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3 12, 2015

Hard Work, Good Management Pay Off For Virginia Hunters

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 3rd, 2015|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management|8 Comments

From our friend KClap in southern Virginia: Hello Mike: Awhile back you posted our story of the 6 of us, all still-hunters, and our food plot strategies. Well, we had an awesome year! Happy to share I caught up with this 10-pointer named "Zeus.” Shot him with my Remington .270 as he chased does hard opening morning. My wife, who just started hunting last year, took this nice buck with a muzzleloader the day before. So proud of her! While I'm grateful for what came my way, I was most happy when I heard her shoot! Her smile says it all. She worked her tail off all summer, planting food plots, cutting trails, fighting chiggers, ticks and poison ivy, all [...]

2 12, 2015

3-Legged Deer: Shoot or Not?

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 2nd, 2015|BigDeer|8 Comments

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 [...]

2 12, 2015

Ohio: Police Rescue Bucks in Cistern

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 2nd, 2015|BigDeer|Comments Off on Ohio: Police Rescue Bucks in Cistern

        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 [...]

30 11, 2015

Wisconsin: Fond Du Lac Giant Buck, 183!

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00November 30th, 2015|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, Deer Guns & Loads|4 Comments

Hello Mike: Kieran Weed here, big fan of your show. Got this monster opening morning 11/21/15 at about 9:30 am in Fond Du Lac County WI. Jumped him out of a patch of grass in the middle of a 300-acre bean stubble field. 3 shots with my .300 WSM and he was down. 18 scorable points, green scores 183 5/8. Awesome buck Kieran, way to go man! As the season winds down, everybody send more big-deer photos and stories for me to post and share.

27 11, 2015

Tennessee Hunter Battles Health Issues, Shoots First Bow Buck

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00November 27th, 2015|BigDeer|2 Comments

For a couple of years I’ve been emailing with Cory S., a dedicated hunter and family man who has endured years of hospital visits and surgeries with a positive and inspirational spirit. I am happy to report that this year Cory was finally able to get back in the woods, and he was rewarded with his first bow buck. Way to go man, you deserve it. Click here to read the story of Cory’s hunt.  

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