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28 02, 2014

Top Deer Pack: Timber Hawk Rut Buster

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00February 28th, 2014|BigDeer|Comments Off on Top Deer Pack: Timber Hawk Rut Buster

I used the Timber Hawk Rut Buster all over the country last fall and was impressed. One of the best daypacks for deer hunting I’ve ever used. Mid-size (not bulky but plenty of space), durable, comfortable (great shoulder straps), lightweight and quiet. Easy to stalk with or haul up in a tree stand and hang nearby. Some features I like: --2 small low front pockets, one perfect for rangefinder and/or GPS. --Small, fleece-lined top slot on back of pack for smartphone. --Deep main compartment for Scent Killer Gold bottle, spotting scope, lunch, etc. --Several small inner pockets and slots with zippers for flashlight, grunt call, etc. --Deep and accessible/adjustable rear pouch for spare coat, rattle horns, etc. --2 low side water bottle slots. [...]

27 02, 2014

Biggest “Cactus Buck” Ever?

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00February 27th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Science|6 Comments

I saw this photo on the Bowhunting.com Facebook and wondered: Is that sucker the biggest cactus buck ever? Although cactus bucks are rare, I’ve seen a good number of them over the years. But nothing approaching the gnarly mass that this one has. I have no idea where this freak was shot. Many people will think this buck had his balls injured or torn off (ouch!), but this explanation from Matt Knox (15th paragraph down), deer project coordinator for Virginia, fits to a tee: A unique male antler anomaly is a “cactus” buck. These bucks suffer from very low testosterone production due to hypogonadism or cryptochidism (i.e., their testicles are the size of a green pea or never descend from [...]

26 02, 2014

Washington Nationals’ LaRoche Kills Cougar with Bow and Arrow

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00February 26th, 2014|BigDeer, Bowhunting|2 Comments

I love baseball, I love spring training time and, being from Virginia, the Nationals are my second favorite team, and so I loved this picture and post that I saw on Brietbart. Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche said he got into bowhunting about 15 years ago and now he is obsessed with it. So much so that he recently carried his bow into the Colorado high country on a cougar hunt. "…you don’t want to screw that up, because that could go bad really quick, as you could imagine," LaRoche said. When you come up over the hill, and you’re eye-to-eye with that mountain lion…man, it gets your blood flowing….” As you might expect, animal rights whackos hassled LaRoche about [...]

25 02, 2014

Buck Sheds and Big Bass!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00February 25th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|4 Comments

BIG DEER friends and fans Zach and Ellie filed this field report: Hey Mike, the sheds are dropping in Southern Illinois around DuQuoin and the fish are biting! Awesome outdoor couple. Great bass Ellie! After this brutal winter, everybody needs to get outside and have some fun like this. The woods are fine this time of year.

24 02, 2014

Big-Buck Tip: Tweak Your Deer Stands

admin2020-06-10T09:23:04-04:00February 24th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science|2 Comments

Another finding reported at the Southeast Deer Study Group 2014: Researchers say adult bucks traveled 55 yards farther away from hunting stands on average at the end of the season vs. the beginning of the season. This further confirms something I have been blogging about and saying on TV for years: Mature bucks can learn your habits and pattern you. As the season progresses they see, smell and hear where you walk into the woods…where you climb into trees…where you walk out at midmorning or after dark… Then they skirt those stand locations to avoid you. I did a “Top 10 Tactics” episode of BIG DEER TV on Sportsman last year, and this strategy was #6: Change It Up. Say [...]