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11 03, 2013

Ohio: Long-Tined Bow Buck, 166”

admin2020-06-10T09:23:37-04:00March 11th, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|2 Comments

Kyle Danflous, whose son, Devin, shot a 200-class giant with a 20-gauge shotgun in 2011, tells us about the big buck he killed with his bow last fall: Hey Mike: On the morning of Oct. 20th I slipped into my blind around 6:45, a good 45 minutes before legal shooting time here in Ohio. It was rainy with a good overcast, so conditions were actually favorable. I hadn’t seen a thing until this guy came in at 7:45. I’m certain he was cruising for does. He came by in a light prance, and when he neared bow range I gave a soft grunt. He stopped at 15 yards, and I released the arrow. I knew I made a good shot, because I [...]

9 03, 2013

Turkey Gobbler Toilet

admin2020-06-10T09:23:38-04:00March 9th, 2013|BigDeer|2 Comments

I saw this on Facebook. Cool or weird? Or both?

8 03, 2013

RARE Trail-Cam Photo: Florida Panther!

admin2020-06-10T09:23:38-04:00March 8th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Management, Predator Hunting|120 Comments

Look what longtime BIG DEER blogger Vinnie got on one of his cameras: Here is something you don’t get on your trail cam every day…a FL panther! I wish I would have got his or her head in the picture though. Very, very rare. Odds on getting one on camera, especially in daytime? Just doesn’t happen very often. Rare is an understatement, I’d say astronomical. According to Wikipedia, in 2011 there were but an estimated 100 to 160 Florida panthers living in the wild.

7 03, 2013

New Jersey Public-Land Buck

admin2020-06-10T09:23:38-04:00March 7th, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Management|12 Comments

Longtime blogger Jeff Herrmann filed this recap of his 2012 season: I do not have access to private land here in New Jersey, so I am limited to hunting public land. If that were not challenging enough, I decided to limit my hunting to a compound or crossbow last season to take advantage of opportunities where gun hunting would not be allowed. The season started off well with several decent bucks on my cams. When I say “decent bucks” I am referring to public-land bucks in NJ which are hunted for 6 months a year. On the public properties few bucks live past 2.5 years old; average rack scores often top out in the 100” range. I hunted 2 to [...]

6 03, 2013

Kansas: Monster Buck Dead from EHD

admin2020-06-10T09:23:38-04:00March 6th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Science, Shed Hunting|939 Comments

From the Buckmasters Facebook page: Buckmasters and the BTR announce the biggest buck of 2012! We verified this is a wild, free-roaming buck and not an escapee from a deer farm. Unfortunately, it was the victim of EHD and found by someone in Kansas who wishes to remain anonymous, recovered with an official salvage tag.