Big Deer Blog

Longtime blogger Necbone sent this: Hey Mike, shed season here in southern Illinois is in full swing. My little boy and I had a pretty successful weekend. Briar, who is just 4, found his first shed of the year. It's not the first one he’s ever found, but definitely his biggest. Keep up the good work Mike. Way to Briar…dig those binoculars buddy!

  Kevin Medlin didn’t have time to think about such things as rewriting Mississippi’s archery record book when a monster buck walked out of a thicket 50 yards from his stand on Nov. 11 in DeSoto County. “I didn’t even have time to get nervous,” Medlin said. “It all happened so fast. I guess from the time I saw him to the time I watched him crash down in a thicket wasn’t much more than a minute, if it was that long. It all happened that quick.” Read the full story here. http://www.ms-sportsman.com/details.php?id=2065

  From Fox News.com: Hunters across Louisiana are outraged after state health officials ordered a rescue mission to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because venison is not allowed to be served in homeless shelters. “Deer meat is not permitted to be served in a shelter, restaurant or any other public eating establishment in Louisiana,” said a Health Dept. official in an email to Fox News. “While we applaud the good intentions of the hunters who donated this meat, we must protect the people who eat at the Rescue Mission, and we cannot allow a potentially serious health threat to endanger the public.” A potentially serious health threat? The operator of the mission, a man named Henry Martin, said that [...]