Big Woods Bucks Blog

September 18, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: The Good Old Days of Deer Hunting with Connecticut Carl

Hal and Lee are sitting down with friend and legendary big woods buck hunter Connecticut Carl to go through his treasured photo album and hear the ...

September 17, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Hunting the Backcountry | How to Access More Big Woods

Dave and Denny share their decades of experience tent hunting the backcountry and dialing in their remote campsites to help YOU find and setup kill...

September 14, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Henry Big Woods Bucks Carbine: Fully Customizable Setup

Mark's here to go over the variety of accessories that let you easily set up your Henry Long Ranger Big Woods Carbine so it works best for you.

September 14, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Pretty Boy | Hal Blood's Stories From The Trail

Hal was in the right place at the right time, but he still had to make the shot! Another 200lb buck in the books. This is the story of Pretty Boy.

September 11, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Remington 760 and 7600 pump action rifles | Big Woods classics

Hal and Lee know pump gun history more than most, and they have some fine samples here to take you through the progression of the Remington pumps. ...

September 07, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: The Hog Buck - Hal Blood's Biggest Maine Buck | Stories From The Trail

There's no big secret to how this buck got his name. This is the biggest bodied buck Hal has ever shot in Maine, and there's a great story to how h...

September 04, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Preserving the Trophy | What Hunters Need to Know about Taxidermy

Whether you're hoping for your first wall-hanger this season or trying to add one more to an already-full wall, you're sure to learn some interesti...

September 01, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: How Barnes engineers made the Big Woods Bucks Harvest Collection

Mark and Hal met with Mitchell at the NRA Show this spring to talk about the Big Woods Bucks Harvest Collection ammunition. The Barnes Harvest Coll...

August 31, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Fat Horns | Hal Blood's Stories From the Trail

On the track of this big bodied and big antlered buck, Hal learned another valuable lesson about how to adjust his strategy when the buck is with a...

August 28, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Servicing the Savage 99 with Lee Schanz

Lee knows and loves his Savage 99s and in this video he shows you how to disassemble, maintain and protect the various models across the years to k...

August 24, 2026 Scott Gaillard

VIDEO: Hal Blood's Sandwich Buck | Stories From The Trail

Hitting the grunt tube between bites of his sandwich Hal had this beautiful 9-pointer come in to check him out. But it wasn't just dumb luck. Hal k...

August 20, 2026 Brian Connor

Big Woods Bucks and Barnes Ammunition: Partners Making a Classic Even Better!

Big Woods Bucks and Barnes Ammunition Partners Making a Classic Even Better! by Mark Scheeren Many of you may have read my articles on the history...

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