Mike: Thought I would share some pics of a brute I took off public land in Iowa with my bow. My best buck ever. I had a lot of trail cam pictures of him during the summer and hunted him hard, and it all came together on the morning of November 8th. He has 20 points and grossed in the 190’s. —Thanks, Ben Fein Ben, what a buck, congrats! This is one of the best hunting accomplishments of the 2013 season for sure, way to go man.
Hi Mike: Check out the photo taken by a buddy of mine while crabbing on the Navesink River in New Jersey. This buck was dogging the doe up and down the river bank until she got fed up and jumped in to swim across. They swam a good 300 yards across that section which dumps out into the Atlantic about a 1/2 mile away. The way bucks chase does always amazes me. Just when you think you've seen it all! —Paul Milata
Thanks to Mike Bauer, who shot this giant in Shelby Co. last week, for today’s guest blog: It had been a long season with lots of up’s and down’s. Opening day of shotgun season I shot an 11-pointer only to have the people on the neighboring property tag my buck. I was pretty upset to say the least. I had been hunting him since bow season opened. I spent Thanksgiving with my family and decided late Thursday night that I was going to hunt on Friday. My alarm went off and I kept hitting the snooze button. Got to the property a little late and rushed to get in my stand. But I had activity 5 minutes later. A doe came [...]
Mike: I thought you'd like to see the buck I shot with a muzzle loader in Oklahoma this year. He's a cool looking buck with 18 points (15 score-able) and scores in the low 140's. The hunt was pretty awesome. He came in from the opposite direction that a doe came from, but turned around to follow her trail through a thicket before I could get a real good look at him or get a shot. I snort wheezed at him twice, and he came back out about 2 minutes later looking for the "buck" that had made the noise. One shot from the muzzleloader and he went about 20 yards. The only downside for me is that I believe he's [...]
John sent a picture of this great buck that was shot Saturday morning in Spotsylvania County, which is not too far down the road from my home in VA. Reportedly the buck was pushing a doe, so it seems there is still some late rutting action going on here. Great deer, wide and symmetrical, a real beauty.