
Jake Bailey
Jake Bailey is a big-buck bow hunter from Perry County in Eastern Kentucky whose 186 1/8-inch velvet archery buck ranks among Kentucky's top deer, and a guest on Jim Strader Outdoors.
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Aug 24, 2026
8-23-2026: Big buck bow hunters Steve McMichael and Jake Bailey
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Jake BaileyGUEST
Yeah, usually I'll try to get them on some mineral through the summer and just get a feel for them through the summer.

Jake BaileyGUEST
And then we can't feed corn until August, so I start in August feeding corn just to – get the most deer activity try to see what's on the property and then obviously you go after the biggest deer on the property so but I usually try to get them on corn and then after I get them on the corn I try to pinpoint a bed or where they're bedding and then I'll get if I can get 150 200 yards from where he's bedding i'll try to cut him off and then once you find that kill spot as i call it you know you uh after you got if that kill spot you know when you go to hunt him you have to give him the wind you almost have to hunt the wrong wind and i mean i know that sounds a little crazy but You almost have to hunt the wrong wind, but that's where picking that right tree comes into play.

Ed MorrisHOST
These big deer that you typically have been killing, do you have a history with these deer? Have you seen them in previous years? You know they're in the area? Or are these deer that just kind of pop up that you didn't know was there?

Jake BaileyGUEST
I hunt a lot of different, because up until, you know, here in the recent years, we never had anywhere to hunt, really.

Jake BaileyGUEST
So I never really got a lot of history with a lot of the big ones that I've killed.
