Deer Hunt by Big Buck Registry

As hunters, we don't consider poachers to be hunters.  Sure the activities may look similar to the non-hunter, but there are vast differences in the approach of taking game.  The obvious difference, is that a hunter does the hunt legally, the poacher illegally. But how do law abiding hunters keep the ill intent from messing up our clean image? You probably can't completely fix that problem, but th...

Bill Vale first joined us on Episode 216  and soon thereafter we were inundated with questions and requests to have Bill join us a second time.  Well, Bill is back.  Bill has recently launched a new project called Pressured Deer Pros where he has sought out and hand picked a group experts in different areas of hunting and then brought them to all together in one virtual location. Bill refers to th...

So let's say that one day you were told that you only had 2 years left to live. What would you're plan be? Amongst your other desires, my guess is that you would put together a plan to fulfill many of the hunts you've always wanted to do. The proverbial "bucket list" would quickly swing into full affect. Turns out, this is exactly what happen to Joni Marie, a native Alaskan who enjoys the all fert...

If the American Dream is to own your own house, then the American Hunter's dream is to own your own piece of hunting real estate.  But to achieve that dream we are often faced with the burden of financing, credit, and income especially if we're working the 9 to 5 job and living paycheck to paycheck.  According to Sean Asada, despite these perceived challenges, Sean says that you can do it, he did...

For some reason central Vermont is home to arguably some of the best deer trackers in country, especially when you throw the Benoit Family into the mix. Rodney Elmer is not exception to this.  I met up with Rodney at a hunting and fishing expo recently and in conversation quickly realized that Rodney was as much into the outdoor way of life as I am.  Rodney is well spoken and can speak intelligent...

Jeff Traynor is a professional trapper from New Hampshire and has a really good trapper's website at LiveFreeandTrap.com. We thought it might be interesting to explore the trapper's world and see how it could be relative to a deer management program. Jeff's mission at Live Free and Trap is to show us the world of modern fur trapping and all associated trades & activities revolving around trapping;...

When deer populations somewhere in Urban Town USA get out of control to the point where citizens complain about vegetation and landscape damage and an over abundance of deer-vehicles collisions, as a city government, what do you do? You could call a company like White Buffalo and have professional sharp shooters cull the herd, or perhaps go the steralization route like we witness on Staten Island....

Treestand safety is a hot topic. And it should be. Studies show that treestand accidents are by far the leader in serious injury or death to a hunter.  There have been some major advancements in safety though the years compared to the days when the hunter would limb climb a tree into a wooden built treestands.  The harness has also come a long way since the early days, the attachment straps aren't...

The archery industry is certainly flooded with bow manufacturers. There's not much to dispute there.  So if you are going to get in, you better be darn good. Scratch that, you better be great.  So where do you begin?  Enter stage left, Xpedition Archery.  Grown from their mother ship in the  aerospace industry, and after making parts for other well known bow manufacturers, Xpedition Archery starte...

When asked to be the Master of Ceremonies at a Deer Summit, you say "heck yes"!  Fred Allard, Director of the Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Expo, threw out the idea. On a cold January 2018 day in New Hampshire our own Jay Scott gathered along with Neil Pendleton, Todd Mead, Bobby Sholan, Rodney Elmer, Jim Gallagher, and Dean Vanier to discuss many concepts surrounding deer and deer hunting.   Amo...

Hunting in multiple semi-local states can be a huge advantage to a deer hunter, especially if some states hold longer seasons.  Henry Moncrief uses this to his advantage as he hunts Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine.  These states, despite their reputation for holding smaller racked bucks compared to the midwest for example, lower deer densities, and difficult hunting terrain, Henry...

Hunting outside of the United States summons the need for a new set of hunting styles and strategies, much like we see when looking at east  vs west hunting within the U.S. Ulrik Orskov is as passionate a big game hunter within his home country of Denmark and most of us are for whitetail or muleys.  At home Ulrik hunts the familiar European deer like fallow, roe, and red but often ventures to the...

As we approach 2018, we decided to look back on 2017 and discuss some of our favorite moments of the Deer Hunt Podcast.  And, by request from our listenership, we talk more about ourselves- who we are, where we're from, our hunting influences,  our goals, and we answer our own 10 rapid fire questions.  We tend to listen intently to our guests on this show , but rarely dive deep into who we are as...

