November 21, 2015. It was opening morning of the Fort Knox quota hunt. I climbed into my tree stand in my designated area and heard grunting and leaves crunching all around as I awaited daylight. As it got lighter, the deer movement stopped. Around 8:30 I caught a glimpse of movement and quickly saw a coyote sneaking through the thicket. I raised my 20-gauge Ultra Slug Hunter and fired a fatal shot on the coyote. About 9:10 a doe walked under my stand, and then nothing else till 9:45, when 6 does came running underneath me, chased by 3 bucks! Five of the does continued on, but one stopped and tried to hide in the thicket. The bucks were all over that thicket looking for her. The-cat-and mouse game went [...]

From our good friend Matt “Flatlander” Cheever, who has been with us on the BIG DEER blog since day one: Hi Mike, just got a picture of a three-legged buck, have never seen him in our area before so he’s traveled a ways to get here. Wondering what the other BIG DEER bloggers’ thoughts are? Shoot him out of mercy? Let him live as he’s made it this far and seems healthy? Both scenarios cross my mind and I’ll probably not know until he’s in front of me to see how he really looks on the hoof, but I’m curious as to what others think? I may never see him again but thought he was unique.  I’d like to see [...]

        From the Wickliffe Police Department in Ohio: This video is from November 10, 2015 at about 4:30 pm. Two patrol officers were able to pull two deer free from a cistern full of bitter cold water located in a wooded area near Interstate 90 and Bishop Road. An area resident filmed the event and passed the footage on to us. We thought we would share it as it highlights some of the more unusual things an officer is called to do. Not much else to say as the video speaks for itself, but I should mention that the cistern has since been covered and is no longer a hazard. This is great, kudos to these officers [...]