Big Deer Blog

This guest blog is from Oklahoma hunter and craftsman Robert Nichols, who does some of the best skull-antler carving I have ever seen. Robert is raising his boys right: Mike: This is my son Ethan Nichols. He's 13 years old and I wanted to share the story of his first buck. Ethan has hunted hard for the last 5 years. He's had several missed opportunities and has even passed on a few deer because they weren't bigger than his brother’s buck! Priorities! Well, on the last evening and in the last few minutes of the 2014 Oklahoma Youth Rifle Season his patience finally paid off in a great way. The buck crossed an opening next to a tree line, giving Ethan a glimpse [...]

On September 29 I posted this blog on the velvet monster that Kentucky hunter Jeff Fogle shot with his bow earlier last month. The other day Jeff sent me an email with these pics: Just got my buck back from the taxidermist! Green scored 184 2/8". Most amazing taxidermy work I've ever seen. I wish it was possible to capture all the detail in the pics. I wrote Jeff back and asked how in the world he got his buck back so quickly. He said: My taxidermist is quick! Mine was the first deer of the year for him. He only takes 20 a year. He would've had it done in 2 weeks if he hadn’t had to soak the velvet [...]

  From longtime BIG DEER blogger Cory S.: Hey Mike! Wanted to pass along a pic of what happened a few hours ago. My wife and I were driving with my daughter when a doe suddenly crossed in front of us. Apparently she was "hot" because a couple of seconds later a massive 10 pointer exploded out of the woods and took the car out! The buck bounced off, got up, looked at us like we were crazy and then got back the chase for the doe! Incredible animals I tell ya! We are all ok. Olivia was a mess and crying though, she thought she had hit and killed the deer. My daughter and I told her the buck was [...]