Danny’s had his cams out for 2 weeks and says: “Got a couple decent bucks. Hopefully the big 10 hangs around for a few more months.” (I hope so too, that’s a good deer, great brows, with quite a bit more growing to do. Will be fun to track this buck and see if Danny gets him.) “The biggest surprise was the bear. We had heard rumors there was one running around, but didn’t really believe it. We believe it now!”
My friends at Mossy Oak filmed this evil serpent in Mississippi. If this doesn’t scare the @$%&@ out of you I don’t know what would. Great camera work, and whoever did the edit, good job. That creepy sound track makes it even creepier. Some 75,000 views on You Tube so far. Man I hate snakes.
I got an email from Steven, who had gone back through the Big Deer Blog archives and pictures and come to this conclusion: You try to make hunting out to be some great and honorable thing, but there is nothing great or honorable about what you do. Hunting is a joke unless you need the meat to survive. (Note: I paraphrase and clean up some of his language.) My first inclination was to tell old Steve to shove it, but I thought better of it and typed this response: I do not hunt to be great or honorable, just the opposite. For me hunting is a simple, spiritual and deeply personal pleasure. It is a part of how I was formed [...]
Season 2 kicks off tonight at 8 and 11 PM Eastern Time. Set your DVR and watch as I hunt for this 29-inch wide muley buck (I knew he was good, but not that wide). One lesson to take away from this episode: It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been hunting, a shooting opportunity can go south in a hurry. Stay as calm as you can, keep your wits and react, or big deer will get away from you in seconds. You’ll see what I mean. I love Wyoming, spectacular scenery and lots of game (you’ll see) and awesome people. If you want to hunt out there next fall, I highly recommend the fellow I hunted with on this show. [...]
If you haven’t cleaned your deer rifle in a while, and a lot of you probably haven’t, check this out. It’s the ultimate guide on how to do it.