A gentleman somewhere in the Midwest (where else?) has hit the mother lode, and has this symmetrical 10-point giant on his cam. Look at those brows, and the rack is still growing! Unique shot in the corn like that. Net Boone for sure, good luck to the hunter.
One of our bloggers just sent this. He heard it happened this morning somewhere in PA, but he can't confirm it. With social media and the way rumors fly, it could be anywhere. "But wherever its location, that is heartbreaking," he wrote. It sure is. Anybody seen this before and know more?
My friend and expert bowhunter Terry Drury typically hangs 3 to 6 tree stands in a 100-acre block of timber. Ideally you’ll spread out those stands to cover as much woods as possible, and to have options for different winds. But don’t force that. “If I’ve got 100 acres but only 25 of those acres are conducive to hanging stands with quiet and hidden access to and from them, I’ll do all of my hunting from maybe 3 stands set strategically around those 25 acres,” says Drury. “Most hunters naturally want to hunt and cover as many acres as they can, and in theory that is good thinking. But if you try to bull your way into tough, thick spots and hang [...]
Our friends Zach and Ellie from southern Illinois sent this picture of a buck they got from about 500 yards away. Ellie said, “We put our iPhone up to the spotting scope to capture this picture. How old do you think he is?” Well, what do you think: Is this buck 3.5 years old, 4.5, older? Remember, that rack will still grow for another month.
One time I shared a camp out West with a gun writer of some repute. He was retired military and rough around the edges, but a nice enough fellow and well-schooled in literature, politics and firearms/ballistics in particular. Having fired hundreds of rifles and a zillion test rounds over the years, the guy couldn’t hear squat, but he could shoot. I watched and spotted for him as he sighted his 7mm Mag. at 100 yards. I was impressed with his 1/2-inch groups, and I told him so. A couple days later he dragged in a nice mule deer buck. “How far?” somebody asked randomly. “542 yards,” the scribe bellowed proudly. He had missed with his first 2 “test” shots, but with [...]