said the shot rang out around 5:20 p.m., after legal shooting hours. The hunter plead guilty last October to criminally negligent homicide and was sentenced to one to three years in state prison, according to Erie News Now. The victim’s husband said he hopes the [...]

30 01, 2019

Saskatchewan Bowhunter Kills World-Record Mule Deer

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 30th, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Mule Deer|Comments Off on Saskatchewan Bowhunter Kills World-Record Mule Deer

On October 1, 2018, Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation member Dennis Bennett arrowed the deer of a lifetime in the Arm River area of Saskatchewan. This non-typical mule deer was panel measured by official Henry Kelsey measurers and scored 293 6/8. It has been declared a Henry Kelsey provincial record, meeting the minimum score of 200, surpassing the previous provincial HK record of 290 taken back in the 1920s. . Henry Kelsey and Pope & Young both use the Boone & Crockett scoring technique, with the difference being that Henry Kelsey uses the green score, whereas P&Y and B&C require a 60-day drying period. Pope & Young, which records animals taken by archery only, has declared Bennett’s deer a P&Y world record with a final [...]

24 01, 2019

Mississippi Woman, 101 Years Young, Still Shooting Deer

admin2020-06-10T09:15:26-04:00January 24th, 2019|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Photo Source: Clarion-Ledger The Clarion-Ledger reports that Bertha Vickers of Morgantown was having a tough season. She’d been seeing deer, but couldn’t close the deal. But her luck changed a few days after her birthday. Vickers celebrated turning 101 and was back in her hunting blind, hoping for a chance. She spotted a small doe. "I decided to wait for a bigger one," Vickers said. "Before long, a bigger doe came out and I shot. Read the full story to see what happened next. Bertha’s grandson skinned the deer, and she helped cut it up. "When you're as old as I am, you naturally think each one could be your last one, but I'm going to go as long as [...]