Deerhuntingbigbucks.com » Whitetail Bow Hunting http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com deer hunting big bucks Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sweet! Deer Hunting Behind The House http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2010/07/14/sweet-deer-hunting-behind-the-house/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2010/07/14/sweet-deer-hunting-behind-the-house/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:14:55 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=613

This buck was hit by a car leaving the property I will be bow hunting this year.

Yesterday I got permission to hunt an awesome piece of property here in Kansas and I am super pumped and ready to go deer hunting. And what makes it even sweeter is it is in my backyard. I have the okay to hunt 80 acres with a 23 acre soybean field that butts up to a 400 acre soybean field and a huge corn field and the 23 acre soybean field has a funnel of hardwoods that comes down to it and I can hunt the hardwoods as well. Last week I spotted four big bucks feeding in the soybeans and even though I couldn’t see them real good because of the distance and it was getting dark, I could tell one of them was going to be a shooter for sure, he was nice. I got them on video but they were so far away the video footage is not real good. Last November my wife and my father-in-law saw a 200 class buck less than a mile from where I’ll be deer hunting, and my neighbor saw a huge big buck in the soybean field in the 23 acre field where I can hunt. Talk about pumped, I cant wait to go deer hunting. Heck I cant even think straight! Ive started a list of things I need to be ready by the start of the season. My list keeps getting longer but my birthday is next week and my beautiful wife said she might get me the stand I’ve been wanting. I put two trail cameras down there on the field already and plan on putting a couple of stands up real soon. I plan on shooting my bow this week also. I love this time of year even if it is hot as heck, deer season and college football are right around the corner. This just might be the year I get that Pope & Young buck I’ve been after. How about you? Are you ready to get in the woods and do some bow hunting like I am? It will be here before you know it.

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2010/07/14/sweet-deer-hunting-behind-the-house/feed/ 4 15 Year Old Takes Giant Missouri Buck Deer Hunting With Bow http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2010/01/18/15-year-old-takes-giant-missouri-buck-deer-hunting-with-bow/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2010/01/18/15-year-old-takes-giant-missouri-buck-deer-hunting-with-bow/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:35:03 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=509
This buck was harvested with a bow deer hunting in Missouri by fifteen year old Taylor. His brother Tayden was sitting on a log with him when he harvested the buck.

Deer Hunting Big Bucks note: the date stamp on this photo should be 2009. The cameras date was incorrect.

I love to see  kids getting out deer hunting. I received a call back in November from my friend Brad who told me about a giant Missouri buck that had been harvested by a fifteen year old boy with a bow. A friend of his Shawn at work had called him and told him about it. Brad asked me if I would like to go over and see the buck and do a story about it on here. I told him I would love to do a story on it. So the next day my son and I drove over and got to meet Taylor and his family and they were kind enough to let me take some video footage of the Pope and Young buck and do a story on here.

Taylor's deer easily qualifies as a Pope and Young buck.

Taylor's 2009 Pope & Young buck

The boys name is Taylor and him and his brother Tayden woke up a little late that day but got up and went out and sat on a log together and had been using a doe bleat when this monster buck showed up. Taylor made a great shot and harvested a beautiful once in a lifetime Pope and Young buck. I unofficially scored the deer around 185 gross and 175 net. To harvest a Pope and Young buck of this caliber at fifteen is just awesome. Now I don’t know but I would like to see where Taylor’s buck ranks all-time of whitetails taken by a fifteen year old with a bow. I would think it would rank very well.This deer was harvested with a bow by Tayden just a few days after his brother Taylor harvested his buck. Just a few days after Taylor harvested his deer with his brother Tayden watching, it was Tayden’s turn with the bow and he took a nice eight point buck. Way to go Taylor and Tayden it looks like the future of deer hunting is in good hands.

Sometimes I think us hunters tend to complicate deer hunting to much with all the products and gadgets and everything and if we would just keep it simple we would probably see more deer. I guess it comes down to being at the right place at the right time.

Congratulations to Taylor and Tayden on such a great story. I’m sure it is a hunt that you two as brothers will cherish and remember for a very long time. Being in the great outdoors making memories like this with family and friends is something that we should fight to keep and be able to pass on the great American heritage of hunting to our kids and theirs. There are many people out there who want to take away our privilege to hunt. We can do more to help protect wildlife and it’s habitat and it starts with us being good stewards of the land and being responsible ethical hunters. Awesome story guys thank you for letting me share it here.

