When I saw this picture on my Twitter last week, I knew the buck would be one of the top non-typicals killed in 2017, and likely the biggest with a bow. Mississippi Sportsman tells us: A St. Francisville dentist on Oct. 5 arrowed what could be the largest Louisiana non-typical deer to be killed with a bow — and he was hunting pretty much where he works. "I killed the deer inside the city limits — behind my dentist office," Dr. Frank Sullivan said of the 18-pointer that grossed between 220 and 230 points. The monster has 3 drop tines, a third main beam, 11 points on the left and 7 points on the right side. This giant should fire [...]

Today’s cool guest post from Kentucky bowhunter Alex Hamilton, who shot the biggest deer of his life earlier this season: Mike: This was the third season I had been after this buck. After first getting pictures of him in 2015, I was eager to get out and learn more about the buck’s travel pattern and core area. After tons of trail camera pictures and multiple sightings the deer vanished just weeks after the season opened, never to be seen again for the rest of that year and also the following season. Since the buck had vanished for almost a year and half, I assumed the worst. He had either been killed by another hunter or died from other reasons. About [...]

Today’s guest blog from our friend Derek, an excellent bowhunter from North Dakota: Hi Mike: It has been a roller coaster season, up-down-up, for me this year. Opening night (Sept. 1) I had my 7 year old daughter with me in the ground blind, her first time coming along on a bowhunt. We saw a few does, fawns, and smaller bucks come in close and it was awesome seeing how she enjoyed it. I enjoyed a few more evening hunts in that blind and in another stand, seeing plenty of promising action but no mature bucks close enough. On September 15th I was once again in my blind and one of my target bucks, a wide 8, showed up with an hour left of [...]

Mike: I’m sick. I shot a doe the other night but couldn’t find her. I looked all night and for the next day and half. Some blood at first, but then nothing. I feel so bad I’m going stop hunting for the rest of the year. Just wanted you to know, because I can tell from your TV show that being ethical and respectful means a lot to you.--John John: A lot of people who are going about hunting the wrong way would have poked around a little bit and said, "What the hell, it's just a doe, I've got more tags…" But you didn't and I applaud you for that. Losing either a doe or a 10-point buck is [...]