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3 01, 2025

Here’s How to Store Your Gear After Hunting Season

Clay Hanback2025-01-03T08:45:06-05:00January 3rd, 2025|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Hornady, Hunting News, Shed Hunting, trijicon|Comments Off on Here’s How to Store Your Gear After Hunting Season

I've taken a little time off to recuperate from a tough deer season and to enjoy the holidays with family. Now back at f0r 2025.--MH After the last deer hunt of the season in December or January, many of you toss your clothes, pack and other stuff in a heap in a backroom and don’t think twice about it for another seven or eight months, until it’s time to scout and bow hunt again. I used to do that too, but I’m more organized now. This week I’m spreading out my gear on the basement floor, and giving it a good once over while last season’s hunts are still fresh in my mind. Out with the Old Did you like [...]

17 12, 2024

The Perfect Ground Blind for Deer Hunting

Clay Hanback2024-12-11T10:13:59-05:00December 17th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Hunting News, Shed Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on The Perfect Ground Blind for Deer Hunting

I’ve frozen my fanny off way too many days in a tree stand in December. Nowadays when I’m desperately trying to fill my last tag I sit on the ground. It’s warmer down there, and if you set up right, you also have better hiding cover. The keys are to keep your blind small and tight, and to build it in just the right spot downwind of where you expect to see deer. Location: You can plop down anywhere and shoot a buck at 150 yards or farther with a .270. But when you’re using a slug-gun or a muzzleloader and hoping for an ideal shot of 100 yards and in, where you sit becomes more important. If you’re bowhunting, [...]

11 12, 2024

How to Shoot a Buck in December

Clay Hanback2024-12-11T10:07:08-05:00December 11th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Hunting News, Shed Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|Comments Off on How to Shoot a Buck in December

The calendar just flipped to December, and a buck tag is still burning a hole in your pocket. Most of your buddies have killed their deer, and you’re starting to worry. Maybe even panic. I’ve hunted hard like I always do every year…What am I doing wrong? Did I miss the rut? Will I get my buck? Take a deep breath and look at your predicament as an opportunity. You still get to roam the deer woods for a few more days, and the buck hunting is a lot better than you might think. Heed these tips to score at the buzzer. Post-Rut Plan I hunt in several states in early December, from Kansas to Oklahoma to Virginia. All over [...]

25 11, 2024

3 Michigan Hunters Die in Deer Woods

Clay Hanback2024-11-25T11:21:56-05:00November 25th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Hunting News, Shed Hunting, sportsman channel, whitetail deer|1 Comment

I recently wrote a piece for Realtree.com on the potential health risks of dragging out a dead deer, especially for us older guys. Emergency room physicians note that minor to serious injuries occur each season as lucky hunters drag out their deer... Unfortunately, that has become true once again as three older hunters (ages 57, 65 and 83) in Michigan recently died doing what they love. Two of the men suffered heart attacks as they dragged out dead deer, which is the top risks older hunters face. Cardiologist Dr. Bradley Serwer told foxnews.com that the risks associated with deer hunting include cold exposure, adrenaline surges and physical exertion. He went on to offer 5 tips to stay safe in the [...]

20 05, 2024

When Should You Harvest Does on Managed Land?

Clay Hanback2024-05-20T10:36:04-04:00May 20th, 2024|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Deer Science, whitetail deer|1 Comment

Most hunters shoot does for meat toward the end of the season, but should you be harvesting one or two skinheads (legal limit) earlier in the fall? Famous whitetail biologist Dr. Grant Woods says to consider this: “If does are removed during the first part of the season, usually before the rut, then there are fewer does for the bucks to expend energy on chasing, breeding, etc. In addition, the does harvested during the early season obviously won’t consume critical resources that the rest of the herd animals need to consume later during the winter months, when deer are often short of quality forage.” Grant says, and I agree, that hunters that wait till the end of season to shoot [...]