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2010/01/18/15-year-old-takes-giant-missouri-buck-deer-hunting-with-bow/feed/ 6 Deer Hunting Big Bucks In The Snow http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/11/18/deer-hunting-big-bucks-in-the-snow/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/11/18/deer-hunting-big-bucks-in-the-snow/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:01 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=430 I did something yesterday that I have always wanted to do, go deer hunting in the snow. I arrived at the WIHA (Walk in hunting access)hunting land well before daylight and it was raining of and on. But with all the big bucks being seen around our house lately I knew the rut was in full swing and a little rain wasn’t going to stop me from deer hunting. As I got to the area I wanted to hunt and picked out a good tree to get up in low and behold it started snowing like crazy. Now being from Georgia I have never been deer hunting in the snow but have always wanted to. As I am going up the tree I look over and there is one of the biggest most worn out rubs I have ever seen. Talk about being pumped up. It’s snowing like crazy the rut is in full swing and I am hunting over one of the biggest rubs if not the biggest I have ever seen on TV or in person. I set up in a hardwood draw with a creek running parallel to it and corn fields on two sides as far as you can see and on one end was a big hill of hardwoods that came down to the hardwoods I was hunting. I would have bet you $500 I would have seen some deer. I stayed in the stand as long as I could but didn’t see any deer. Not having any experience hunting in the snow I thought I was prepared but both pairs of my gloves got soaking wet and as hard as I tried with hands warmers I could not get my hands dry and when I couldn’t feel my hands I had to come out of the stand. I was hard to do with frozen hands I couldn’t get the pins out of my deer stand to take it off of the tree. After several attempts I finally got the out though. I took some footage of the snow and the big rubs I wanted to share with you here. I wish I had some footage of some big bucks but I didn’t see any. When I got down out of my stand I walked about fifty yards up a hill and there are fresh deer tracks in the snow. I cannot figure how in the world I didn’t see those deer. I had been rattling and calling and all I can figure is they snuck in on me and busted me and snuck back out. Oh well next time I will be ready!

This is Deer Hunting Big Bucks newest Pro-Staff member Troy with a great buck he harvested in Putnam county in Georgia.

This is Deer Hunting Big Bucks newest Pro-Staff member Troy with a great buck he harvested in Putnam county in Georgia.

It looks like the big bucks are on the move back in Georgia. Our newest Pro-Staff member Troy put a big Putnam county 8 pointer down Saturday evening in the edge of some hardwoods and a big clear-cut. Troy said the buck was on the move about thirty minutes before dark and he had to make a quick shot which resulted in his eye being dotted by the scope on his 30-06. Troy said he didn’t even feel it! That’s what I’m talking about Troy, you wear that wound proudly!

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/11/18/deer-hunting-big-bucks-in-the-snow/feed/ 1 Headed Back Deer Hunting Big Bucks On Public Land In Kansas This Weekend http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/10/17/headed-back-deer-hunting-big-bucks-on-public-land-in-kansas-this-weekend/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/10/17/headed-back-deer-hunting-big-bucks-on-public-land-in-kansas-this-weekend/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:05:26 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=401 [kaltura-widget wid="cwraye9jfy" width="400" height="365" addpermission="" editpermission="" /]Well last weekend I finally got to go deer hunting. Not only did i get to hunt some whitetails in Kansas but as a Kansas resident. I found some public hunting about an hour from my house and did a little scouting and hunted for the first time. The spot I was hunting looked very good. It was corn and soybean fields and fence-row woodlots with creeks everywhere. It was definitely a little different than the type of terrain I grew up deer hunting in Georgia. I got there early Saturday morning and scouted and located a nice little fence-row surrounded by cornfields on three sides and soybeans on the other. I thought I was dressed properly, it was in the low 30’s but something I wasn’t prepared for was the 20 mile an hour winds. I had a hard time finding a decent tree to get in and when I did I had to trim several limbs and started sweating and then the wind got me nice and cold. I have to admit I came out of the stand before dark that wind was just cutting right through me. But this weekend I am headed back and this time I will be ready. Those big bucks better be on there toes (hooves). I mean business this weekend.

The video I put on here is of a real nice buck that I filmed in Kentucky as I was driving on my way to move to Kansas. I’m driving down the highway and see these big bucks in a field and I pulled over and got out my camcorder and got some footage. I didn’t have a tripod and I had to zoom all the way in to get a decent shot of the buck but without a tripod the footage is very shaky. Oh well you can tell he is a very nice buck. Also I included a little footage of the public land I was hunting in Kansas last weekend.

Also I wanted to thank my good friend Kelley Mayhue from the group “Fishing with Dynamite” I asked him if he would be interested in doing a theme song for our hunting videos and he did a wonderful job on the song and I finally was able to figure out how to include it on a video. Let me know what y’all think about it. I think he did great job and I love the new song! Thanks Kelley I owe you one buddy! For more information on Fishing With Dynamite check out their website at www.fwithd.com. They are an up and coming band out of Loganville Georgia they have a great new CD out that you can listen to and purchase through their website if you would like to. They are some good ole boys and good friends of mine, check out their new CD you will love it.

