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9 08, 2017

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Rules for Transporting Deer Across State Lines

admin2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00August 9th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science, Mule Deer|1 Comment

I recently attended the National Deer Summit and was struck by the dire reports of CWD that came from the country’s top deer scientists. Map Source: Tennessee WRA To a man and woman, all the experts agreed that CWD is the most serious threat to our deer herds and hunting that we’ve faced in decades, and possibly ever. To a person they said the thing we must do to stop the spread of CWD is to immediately monitor and restrict the movement of deer and deer parts across state lines. First is to immediately stop the interstate transport of live deer to penned facilities, something that does not affect the 99.9% of us that hunt wild deer. Second is to [...]

4 08, 2017

2017 EHD Tracker: Deer Disease Reported in SE Kentucky

admin2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00August 4th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|4 Comments

It’s that time of year again when hunters and wildlife managers nervously wait and see if Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease will hit their region, and if so how bad of a deer-killing year it will be. EHD, which is transmitted to whitetails by biting midges, typically occurs from August through October, until the first frost in an area kills the midges that carry the disease. Let’s hope this year’s first reported case of the disease, in Kentucky in July, is random and not a harbinger of bad things to come across the U.S. later this summer. This is the first reported outbreak of EHD in the Bluegrass State since 2007. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officers say a dozen sick and dead [...]

26 07, 2017

2 Monster Roadkill Bucks

admin2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00July 26th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Seems like I have seen an inordinate number of deer hit and killed on the roads this summer, what about you? Every auto deer kill is a shame, but the 2 below really hurt. This 200" plus non-typical was reportedly killed in the Fort Campbell area of Kentucky. I bet the hunter(s) who were scouting that giant are sick. I bet trail-cam pictures of this deer will surface soon. Word is this cool buck was found roadside in Indiana. In addition to the rack, beautiful dark face. This buck died weeks ago, his rack would have grown a bunch more now.

24 07, 2017

Trail-Camera Tuesday, July 2017

admin2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00July 24th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

This buck just showed up on a VA farm I hunt, don't know what spooked him. Big split brow on left! Heavy VA buck going through that same little gap between 2 cornfields--one of best setups for a camera--gonna be a 9-pointer. Martin sent this top-quality image from his Spartan camera. I have begun using these cameras exclusively this summer, and am impressed, especially with the Spartan Go Cam (powered by Verizon in my case) which sends images to an app on my phone. Look for these cameras and images on BIG DEER TV. From one of my Spartan cameras in a secret spot, see if you can make out that buck coming in from 12 o'clock. He looks and [...]

21 07, 2017

Summer Whitetail Fun: 10,000 Trail-Cam Pictures, 30 Bucks!

admin2020-06-10T09:16:11-04:00July 21st, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Science|Comments Off on Summer Whitetail Fun: 10,000 Trail-Cam Pictures, 30 Bucks!

I have been swapping emails with one of our bloggers who has a very unique situation going on with his local whitetail herd. So unusual that even super deer biologist Grant Woods is impressed. From our hunter, who has 2 cameras out: I got more than 5,000 pictures in the month of June alone and most of them were bucks. This leads me to believe that our property is the summer home for the majority of the bucks in the area. There are easily over 30 different bucks that I am getting pictures of every day. I only have 2 cameras up, and they are only 250 yards apart. I checked them again recently, and one camera had another 1,066 [...]