14 12, 2015

Texas 548-Inch Buck

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 14th, 2015|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|28 Comments

From the Recordbuck Ranch Facebook page: Jerry has finally received the official score for his monster buck. It was officially scored at 548" and takes the record for the largest buck in Texas!!! Way to go Jerry, congratulations. Well deserved for a wonderful man we are glad to call our friend. #monsterbuck #whitetail #500 #texaswhitetail #recordbuckranch This is obviously a high-fence buck, and it has generated a lot of conversation, with passion on both sides: A man has the right to hunt in a high fence if he so chooses…or, high-fence hunts are not fair chase and do the image of deer hunters no good. What do you say?

10 12, 2015

Pennsylvania Nun Shoots 10-Point Buck

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 10th, 2015|BigDeer|4 Comments

From Fox6now.com: A photo on the Erie Catholic Diocese’s Facebook page is attracting a lot of attention. It’s been viewed more than a million times. Sister John Paul Bauer, a teacher at Elk County Catholic High School in St. Mary’s, PA shot the 10-point buck. Sister John Paul says she’s amazed at the attention she’s gotten. “In St. Marys, this is what you do. You go hunting. Everybody goes hunting — the coach, myself, the students,” Bauer said. As the story goes, Sister John Paul prayed the Rosary as she waited in her tree stand. About 3 hours later, some does appeared, followed by 2 bucks. Sister John Paul shot the larger one, a 10-pointer. Blue collar, white collar, men, women, [...]

8 12, 2015

Virginia: 102-Year-Old Hunter Shoots Buck From Tree Stand

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 8th, 2015|BigDeer|1 Comment

This post from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Facebook makes me proud to be a Virginian, a Christian and a deer hunter. Clyde Roberts, you are a great man and an inspiration to all of us: 102 year-old Clyde Roberts made the 20-foot climb to his Bedford County treestand platform. About 4:30 p.m. a buck appeared along the woodline and began working a scrape. One of America's oldest - and perhaps the oldest - active hunters touched off the shot. The buck bounded away but fell after less than 40 yards. The following week, Mr. Roberts dropped a mature doe at 144 yards with a perfectly placed shot with his .270. Clyde's hearing may not be the best but [...]

7 12, 2015

Kentucky: Fort Knox Giant Buck, 183!

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 7th, 2015|BigDeer|2 Comments

November 21, 2015. It was opening morning of the Fort Knox quota hunt. I climbed into my tree stand in my designated area and heard grunting and leaves crunching all around as I awaited daylight. As it got lighter, the deer movement stopped. Around 8:30 I caught a glimpse of movement and quickly saw a coyote sneaking through the thicket. I raised my 20-gauge Ultra Slug Hunter and fired a fatal shot on the coyote. About 9:10 a doe walked under my stand, and then nothing else till 9:45, when 6 does came running underneath me, chased by 3 bucks! Five of the does continued on, but one stopped and tried to hide in the thicket. The bucks were all over that thicket looking for her. The-cat-and mouse game went [...]

3 12, 2015

Hard Work, Good Management Pay Off For Virginia Hunters

2020-06-10T09:17:01-04:00December 3rd, 2015|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Deer Management|8 Comments

From our friend KClap in southern Virginia: Hello Mike: Awhile back you posted our story of the 6 of us, all still-hunters, and our food plot strategies. Well, we had an awesome year! Happy to share I caught up with this 10-pointer named "Zeus.” Shot him with my Remington .270 as he chased does hard opening morning. My wife, who just started hunting last year, took this nice buck with a muzzleloader the day before. So proud of her! While I'm grateful for what came my way, I was most happy when I heard her shoot! Her smile says it all. She worked her tail off all summer, planting food plots, cutting trails, fighting chiggers, ticks and poison ivy, all [...]

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