Big Deer Blog

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 [...]

Got this from longtime blogger Greg in Oklahoma: Mike: I thought you'd like to see some photos of a giant that was taken (in late November) in Oklahoma. It has been officially measured at 230 7/8" gross green. The neighbors apparently had been watching the buck for 3 years. I don't know the huntress, but I saw the photos on an Oklahoma Bragging Board Facebook page. Hoping to get in touch with this lady for the full story of this monster!

Thanks to our friend Wren for this hunt report from deep in the Brush Country: As for this awesome drop, Wren wrote,” Thought about you when I saw this buck one  Saturday recently. Based on buck activity we have observed I am betting on the rut peaking early in our area. Does getting harassed and staying in the brush, avoiding open senderos. Older bucks showing aggressive behavior, lots of scraping, rubbing antlers / fighting scrub brush, have seen several pretty serious fights between mature bucks. It’s early for us to be shooting trophies, we are focused on meeting our management numbers now. Looks like a great year for racks in the Brush Country!" Jake Degeyter of Atchafalaya Taxidermy sent Wren the picture of this [...]

This is perhaps—no, make that definitely—the most unusual Christmas decoration I have ever seen, but in a weird sort of way I think it’s kind of cool. The lady who posted this picture to Facebook told NBC Montana that reaction has been mixed. "A lot of people were just like, 'Well, be glad it's dead. You don't have to worry about it eating your pets...but I don't know. To me, it's morbid, it rings of animal cruelty.” But Sanders County Sheriff Tom Rummel says the hanging animal is perfectly legal. For one thing, a coyote is a predator (and a deer killer) and not a game animal. The lawman went on to say that because the coyote is already dead, it’s not an issue of [...]