Hopefully I’ll have some good new stories and photos to post soon. I am excited about hunting in Kansas and our upcoming trip bowhunting in Illinois. I hope you all are having a great deer season and remember to take a child or friend hunting, you will make memories that will last a lifetime.

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/10/17/headed-back-deer-hunting-big-bucks-on-public-land-in-kansas-this-weekend/feed/ 7 My First Encounter With A Pope and Young Buck Deer Hunting http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/07/16/my-first-encounter-with-a-pope-and-young-buck-deer-hunting/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/07/16/my-first-encounter-with-a-pope-and-young-buck-deer-hunting/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:20:33 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=367 I wanted to tell you a deer hunting story about my first encounter with a Pope and Young buck. It was a hot September afternoon when I pulled into camp. I was looking forward to a good evening of deer hunting.

Having trail cameras at feeders and food plots is a great way to see the big bucks grow their antlers.

Having trail cameras at feeders and food plots is a great way to see the big bucks grow their antlers.

The temperatures were in the upper 80’s but any evening of deer hunting is good to me no matter what the temperature is. I made my way down to the oak flat on the creek, I had to come in the long way to have the wind in my face. I made it to the stand and got situated and waited. I sat there for about an hour when a doe and a fawn came in and had a few acorns and a drink of water and made their way to the clover behind me. I sat there for another hour and a half without seeing so much as a squirrel. I don’t know why but I decided to get out of the stand and do a still hunt up to another clover food plot that was on the way back to my truck. I was about a mile from my truck and the field was back near my truck. The wind was perfect for a still hunt up to that food plot. I made my way slowly up to the field and when I got close there was a big brier patch right on the edge of the corner of the field between me and the field. I eased around the Brier patch very slowly not knowing what was in the food plot. I slowly crept up to the edge of the briar’s and peaked into the plot and low and behold there about twenty yards away stands a 130-140 class 8 pointer quartering away from me. My heart starts pumping like crazy. But I knew I could make that shot. I start to pull my bow back and what I didn’t know was there was another buck standing in the food plot watching me. I was so focused on the Pope and Young buck standing right in front of me I never even saw the other buck. Well as soon as I go to draw this other buck bust me and blows and the deer all run out of the field and get about 60 yards into the woods and start blowing at me. I felt like I wanted to cry. I just had a Pope and Young buck broadside within shooting distance and get busted by a little buck. So I’m frustrated as I watch them run off, and I stand there for a minute the I start walking at a good pace back to my truck because it is close to getting dark, when all of the sudden an even bigger buck  is standing about 60 yards watching me pout back to the truck. He sees me first type of deal, so when I see him he is looking at me hard and bolts. This buck was huge probably a 150 class buck. So now I really want to cry. I’ve got big bucks all around me and and can’t seal the deal. I see two Pope and Young bucks in one evening, and even though I wasn’t able to harvest one, it is an evening of bow hunting I will never forget.  Last year I was able to harvest a potential Pope and Young buck bow hunting in Illinois but think he will fall just short when I get him officially scored. Who knows maybe this year will be the year for that record book trophy whitetail with my bow.

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/07/16/my-first-encounter-with-a-pope-and-young-buck-deer-hunting/feed/ 0 Whitetail Deer Bowhunting Exciting http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/02/09/whitetail-deer-bowhunting-exciting/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/02/09/whitetail-deer-bowhunting-exciting/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:27:36 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/?p=225 Have you ever harvested a whitetail deer bowhunting?

Harvesting a deer bowhunting can be very challenging.

Harvesting a deer bowhunting can be very challenging.

Taking a deer bowhunting can be a very exciting challenge. I made myself a personal goal of harvesting a Pope & Young buck before last deer season. I was able to take a very nice whitetail bowhunting in Illinois but I still have to get him officially scored to see if he will make the book. I’m thinking he will fall just short, but we will see. I have taken quite a few deer bowhunting but since I took that big boy I have got the fever bad. We are planning on filming some great hunts next season for FoggyBottomOutdoors.com and we are pumped. Having to get the big bucks so close before being able to shoot with a bow really gets your adrenalin going. Last year after I harvested that trophy buck in Illinois I didn’t go back in the woods without my bow.

Filming whitetail bow hunts can make for some exciting footage.

Filming whitetail bow hunts can make for some exciting footage.

I think now I will pretty much hunt most of the time with a bow or be behind the camera. I will still hunt with a rifle just not as much. One thing that I have never done that I plan on trying next season is hunting with a muzzle loader. I am currently in the process of shopping around for a deal on a good muzzle loader.

Yesterday I got my PSE Stinger out and shot a few times. I have to get me some new arrows for next year and a new arrow rest. The rest that I have is making a popping noise when I pull it back sometimes. It usually only does it after I have shot it a few times but I can’t have unwanted noises when pulling my bow back. My luck it would do it when I was pulling back on a monster buck of a lifetime. I am already fired up about next season and want to go to the woods right now.