Why do we hunt?  Why are we hunters? What makes us tick? For many reasons, these are questions that we should probably ask ourselves as hunters.  These are also the questions that Robbie Kroger has set out to answer as part of his Blood Origins project.  Through interviews with hunters and his own experiences, Robbie has discovered that we all have a connection in our roots to hunting, passed alon...

If you've ever explored the many hunting services that are available today you've probably had some experiences that left you wanting more, both on the front end and the actual hunt itself. This is exactly what drove Tony Caggiano to start Wold Slam Adventures while exploring a World Slam turkey hunt. Today Tony offers his knowledge and experience of hunting to those seeking a world class hunting...

Chancy Walters is a fisherman, a hunter, a wildlife artist, an entrepreneur, a cook, a traveler and a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie and storm chaser.  There's probably no shock to learn that Chancy is part of the Whitetail Adrenaline crew - the deer hunting film company lead be Jared Scheffler whose claim to fame is all public land hunting with no commercials, ads, or sponsors. Chancy prefers...

On a frosty November morning in 1979 a 9-point whitetail buck walked into Don Higgin's set. Don squeezed the trigger on his grandfathers Remington 12-gauge, the slug found it's mark.  A decade later Don acquired his grandparents small farm and he wasted no time transforming it into a whitetail paradise. After honing his craft, Don became a conservation contractor and transformed lots of the Midwes...

We wanted to know more about select tree cutting for deer habitat so we turned to our friend from the Quality Deer Management Association, Matt Ross.  The conversation became much more than a tree cutting exercise, as we explored the history of the QDMA, deer herd balance, proper doe to buck ratios, quantitative herd analysis, deer plants and overall deer habitat. Matt Ross is certified wildlife b...

When I first received an email from Ronnie Strickland, I wasn't sure, but I thought, could this be Ronnie Cuz Strickland sending in fan mail to our podcast?  Turns out it was Cuz.   Cuz has been around the outdoor industry scene for quite some time now.  You may remember the television show Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country back in the 90s.  I was a much a fan of that show back then as Cuz is a fan...

Danielle Halverson is 20 years old.  A petite frame, you would be hard pressed if you passed her on the street to think the words 'stone cold killer'.  But make no mistake, despite her age, looks, and demeanor, Danielle is a lethal bowhunter. It's interesting to interview today's younger generation and come across someone like Danielle who says she never stops thinking about deer hunting, guides f...

You are about to listen to a series of stories where the victims never thought they'd be lost. The vast majority of these stories have never been documented before at this level. Dave Paulides, author of the book Missing 411 - Hunters - Unexplained Disappearances, part of a series backed by the CanAm Project, decided to delve deeper and investigate a subset of missing persons, specifically those w...

In our last visit with Tim Gauthier in episode 166, we covered variety of topics including Tim's back story, his father's influence, his experiences filming and hunting all over the world, and some of his basic tactics. In this show, we dig a little deeper in ozone and how it's should be used, an ever changing outdoor industry environment and what that means to the Enforcer, more of Tim's tips and...

Seems like one of the most controversial topics amongst hunters these days is high fence hunting. So, we decided to take another deeper look into the subject, only this time with Shawn Smith from Texas. Shawn, along with his father Rowan, runs a high fence-low fence ranch, a deer breeding and genetics facility, and a deer fence manufacturing company. There are many permits involved in running a hi...

If you've shopped for a tree stand between 1996 and now, you may have noticed a sticker on the box or on the tree stand with the three initials, TMA - the Treestand Manufacturer's Association. This sticker seems to be attached to everything we buy relative to climbing a tree these days, but what the heck does in mean? Climbing a tree prior to 1996 really was all that saf  and certainly there was n...

Blake Alma has written for numerous outdoor publications, written 4 books, and hosts his own outdoor radio show. All because someone handed him a fishing pole when he was 13 years old. He fell for the outdoor way of life. Here's the kicker. Blake is only 16 years old.  In just 3 years Blake has accomplished more than many accomplish in a lifetime.  Blake is driven, isn't consumed by video games, a...