7 11, 2013

Indiana: 2 More Giants Dead to EHD

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 7th, 2013|BigDeer, Deer Science, Hunting News|2 Comments

Greg saw this post on Twitter and tweeted me about another Indiana giant that likely succumbed to EHD this summer. Dave saw it too and tweeted: “Here is another west central Indiana giant that was taken by EHD. This one was found in 2012.” #shame Two more world-class bucks that this dreadful disease killed. I hope scientists can figure out some way to battle this buck killer, but to date there is nothing we can do.

6 11, 2013

Virginia: Huge Bow Bear from Ground!

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 6th, 2013|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer|1 Comment

Today’s blog from fellow VA hunter Brandon. As I have said many times you never know what’s gonna happen in the woods. Hey Mike: A lot of folks are having a hard time finding acorns this year. I am one of the fortunate ones that discovered a small pocket of whites dropping. I have been watching deer here since opening day of bow season. This place is near perfect, but there are no good climbing trees in the immediate area. I decided I needed to hunt from the ground if I wanted a chance to get a deer with my bow. I decided upon a makeshift blind, and have been hunting it since opening day. Now for the real story. [...]

4 11, 2013

Deer Hunter Cakes

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 4th, 2013|BigDeer|2 Comments

Strangely, there has been a run of hunting cakes popping up on the Internet. The big-buck wedding  cake is sweet and a Web sensation. Very lifelike and what a huge rack! Notice the attention to detail, right down to the antler-grip knife handles. The Yeti (one of our great sponsors) cake is very cool. Only thing I would have done differently was to have a fresh, bloody back-strap hanging out the edge instead of the trout, but still awesome. This last one we posted before, but I figured it was a good time to show it again. I still say the arrow is too far back and a little too high, but maybe it would have clipped the liver.

1 11, 2013

Colorado: Monster Stag Buck!

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 1st, 2013|BigDeer|4 Comments

Patrick (left), one hell of a guide who kills a lot of big deer, just helped his client to this unusual monster. OMG, I count 4 velvet drops! I would rather shoot that buck than a 170 typical, what about you?

1 11, 2013

5 Days & 35 Miles in Deer Country

2020-06-10T09:23:20-04:00November 1st, 2013|BigDeer|3 Comments

I am a lucky man for having spent the better part of my life hunting in wild and remote places like the one you see here, and I never take that for granted. I am just back from 5 days in this remarkable moonscape, where I hunted and glassed and climbed from dawn to dusk in search of a mule deer buck, side-hilling and sliding down into those bottoms, and then clawing my way back up and out again. It was the most physically grueling hunt I have experienced in years…and one of the most rewarding. I cannot tell you where I was or reveal the ending just yet, as the final chapter has yet to be written.  

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