Whitetail

Surprise Buck

December 27, 2011

This story and set of photos comes to us from Rapid City hunter Mark Zacher. I’d been looking for a DIY public land buck like that for a very long time, since we had to change up our hunting area last year and find a new spot. My son is 25 and is a hunting [...]

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Surprises

December 9, 2011

The greatest delight of hunting season is often found not in the harvest of a known quarry, but rather in the sudden and unexpected surprises served up when seasoned hunters have convinced themselves that they have seen it all. I saw the biggest buck of the year on the last day of the season. He [...]

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Patience wins the Buck

November 29, 2011

I’d seen this buck on opening day. He was high and heavy with a small drop tine on his right main beam. He had just had his head handed to him by a one-antlered monster; a heavily muscled whitetail with a more aggressive personality. The one-antlered buck had experience, age, and attitude on his side. [...]

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How to Grow Big Whitetails

August 31, 2011

We recently received this interesting article regarding the growth of Whitetail Antlers – a study conducted in South Dakota back in 2009.  The article is part of an ongoing series entitled Trophy Points:  Big Game Research – a series put out by the Boone and Crockett Club. By Kevin L. Monteith (B&C Official Measurer), Jonathan A. Jenks (Distinguished Professor, [...]

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Muzzleloaded Monster

May 12, 2011

I started hearing about a big buck living on my friends land and the adjoining property last July. My buddy had to had told me that it was one of the biggest bucks that he had ever seen. I also heard stories from other guys that had seen a big deer up in that area. [...]

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Mykel Glowcheski 2010 Archery Whitetail

March 8, 2011

This story comes from archery hunter Mykel Glowcheski It was a Monday morning and I should have been back at college but instead I decided to spend one more morning in the stand.  There is just something about the November rut that I cannot get away from! Although the high for that day, November 8th [...]

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Big Bucks Still Available to Hunters

December 17, 2010

It had been three months since I’d last set eyes on the big five-by-five whitetail. His high, wide, symmetrical rack was the most impressive set of antlers I’d ever seen grown by a Black Hills deer. I’d spent an hour watching him from afar in September. He’d come down from the hills with the early [...]

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McPherson County Bruiser

November 29, 2010

This article comes to us from Eric Payne out of McPherson County South Dakota I had been religiously hunting ever since opening day, spotting and stalking big deer that I could not get on top of.  The morning of November 27th was no different.  My friend spotted a monster buck right across the road from [...]

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Davidson County Bruiser Buck

November 26, 2010

The story behind this buck actually began last year when we jumped him during the opening weekend of the 2009 pheasant season. I stepped on him and as he ran away I could clearly see his sticker points coming off both sides, there was no doubt I wanted another look at him. Somehow he avoided [...]

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South Dakota Moose Buck

November 10, 2010

Growing up hunting, inevitably every year as I get my tags in the mail, I envision that this is the year I will take down a giant.  Unfortunately, while I have taken a few decent bucks, I have yet to bag a legendary buck.  I have from time to time however had the chance to [...]

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