Good to see my fellow VA hunters putting down some Big Deer the first weeks of October! If you use Facebook, check out the Virginia Whitetails page and see the other bucks that hit the ground later this fall. Surry County Prince William County Halifax County Southampton County
If you hunt in Wisconsin you need to watch or DVR my show tonight at 8 and 11 PM Eastern Time on the Sportsman Channel. Even if you don’t hunt in Wisconsin, I hope and believe you’ll enjoy this special episode. Below are the hunters and the giant bucks you’ll see and hear about, in order of how they appear on the show: Lisa Brunner of Buffalo County…Tom Taylor and his 226 4/8” Wedding Crasher Buck…Dusty Gerrits and his 189”archery state record typical (shot last November)…and Wayne Schumacher and his 243 6/8” archery state record non-typical. Amazing bucks and very cool stories!
One mid-October morning in Montana, I froze as an 8-pointer trotted toward me through the woods. He was moving fast, trying to get back to his bed along the Milk River before the sun got too high. Something flashed behind him—a 10-pointer pushing 150 was bringing up the rear! I was hunting on the ground, and the wind was right. Those woods were flat as a pool table and pretty open, but I wasn’t too worried. I let the bucks come close and step into the ditch in front of me. When they disappeared, I drew my bow and stepped out from behind my hiding tree. The 8-pointer popped out on my side, and I ran an arrow through his [...]
Today’s guest blog is from Oklahoma hunter Matt Mosley: Mike: I have been following your website for a few years now and have been watching your show as well. I love them both, as I live to bow hunt. I'm actually a Loan Officer for a living but that is so I can feed my kids and my bow hunting appetite. This last Sunday I was sitting in my favorite tree stand. It was 45 degrees in southeast Oklahoma. I was surrounded by does in every direction, and I thought to myself, “There has got to be a buck checking in on all of these does.” Out of nowhere a 150-inch bruiser walks under my stand and stops 20 yards [...]
Many corn and soybean fields will be cut this weekend and in the coming days. The days immediately after a farmer cuts those crops are awesome for hunting. The sudden change in habitat will force the deer to move around a lot, as they settle into new bed-to-feed patterns. The animals will seek out alternative food sources (acorns and browse) in nearby woods and thickets. Any bucks that bedded out in the stalks will transition to new bedding thickets. Hang a tree stand 100 to 200 yards off a freshly cut field, in a timbered draw or on an oak ridge and you will see lots of movement as deer sort things out. Even if you don’t kill a buck, [...]