Hey Mike, another good year on the home place property in Kansas for my son Zach. We skipped last year to focus on grades, and this season Zach and I gave the early muzzleloader hunt another shot. Less than 48 hours in the state and we were packing up to head home with another great buck for Zach! Hunting from the ground, Zach dropped the deer in its tracks at 160 yards with his Pro Hunter FX.  The 3 Triple 7 pellets raised a bit of a welt on his forehand though! The buck dressed out at 203. Zach is 14 now and I told him it's time to switch full time to the bow or he'd have more mounts by [...]

MONSTER ALERT! This is my dream buck, the drop tine is one thing but check out that club! Joe at America’s Best Bowstrings says that a friend of theirs, Buck Owen, shot the giant that he’s been hunting for a couple years. It's supposed to an amazing story of hard work, dedication and perseverance for this free-range monster. We have reached out to Buck, and hope to tell his story soon.

This is the first true monster of the 2013 season, shot last week in southeastern Wisconsin. Photos of the incredible buck were first posted on the Whale-Tales Archery  website. Word is the rack rough-scored 244” and could be the new state archery record. That’s all we know for now. Funny, I was up in that part of the world in July, talking with and filming Wisconsin bowhunters for an episode of BIG DEER TV to air this October. I remember standing with the current No. 1 non-typical bow buck--Wayne Schumacher’s 243 6/8” monster—and saying into the camera, “This is some of the best big buck country in America…Wayne’s record could stand for another 10 years, or it could fall this [...]