The hunter who sent the video of the drop-tine buck pulled his cards and here’s what he got. Huge drop w/mass, dream buck! And look who is traveling in the bachelor group with the drop, another giant, this one w/incredible tine length (pictures 2 and 3 below). And our good friends Zac and Ellie had been watching a couple bucks for the past 2 weeks. One day when the wind was right they snuck in, set up a camera and captured the great picture below. Fantastic work guys. From these cam images and others I'm seeing, I now officially proclaim that 2014 will be a big rack year, much better than last year. Send me your trail camera images to get us even more fired up, [...]

This image was posted on the Virginia Whitetails Facebook about 20 hours ago: Doug sent this trail cam pic of some great Cumberland County bucks. Love that high-tower rack, and the buck on the right is no slouch either. It was a good rack year here in the Old Dominion in 2013, and if these bucks are an indication, gonna be great again this year.

One of our bloggers sent this image from somewhere in Wisconsin. This buck would be a cool sight to see coming through the woods in a few weeks when bow season opens. How do you think he bent that beam? From what I'm seeing it's setting up to be a good rack year, much better than last. And I have not heard of any massive EHD outbreaks as of yet, though now is the time when we really need to be on the lookout for that. Fingers crossed, should be a good fall! Are you getting ready?

Thanks to a hunter in the Midwest for sending this: “Shot this video last week it's shaky but still cool. Had trail pics of him last year; his drop has doubled in size and split this year. This is free-range deer.” NOTE: If the video does not appear above on your screen, watch it here.