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29 03, 2018

Weird: When Legs Grow Out A Deer’s Body!

admin2020-06-10T09:15:54-04:00March 29th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|Comments Off on Weird: When Legs Grow Out A Deer’s Body!

A guy emailed this picture of a deer with legs growing and flopping out its back. Don’t know when or where it was shot. I’ve seen it before, so it was a few years ago. Photoshop? Looks legit to me. From the scant research I could find on this type of genetic abnormality, scientists say on the very rare occasion when legs grow out of a deer's body, they were likely those of a twin that didn’t form all the way. According to this QDMA post this is most likely a case of a “parasitic twin.” Twin fawns probably began to develop inside a doe, but the twin embryos did not completely separate and one of them stopped developing normally. [...]

26 03, 2018

Why Are Fewer People Hunting in 2018?

admin2020-06-10T09:15:54-04:00March 26th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|2 Comments

A survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals that only 5% of Americans age 16 and up hunt. That's half of what it was 50 years ago. The number of licensed hunters, most of them deer hunters, dropped from 14.2 million in 1991 to 11.5 million in 2016. Most disturbing, the decline is expected to accelerate over the next decades. Why fewer of us? I have my suspicions and government agencies and wildlife organizations have their theories, but I wanted information from real-life hard-core hunters, so I did a little Twitter/social survey. It’s far from scientific, but pretty darn representative I believe. Loss of Access By far the number one reason fewer people are hunting, especially east of [...]

22 03, 2018

Pennsylvania Bill: Increase Penalties for Trail-Camera Thieves

admin2020-06-10T09:15:54-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

Lancaster Online reports that State Representative Neal Goodman (D-Schuylkill County) recently introduced House Bill 484, which would increase penalties for any low-life who would steal another hunter’s trail camera. Under the proposed bill the theft of a cam would be added as a specific crime within Pennsylvania’s Game and Wildlife Code. Moving trail cameras to the wildlife code would allow a hunter to report the theft of one to state a wildlife conservation officer, who could then investigate the crime. Currently, the theft of a cam in Pennsylvania (and most other states I assume) must be reported to local or state law enforcement, who as Lancaster Online rightly points out “certainly have lots of more pressing issues to deal with.” [...]

19 03, 2018

Is This Lion Zebra Fight Best Taxidermy Ever?

admin2020-06-10T09:15:54-04:00March 19th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Is This Lion Zebra Fight Best Taxidermy Ever?

I was looking back through my archives and found this photo, which was sent to be by a reader one time: Mike, I don't know anything else about this other than it is cool as hell! The message with the picture read: From the World Taxidermy Championship. Notice how carefully this was put together...look at each angle and consider, there are no ropes or lines holding any of this up. The lion is held up by its tail, where it contacts the zebra leg, and the entire mount is supported by the zebra’s back leg. Pretty amazing. Yes, cool as hell. Might be the best taxidermy work I’ve ever seen.

13 03, 2018

Iowa Lady’s 251 7/8” Muzzleloader Monster Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:15:54-04:00March 13th, 2018|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on Iowa Lady’s 251 7/8” Muzzleloader Monster Buck

Today’s guest blog from Dave Nennig, who provides a follow-up on the giant velvet buck his wife Lyla shot with a muzzleloader in Iowa in December 2016. Dave believes "The Freak" remained in velvet that year because he was wounded by a neighboring bowhunter the previous season. After 14 months of having “The Freak” at the freeze dryer and taxidermist, and looking for someone to officially score him, the deer was finally measured last weekend at the Iowa Deer Classic. The Freak had 28 scorable points and a gross score of 268 6/8, with a net of 251 7/8 non-typical. Just an amazing animal! From what we have been told, it is probably the largest buck taken in the State of Iowa [...]