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25 01, 2018

Shed Hunting: What Killed That Deadhead Buck?

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 25th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Shed Hunting: What Killed That Deadhead Buck?

Shed antler season 2018 has officially begun, and people across the country are roaming the woods—and, it seems, finding an inordinate number of “deadheads,” or the carcasses of mature bucks that have been dead for weeks and more likely months. They are popping up everywhere on social media. Run across a dead buck and what comes to mind: What killed this animal? Lost by a bowhunter…hit by a car (ran off into the woods and perished)…attacked by a predator…succumbed to EHD last summer? Here are some interesting tips from the QDMA on how to examine a deadhead and possibly determine its cause of death. Also, while doing a rudimentary field autopsy on a dead buck is fine, remember that in [...]

24 01, 2018

2 Reasons a Mature Buck Avoids Your Trail Camera

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 24th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

My friend Graig Hale shot this great buck in Kansas one afternoon last December. It was the first time anyone had spotted this giant on the farm where Graig got him. Brian Helman of 180 Outdoors scouts incessantly and has incredible knowledge of the bucks that live on the leases and farms that he manages in southeastern Kansas. Brian went back through thousands trail camera pictures he’d captured last summer and fall—not one image of Graig’s buck. Then he and checked tens of thousands of pictures from 2016 and earlier—still no picture of the old buck. Generally whitetails in this type habitat—a perfect mix of corns, beans, food plots, oak strips and woodlots, and creek bottoms—have a home range of [...]

22 01, 2018

Best New Crossbows For Hunters

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 22nd, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Gear Reviews|1 Comment

Our friends at Petersen’s Bowhunting Magazine give us the specs on 6 new crossbows that were unveiled at the 2018 Archery Trade Association show. Since getting a good buck with a crossbow on TV is high on my bucket list—while I have killed my share of deer with vertical bows, I have never even shot a crossbow, much less bagged a deer with one—this article was of interest. Some one-liners that caught my attention--I did not realize that crossbow technology and engineering had come so far so fast: …the (Mission) SUB-1, so named for its ability to consistently deliver groups less than 1 inch at 100 yards. At just 6 inches wide, the Stealth NXT (pictured) headlines TenPoint’s next generation [...]

17 01, 2018

South Carolina: Blind Hunter Kills Deer

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 17th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on South Carolina: Blind Hunter Kills Deer

From North Carolina Sportsman: Michael Edmonds of Inman, S.C. lost his sight during an industrial accident about four years ago, and with the loss of his sight, he thought his hunting days were over. But on Dec. 22, he killed a trophy while hunting with a friend with some specialized equipment. “It was a very emotional day for me… Next thing I knew, I was sitting there crying… It was a big accomplishment for me,” he said. Read the full story here. Way to go Mike, you’re an inspiration…God bless and good luck.

10 01, 2018

BIG DEER TV Season 7 Coming Summer 2018 on Sportsman Channel

admin2020-06-10T09:16:08-04:00January 10th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|4 Comments

We're 80% wrapped filming another season of BIG DEER TV, and what a ride it has been once again. I don't have the luxury of hunting sprawling private farms, or high-dollar lodges. And that's fine. I don't want hunt like that. We travel around North America and hunt wild deer in woods and on farms that are very similar to those that you hunt. Like you, most days we don't shoot a buck. A few days we do get lucky. My show is all about real-world deer hunting with real-world hunters. At least once a year, I take a flyer and go hunt an area and a type of whitetail I've never hunted before. This year, in December, we went [...]