16 10, 2017

Maryland Girl’s First Bow Buck

2020-06-10T09:16:09-04:00October 16th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|1 Comment

Today’s guest blog from our friend Danny Myers: My daughter Lexi had reached the point that all of us have reached at some point in our hunting lives. It was several weeks into the season, and she still had not had a deer within bow range.  On top of that the temperatures had been in the upper 80's for the last week or so.  She was frustrated and so was I.  We decided to take a week off and according to the cameras, we didn't miss anything. Finally the temperatures broke, and it started to feel like fall again. It took about a 10-minute lecture convincing her to go that night, but afterward, she was happy she did. We were running [...]

13 10, 2017

Louisiana Dentist Kills Massive 230” Buck

2020-06-10T09:16:09-04:00October 13th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|2 Comments

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 [...]

10 10, 2017

Kentucky Bowhunter Kills Giant Buck That Had Vanished 2 Years!

2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00October 10th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|3 Comments

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 [...]

6 10, 2017

How To Tell A Mature Buck

2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00October 6th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|1 Comment

I present you with this trail-camera image of an Alabama buck I hunted for a while last season. Three things jump out and tell you this old boy is at least 6 years old. *Overall appearance is thick and blocky, with a deep, heavy chest. That is the first thing to look for and the easiest tell, as younger bucks are sleeker. *You might have heard, “Look for a saggy belly, that’s an old deer.” Yes, and this is proof. A pot-belly does not show up until a buck is at least 5 and more typically 6. It’s one of the most reliable tells of a mature whitetail. *Short face. And close up in bow range, an old buck’s face [...]

5 10, 2017

North Dakota Bow Success

2020-06-10T09:16:10-04:00October 5th, 2017|Big Deer Stories, Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Bowhunting, Deer Hunting|Comments Off on North Dakota Bow Success

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 [...]

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