I hunted 5 mornings or evenings last week. Carried the bow 4 times and took my Grandpa’s old .30-06 Thursday evening before the big rain front moved through.
The green plots looked really good but all I saw was 2 does and a fawn slipping through over one hundred yards behind the stand. I wasn’t going [...]
Go to Hunts #34-38 – 12/16 DoeSo a couple years ago, I was on the fence about heading back to NC for the archery opener. My little brother tossed the last straw on the load with a game cam photo of a really nice buck.
Well, there are only about two weeks left in the season this year, and no way I’ll [...]
Last week, Field Notes guru Dave Hurteau did a great profile (and an exclusive, I might add) on what will likely be the Ohio state record muzzleloader buck. And just recently, another buck profiled…
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Go to New Illinois Record Bow Buck?Got an email from a Buck Tracker reader with a simple request this week. Is the buck below the new Kentucky state record? I have no details beyond this fuzzy photograph and the following details;…
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Go to A New Kentucky State-Record Buck?From the Daily Mail:
Two 17-year-old boys who kicked a fawn to death in a ‘barbaric attack’ escaped jail yesterday. . . .
During their trial, the boys, from Poole, Dorset, claimed that the…
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Go to Brit Boys Convicted Of Killing Baby Deer Escape JailFor years now I’ve been flying out of JFK and LaGuardia with guns.
In all that time and God knows how many trips I’ve never been given a hard time by the airlines, or the cops, or the…
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My friend Tim Herald just sent me this picture of a dandy buck he’d shot recently in Oklahoma. Tim is host of the TV show “The Zone” and, in addition to being one of the few…
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Go to Not All Big Bucks Come From the MidwestWednesday, I was down at my high-fenced research site doing radio telemetry on my collared bucks when a certain spot caught my eye. There were acorns everywhere still and the deer sign indicated they were being heavily used. Trying to capitalize on a smoking hot spot, I immediately hung a stand and planned to hunt [...]
Go to Hunt #33 – 12/10/09 P.M.The only way that we can tell about what’s really going on with the Maine deer herd is reports from hunters in the field and a look at deer harvest numbers. Then we can guess. We don’t have official deer harvest numbers yet but when we do, I think we may be shocked when we [...]
Go to Maine’s Deer Herd May Be In Worse Shape Than FearedAnd so, having hunted in Maine for a week without seeing a deer, I went to western Kansas where I could see 20 deer at a time, or 60 in a morning. The Kansas whitetail herd, or what I saw of…
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Back in July, my trail cams captured a neat-looking deer. The broad-bodied buck toted a dandy 6-point right side, but his left antler was very odd. Four small points sprouted from a main beam not…
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Go to My “Tilter” Buck Comes HomeAlong with shot size, choke restriction is a controversial subject when it comes to predator hunting. Some will tell you X-full others will tell you modified, but people with experience will tell you to pattern your gun until you find what you are looking for. There are a few variables in choke selection such as, [...]
Go to Shotgun choke choices for preadator huntingFrom what I can gather, these deer were taken on St. Martin’s Island off the coast of the Upper Peninsular of Michigan. All the deer were taken legally, however 10 hunters were ticketed because they had failed to attach their tags. This occurred in a raid by game wardens.
I don’t have much other information except [...]
I have acquired permission to hunt with a buddy on a large tract of private ground near where I live in Alabama. Last Saturday night I went on my first hunt out there and had an action packed sit.
I sat on the ground with my custom slug gun propped in a set of shooting sticks [...]
One of Colter’s buddies, Jeff, killed this deer during the first week of January. I believe it was his best deer to date. Beautiful 8 pointer with a 17.5″ inside spread.
Conner (left), Colter’s brother, connected on this awesome 9 pointer the same weekend just across the property line on another lease tract. He had seen [...]
Go to Deer keep falling…First, he told wildlife officials he killed the giant 8-pointer with a bow on Halloween night. Then authorities determined that the deer was killed with a gun, and therefore out of season. Now Troy…
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Go to Update: Accused Poacher Of World-Class 8-Pointer Now Says He Found Deer Deadread more
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Colter, a familiar face here at The Outdoor Smorgasbord, had some success over the Thanksgiving holiday. He spent a full week at his family’s lease properties in Georgia chasing deer (and incidentally pigs) during the rut.
This big nanny fell on the next to last day of a hard week of hunting. Some good bucks were [...]
Go to Buddy’s GA SuccessDad’s hunting buddy Todd connected on his 2 best bucks of his hunting career.
First, on the evening after dad shot his great 8 pointer off the ground, dad returned the favor by helping him drag out this tall-tined 10 point. Rough scored right at 130.
Good thing about central NC is you have 2 buck tags.
On [...]
Sorry to drag this out. I wish it was because I was deciding how to tell you that I arrowed a book P&Y on the last evening of the hunt. Truth is - I didn’t. Didn’t even see one.
This was the biggest buck I saw all evening. Lol. You can barely make out a button [...]
Go to Last KS Hunt – 11/23 P.M.For practical purposes, this is the last rut report I’ll file for this hunting season (I do have an Alabama hunt scheduled for the end of next month, and I’ll file a report when I’m…
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Go to Bestul: Winding Down the RutHow’s your deer hunting going this year?
I am working on a story about this deer, and I wanted to tease you a little. Check out this brute! I’ll have the whole wonderful story and photos and a video to share in the next few days. Yesterday, after church I got to go do a little [...]
Wisconsin senate majority leader Russ Decker isn’t just mad at his state’s DNR deer managers, he’s calling for their heads on a platter. Last Friday Decker accused DNR deer program leaders of…
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Go to Wisconsin Senator Demands Firing of State Deer ManagersI don’t want to bypass the great hunting that was had in North Carolina by dad and his hunting buddy. Before the Kansas trip, I made reference to 2 bucks that they had shot the first couple days of rifle season.
Dad killed this buck while hunting off the ground. He was slipping from tree trunk [...]
Maine Hunters Are Mad And Justly So……..For Many Reasons
Posted by Tom Remington on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Better communication can resolve a lot of problems in our world. In the converse, lack of such can cause things to spin drastically out of control. Maine hunters, particularly deer hunters, are quite angry and I believe they are justified in at least some of their anger. All they are getting are excuses.
Go to Maine Hunters Are Mad And Justly So……..For Many ReasonsIt is no [...]