The really big news from Canoe Country this fall was rain, rain and more rain. We basically went from drought stage to flood stage in six weeks. Funny...

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 The early moose season had brought cold temperatures and a blustery northwest wind. I was walking along a grown-in alder road with my two client...

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We had been hunting for about 8 days on the same 3” of snow we had when we arrived in Ontario. Kevin had been hunting on his own and I had been ...

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This article was written by Rollie Johnson who is a friend of Stu Osthoff. Look at any Fisher or McKenzie map, and the dominant feature that we ar...

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"The BloodLine" From the left:: Kevin Harrison, Lee Libby,Tom Hamilton, Hal Blood, Chris Dalti, Mike Stevens, Lee Schanz. Absent is Mike Feathersto...

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As much as I enjoy paddling into canoe country for wilderness fishing adventures, I love wilderness big game hunting even more. A paddle-in BWCAW deer...

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       Presents                               ...

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 Preparing for an upcoming hunting season for most means sighting in the rifle/shotgun, packing the truck and heading for the woods. We learned a...

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Like most of the BWB pro-staffers, my passion for buck hunting is like an obsession. I read about it, think about it, teach about it and do it! &nb...

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     You've dreamed about it, saved up for a year or more and finally think the time is right and your ready. I hate to say it, bu...

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     Well here we are half way through turkey season. I am hearing reports all over that the toms are all hened up. I am also hear...

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THE BUCK HUNTER May 2011  As usual when spring has sprung in most of the state, the North Country still seems more like winter. Hopefully old m...

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     Recently, I was watching a popular hunting show, where the host was talking about hunting accomplishments based on the weapon...

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            May 2011 Client Antler Shed Hunt (Found 10 in a 1 1/2 days)  In t...

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It was youth day of the 2005 turkey season. My two sons and I had walked along a huge field, sitting down in the early morning darkness waiting for th...

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Last week, we southern Mainers got 6-10 inches of snow, depending on your zip code. Poor man’s fertilizer, April Fools or winter’s last st...

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My name is Deb Dalti.  I have been around a hunter for about 28 years.  The Vice President and co-owner of Big Woods Bucks, Chris Dalti, is ...

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Maine Government News MDIF&W: Preliminary 2010 Deer Harvest Numbers Show Increase March 4, 2011 Inland Fisheries & Wildlife MAINE DEPARTME...

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I have a tip or more like a reminder to share which is specifically geared towards this time of the year but what I think will help you kill a buck ne...

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With turkey hunting just around the corner, we’re all getting our gear ready and dreaming of the hotspot we hunted last year and will it produce...

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The window in my office is open, allowing the warm near-spring air to blow through the curtains. The crows are yakkin’ up a storm in the distanc...

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Hot temps, rain, freezing rain, snow squalls and predawn snow are all weather conditions that can mess up your days hunt while searching for the ...

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Finally some early snow! The deer season around Jackman Maine started off with tracking snow in the higher elevations. I hunted on my own for a few...

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The results are in from the 2010 All Women's Bear Hunt sponsored by Remington Arms and Cedar Ridge Outfitters and it was a huge success. 5 of the 8 wo...

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Get out the Bow….

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Sound Advice

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  Well, turkey season has come and gone. The BWB crew is still reaping the rewards of the season, as Big Woodie has his hands full, editing ...

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  Well, it looks and feels like summer has settled in on our turkey season. Today, the temps reached the high 80’s and more of the same for the n...

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A Word from Hal             About 20 years ago, when fanny packs were first getting popula...

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  5-24-10     Hi Folks,   Pro-staffer Kevin Harrison and I haven't had a free moment lately because we have so many oars in ...

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Orchard Long Beard It’s hard to believe the 3rd week of turkey season is here. We haven’t been hearing much gobbling in our haunts the last 4-5 days....

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Hey folks, as always thanks for stopping by BWB website. Well, the turkey season is in full-tilt-boogie with longbeards falling like bowling pins on a...

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4/29/2010:             Hey folks, I know some of you were looking for a little video footage f...

