Although I got my first drop-tine buck this year, I have NOT, it seems, satisfied my lust to shoot another one. Emails like this one from our friend and Montana trad bowhunter Luke Strommen still fire me up: Mike: Saw this buck in a house the other day and thought of you. Double drops and all kinds of cool points! The man that owned it found it at a local garage sale maybe 10 years back and bought it. It came from somewhere out here on the Milk River.
Today’s blog from North Carolina bowhunter Brad Duke, who had a dream season in 2014. This is the story of Brad’s second archery giant on BIG DEER! "I have been hunting Ohio for 4 years now, passing buck after buck, wanting a true giant. This past year my good friend Brian (we met in Ohio on a hunt one time) got hold of some very good property, so we leased it and set up cams in June. Right away had several shooters on camera-- wide ones, heavy ones, drop tines, you name it! Several hunts went by with no luck…until my November hunt on the 11th to 13th, when I had several pics of a buck we called 'The Wide 10' [...]
Special thanks to South Dakota hunter Kelly Kirsch for this awesome picture. Kelly told me he’d come up with an idea for his shed collection, and this tree blew me away. The shed tree made its debut last Christmas, and has now become official Christmas tree of BIG DEER! Thanks to all you bloggers for making 2014 our biggest traffic year yet for BIG DEER blog. And the TV show had great ratings too. I truly appreciate your support, and look forward to 2015 (we’re working on some cool new stuff). Merry Christmas and happy New Year. God bless you and your family…and if you’re still hunting a buck, good luck.—M.H.
Got these 4 emails and pictures recently: From Ronald: Mike, here’s a buck a good friend of mine shot during Ohio's Gun Season. From Josh M.: Mike, I really enjoy your show Big Deer TV. I thought you might like to see my biggest buck to date. A 155" gross taken on Nov. 25th in eastern Oklahoma. He gave me a shot when he came to investigate my snort-wheeze and grunts. My 15 year old son was with me on this hunt so that made it even more special to me. From Bob: Mike, this beauty refused to come in range during Iowa's first gun season. Unfortunately it’s just a 5 day season for non-residents. Best I can hope for is [...]
Two years ago I posted this blog on the 14-point typical monster shot by Dusty Gerrits in Fond du Lac Country one November day in 2012. It net-scored 189 3/8 inches, and at the time was the new state record. I was so impressed with that buck that the next summer I went up and filmed a BIG DEER TV segment with Dusty at his hunting cabin. This past October 11, a 13-pointer shot by Wisconsin bowhunter Adam Hupf edged out the Gerrits buck to become the new state archery record for typical bucks. After the mandatory 60-day drying period, the Hupf rack was panel-scored in Green Bay and measured an official 191 6/8 inches. Yesterday I got this email and exclusive [...]