Thanks to longtime BIG DEER blogger Dean Weimer for this post: Last summer I began getting pictures of a buck that I wasn’t completely familiar with based on previous years’ sightings and trail camera images.  On one summer video I watched this buck as he walked away from the camera, and all I could tell was that he had good mass, spread, and strong brows that flared out a bit. In October I got one image of the buck as he walked past a mock scrape I had made. I still didn’t know exactly which buck it was, but I started referring to him as the “Short Tined 10”. The first week of November 2013 came and went and I [...]

The 30-point non-typical monster that Shelton Earls, 72, shot in Franklin County last December has been scored three times, producing measurements from 222 to 228 inches. “He’s something else, that’s for sure,” Earls told Bobby Cleveland of the Mississippi Sportsman. “He’s a buck of a lifetime… I’ve hunted a long time and I know I’ve never seen anything like him.” Click this link and read the full story of Shelton’s buck, which is filled with lots of interesting twists and turns. Way to go Shelton, awesome man!

(Louisiana Sportsman) Everyone knows the only way to kill a deer is to be in the woods, but when 20-year-old Alex LeBlanc announced he was going to sit a stand yesterday afternoon, his buddies scoffed. After all, it was too windy, warm and humid. “Everybody told me I was crazy going out there,” LeBlanc said… By 4 p.m. a buck was on the ground…a monster packing around a typical rack that has been rough scored at a tad more than 204 inches.” Read the full story at Louisiana Sportsman. Congrats Alex on this amazing buck, good work man!

Today’s very well written guest blog comes from long-time Big Deer Blogger Clint up in Minnesota: The 2013 season was a tough one for me. Not tough in regards to harvesting deer, but my schedule didn’t allow for me to get in the woods near as much as I would have liked. I was very fortunate to take a nice doe during my first sit of the season on September 15. Between that day and November 6 I was only able to hunt four more times. One of those times being an awesome hunting trip to Wisconsin with the rest of the Suburban Standout Outdoors pro staff team. However back in Minnesota, I found myself hunting a cold and rainy [...]

Today’s guest blog from Indiana hunter Nathan Spalding: Mike: I've only been hunting for 5 years now, but I hunt hard. I've spent the last 5 years making plenty of mistakes and learning from them. I don't hunt with guns; I love the challenge that bow hunting offers. I feel very blessed to have taken this buck with a bow. The ground he was killed on is in Gibson County, in the river bottoms. I've had good luck in the past at this spot. I had made some mock scrapes (check out this Big Deer Tactics video on buck scrapes) on a Thursday night and hunted them Friday. I had 7 bucks hit them. I almost drew on one of [...]