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4/28/2010            Well it’s down to 3 days until Youth Day here in Maine. The weather has become...

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Hey folks, sorry for the gap between turkey reports. I have moved to another house and all the duties that surround moving have cut into my turkey sco...

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     Big Woods Bucks is proud to introduce the members of our Pro-Staff to all of you. We invite you to click on the pro-staff pag...

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The crew here at BWB can’t stay out of the woods. For me, the arrival of spring and the sound of a gobbling tom gets me all revved up. I guide several turkey hunters each spring, allowing me to spend every spare minute in the field scouting for big gobblers. This thread will be the first of a handful from the woods of southwestern Maine where the birds are smokin’ hot, right now!!

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As all of you prepare to go afield during the upcoming turkey season, I want to make you aware of the fact there has been somewhat...

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 Hal’s 2009 Season I started off the 2009 deer season with our annual Ontario get away. After the long road trip out which always consists of ...

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Once again my deer season kick-off was our annual guide’s trip to Ontario in mid October. This year we drove, stopping at a motel for a six hour break to stretch out and get a few winks of sleep. All of us snorers slept but some of the other guy’s didn’t! We arrived at camp to find the weather quite warm. It stayed fairly warm for the seven days we were there, and we were hunting in shirt sleeves. Needless to say the big bucks were not moving around much. Buck sign seemed to be limited to small area where a buck was spending most of his time. Overall there was lack of buck sign. By the end of the week the consensus among the guys was that the warm weather was keeping them down and that there was definately less deer than usual. I asked the guy we rent the camp from about the previous winter and he said it was colder and snowier than usual. Since a lot of the deer in that area don’t yard up, there was a pretty good winter kill. Everyone in camp saw a few bucks, but not many real big ones. There were a couple of missed shots, but I won’t mention any names! I never saw a buck that I was interested in shooting but the highlight of my trip was my son Gary shooting his first 200lb buck. He shot a nice heavy horned six point with no brow tines the first morning out. It was Gary's first trip with us. He had just returned from serving his country in Kuwait so it made it extra special.

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Preserving the memories of your hunt with quality photos in the field

As I write this column at the beginning of April, the weather is showing signs that spring is finally coming to the North Country. Yesterday I was outside in a tee shirt washing the road salt off from the vehicles. It was fifty degrees and sunny, a welcomed break from winter. We’ll still have some cold days, but hopefully there will be a lot more warm ones to come. The deer seem to be doing better around here. We got a hard crust on the snow in early March that allowed the deer to walk on top of the snow. It was a blessing for the deer as they have been able to wander around and get at food that they hadn’t been able to get at all winter. I’m still seeing quite a few of last year’s fawns and they look to be in pretty good shape. I’ll be praying that the snow disappears in a hurry.

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Last fall I started writing about points to make us all better deer hunters. I had the most comments on persistence. Many of you agreed that it was the most important thing to have and also agreed that it was the hardest thing to do. This month I'm going to talk about the one thing that will help you have more persistence and that is, practice. There are lots of thing to practice, to help in becoming a better hunter as well as making persistence a lot easier to have. Many hunters just grab there gun and head into the woods on opening day in hopes of shooting that monster buck, without any thought given to what it might take other than luck. If you rely on pure luck when you after the old moss horns, you'll never be a regular at the tagging station.

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Last month I said that I was going to start covering some deer hunting topics, to hopefully help you get zeroed in on a good buck. I thought I'd start out with what I consider the most important thing a deer hunter needs to understand and commit to in order to be consistent at tagging a buck and that is “persistence”. I've written about it before but I feel so strongly that this is the key to success that I'm going to really try and get you to understand the importance of it. Without persistence you are leaving a lot to chance or luck. Webster's defines persistence as: to refuse to give up, especially in the face of opposition. To continue insistently, to endure, remain. Of all the successful deer hunters I know, this is the trait that they all have in common. Whether they are stand hunters, still hunters, or trackers these hunters persist when other hunters would have given up.

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