Deer

Brian Hicks Hunts for the Bucks That Most Public Land Hunters Never See

In the fall, before the season begins, usually in September or October, I’ll plant oats, clover, chicory and Mossy Oak BioLogic. Before that, during the spring and fall, I’ll spend a lot of time checking my trail cameras and watching the bucks’ antlers grow. I want to try to stay in contact with the mature bucks I’ve found and the sheds I’ve located after the season.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, BioLogic

Brian Hicks on Using Hunting Pressure to Your Advantage on Public Lands

I like to know where everyone on public lands will be hunting each day of deer season. Although I can’t always know where everyone is hunting, I've been able to identify some places where hardly anyone hunts. I also like to know where the other hunters are, so I can hunt safely.

Big Game, Deer

Increase Your Odds for Taking Deer on Private Lands

At this time of the year, I’ll get a soil test on my property, prepare my ground to plant and plant cow peas. I'm very good friends with a wildlife biologist who has more than 50 years experience in managing whitetails in our section of Texas. So, I plant whatever he tells me to plant, and when he tells me to plant it. For a spring and summer crop in our area, my friend recommends

Big Game, Deer, Predator

Deer Management Is More Than Planting Green Fields

Once my trail camera pictures start showing me bucks with one antler or bucks with no antlers, I’ll go to the woods looking for sheds. If I'm hunting on my private 200 acres, I’ll search for droppings in my food plots. Also I’ll start hunting winter thermal cover areas on both my private land and U.S. Forest Service land I hunt. On public lands, I’ll check creek drainage areas and places where I find the

Big Game, Deer, Land Management

Brian Hicks Scouts Deer on Public Lands While He’s Hunting Turkeys

Brian Hicks lives in southeast Texas near Beaumont. He deer hunts about 200 acres of private lands and two different national forests each season. Both of the national forests that he hunts have heavy hunting pressure. Yet, each season he consistently takes older-age-class bucks that will score 120 to 150 on Boone & Crockett.

Big Game, Deer, Turkey

5 Reasons Supplemental Feed Should Be Part Of Your Whitetail Management Plan

For land and property managers trying to get the most out of their deer herd, food plots have proven to be a great way to increase the overall nutrition needed for optimal growth. Along with quality food plots, a supplemental feeding program can really help your deer reach their genetic potential. Most people who assume their deer have “bad genetics” would be surprised with the kind of deer they could grow if they had proper

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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