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/02/09/whitetail-deer-bowhunting-exciting/feed/ 1 I’ve Got Me A New Deer Hunting Buddy And I’m Going To Do Some Late Season Public Hunting http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/01/06/ive-got-me-a-new-deer-hunting-buddy-and-im-going-to-do-some-lat-season-public-hunting/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/01/06/ive-got-me-a-new-deer-hunting-buddy-and-im-going-to-do-some-lat-season-public-hunting/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:12:38 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/01/06/ive-got-me-a-new-deer-hunting-buddy-and-im-going-to-do-some-lat-season-public-hunting/ Well I just had to share this video with everyone. I think I got a new deer hunting partner. My three year old son Noah and I went down to deer camp to get my portable stands out of the woods, and we had a great time. We had a blast even though we didn’t see any deer. It’s the first time I have taken him to the deer woods with me and I enjoyed every second of it. We had to walk a pretty good way to the stand and he stuck right there with me. We even saw a big bucks tracks. He wanted me to carry him through the woods when it got kind of thick. I have always wanted to have a son to take deer hunting.Deer Hunting is a great way to spend time with your family. And I can’t wait until my two boys get big enough to take them deer hunting with me. That is if they want to, I wont push it on them but will take them if they show an interest when they get big enough to go. I think they will both enjoy hunting and the great outdoors as much as their daddy does. My oldest has already asked when I was going to take him with me.

There are many late season deer hunting on public hunting land options.I did a post on some public hunting land here in Georgia that is still open to get in  some late season whitetail action. And it looks like I am going to try out one before the season ends. We had planned on going bow hunting in Illinois but our schedules just aren’t working out to be able to do it. So we are switching to plan B and are going to try to do some public hunting in Georgia. Hopefully we will get some good bow hunting action on film to share with everyone. I sure would like to be able to go bow hunting in Illinois one more time this year but Georgia offers some great late season bow hunting on public hunting land as well. Maybe we will get lucky and see some big bucks.I wanted to remind everyone to take a child  hunting or fishing and get them involved in the great outdoors and you will make memories that you and them will cherish forever.

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]]> http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2009/01/06/ive-got-me-a-new-deer-hunting-buddy-and-im-going-to-do-some-lat-season-public-hunting/feed/ 4 Filming Hunts/Whitetail Bow Hunting Make Deer Hunting Big Bucks More Challenging http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2008/12/01/filming-huntswhitetail-bow-hunting-make-deer-hunting-big-bucks-more-challenging/ http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2008/12/01/filming-huntswhitetail-bow-hunting-make-deer-hunting-big-bucks-more-challenging/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:17:40 +0000 admin http://www.deerhuntingbigbucks.com/2008/12/01/filming-huntswhitetail-bow-hunting-make-deer-hunting-big-bucks-more-challenging/ whitetail bow huntingWell tomorrow I am heading out for an action packed adventure of whitetail bow hunting and filming hunts.filming hunts I’m looking forward to a day in the world of outdoor videograpy. Actually I’m taking my rifle as well and hoping to see some big bucks. But I want to make it more challenging and get the footage whitetail bow hunting. And maybe one of our big bucks on our property will meander into bow range and maybe I can get it all on video deer hunting. If he’s not in bow range I’ll have my rifle to be able to (cross my fingers) reach out and touch him. Filming HuntingFilming hunting(outdoor videograpy) is one thing, but trying to do it by yourself with amateur equipment on nocturnal bucks is another thing. If I am able to pull it off maybe I should change my career to filming hunting.big bucks The big bucks seem to be nocturnal at this point in the season ,and appear to be very hard to pinpoint. So my confidence level is not very high, but I am trying to think positive and just hope to enjoy the day of being in the great outdoors. And hopefully get some good footage of some deer. I plan on filming hunts in a couple of different locations on our property. In the morning I plan on hunting in a location between where the whitetails feed and where they bed. My hope is to catch a mature buck heading back to bed for the day. Then in the midday I am going to set up on a food plot that has a lot of thickets and nice bedding areas nearby, and I plan on staying for a nice long evening of adventure. A cold front has moved in and tomorrow should be a great day, except the wind is supposed to be blowing quite a bit. But I hope to use that to my advantage and use the wind to setup downwind of where I expect to see the whitetails, and the wind will make it harder for the deer to hear any noises I make approaching the stand or any unwanted noises I make setting up or while in the stand.

I enjoy filming hunts and recently I have gotten the fever for filming hunting and whitetail bow hunting. Outdoor videography is something that I am very interested in learning more about. So what’s better than a little on the job training?

Also, today I ordered a cable for my camcorder that should allow me to download the footage to share with everyone.

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