I know I am already getting fired up for next deer season. I know it’s a long way off but I can’t wait to try and finally get that Pope and Young buck.

To qualify to be a Pope and Young buck the minimum score must be 125".

I’m always fired up about deer hunting. My neighbor took me fishing the other day and I had a great time but it just doesn’t compare to hunting big bucks for me. There is just something about getting after those mature trophy whitetails that gets in your blood. I am looking forward to filming hunts as well, I can’t wait to get some great footage of some rut crazed trophy whitetails going bonkers for some hot does.

I have got the fever for bow hunting pretty bad. Last year I harvested my first mature buck with a bow, bow hunting in Illinois and now not a day goes by I don’t think about getting my first Pope and Young buck. I am waiting to get the ten pointer I harvested bow hunting in Illinois back from the taxidermist to have him officially scored but I think he won’t be a Pope and Young buck, but he is a trophy in my book and I am very blessed to have had the opportunity to harvest such a beautiful animal.

This video is just a remix of some of the footage I shot last deer season.

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Deer Hunting Big Bucks

• December 7, 2009 -- Deer Hunting And Some Coyote Hunting In My Sunday Best (2)
• November 18, 2009 -- Deer Hunting Big Bucks In The Snow (1)
• November 15, 2009 -- Tough Week In Illinois For Deer Hunting Big Bucks (2)
• November 28, 2008 -- Great Day Deer Hunting But Pressure Making Big Bucks Elusive (4)
• November 26, 2008 -- Whitetail Deer Rut In Big Deer Texas (2)
• June 13, 2010 -- Trail Camera At The Top Of My Deer Hunting Checklist (0)
• May 25, 2010 -- Diversify Your Deer Hunting Property For Trophy Whitetails (0)
• May 9, 2010 -- Favorite Deer Hunting Big Bucks Video (4)
• April 25, 2010 -- Things That Will Improve Your Deer Hunting Property For Big Bucks (4)
• April 4, 2010 -- Time To Prepare Your Deer Hunting Food Plots For Big Bucks (0)

 I was able to get some good deer hunting footage, but I’m just not seeing the big bucks. 

I did get to see a beautiful sunrise. I hunted a huge food plot the first afternoon but the wind was whipping and I only saw two button heads.

 The next morning I hunted the edge of another food plot and I could see into a real thick area of hardwoods and pines mix. It was a very still morning and it was one of those hunts where I made way to much noise. It seemed like every little move I made I was making noise. I didn’t see a single whitetail, and I’m sure it was because of all the little noises I was making. I was trying so hard to be quiet but I just kept messing up. I dropped my range finder, ice had formed on the back of the seat I was in and kept falling on the metal platform, I had my camcorder on my tripod and it kept clanging against the metal stand. It was just one of those hunts. That afternoon I hunted yet another food plot and I had whitetails everywhere. I got some really good footage, I’ll put some on here that you can check out. I saw 9 whitetails that evening and I heard a few more that I never saw. All together it was a great couple of days of deer hunting but I just don’t know how to get close enough to see the big bucks, I think they are just to smart and have gone nocturnal. I just can’t pinpoint the big boy that we have on trail camera. He is so smart and elusive. I guess he didn’t get to 6 1/2 years old by being dumb. It is very humbling to be after the same trophy whitetail for several years, and never even see him while out in the field. I have only seen him on trail camera and most of the pictures of him are in the middle of the night.

My dad and I got to spend some time together in the woods, and the older I get the more I cherish the time we get to spend together. He recently was diagnosed with kidney disease, and seems to be in quite a bit of pain. I am planning on doing a post about my dad real soon and how he took the time to introduce me to the great outdoors and taught me everything I know about whitetails. I love you Dad!

Heres the video I took Sunday evening it’s pretty cool! It was kind of long so I had to mix it a little.

Deer Hunting Big Bucks

• June 13, 2010 -- Trail Camera At The Top Of My Deer Hunting Checklist (0)
• May 9, 2010 -- Favorite Deer Hunting Big Bucks Video (4)
• April 25, 2010 -- Things That Will Improve Your Deer Hunting Property For Big Bucks (4)
• April 4, 2010 -- Time To Prepare Your Deer Hunting Food Plots For Big Bucks (0)
• March 20, 2010 -- Shed Hunting Producing Some Nice Whitetail Sheds (1)
• March 13, 2010 -- Headed To Deer Hunting Property To Look For Big Bucks Sheds (1)
• January 9, 2010 -- Sun Goes Down On Another Year Deer Hunting In Kansas (1)
• December 20, 2009 -- Big Whitetail Bucks Hit By Cars Every Year And My Last Chance Deer Hunting This Season (6)
• December 7, 2009 -- Deer Hunting And Some Coyote Hunting In My Sunday Best (2)
• December 1, 2009 -- Deer Hunting Big Bucks Bottom Of The Seventh (0)

Right after daylight I caught movement coming through the pines, it was a deer and she had two fawns with her. I was able to get some good footage of them. I was hoping one of them would smell pretty for one of our big bucks. But that was not the case, they fed around for a while, but no big boys showed up. I hunted until about 10:00 a.m.

  It was a great day to be in the woods, although I didn’t see any big deer. But I had to leave to go see my step-dad who is in the hospital with pneumonia. I had planned on hunting all day but I needed to go check on Pop, which is what my boys call him. He has had a rough week, but seems to be getting better. Get well Pop we hope you feel better soon. Next year maybe we can go hunting in Kansas like we have been talking about. A quick story about my step dad he harvested a beautiful trophy whitetail several years ago in Walton county in Georgia, and every time I tell him I’m going deer hunting, he asks me when are you going to get one bigger than him? As he is pointing to the monster buck hanging on his living room wall. One day Pop I’m going to get one bigger than him(hopefully)(fingers crossed).

I have been waiting on a cable to be shipped so I could download some of my hunts. The cable arrived today, and I figured out how to download them. So hopefully I can share some of my filmed hunts. My first video I downloaded is from an afternoon hunt the day after Thanksgiving. It’s short, and doesn’t have any big bucks in it, but I’m learning how to do it, and hopefully I will get better with the videography, the editing, the downloading, the filming hunts by myself, and all the details that make good hunting footage. I wish that I would have been doing all of this at the begining of the season, most of the best hunting footage is when the deer rut. 

I’ll try to get some better videos on here soon. Hopefully I can get some great hunting footage of some big bucks to share. We have several big deer on our club, I just hope to be able to share more filmed hunts this year especially if some of the does that were not bred come back into estrous making the big deer rut.

Here is my first video it’s not very long but it’s a start.

Deer Hunting Big Bucks

• November 28, 2008 -- Great Day Deer Hunting But Pressure Making Big Bucks Elusive (4)
• November 26, 2008 -- Whitetail Deer Rut In Big Deer Texas (2)

Filming hunting

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.

Deer Hunting Big Bucks

• June 13, 2010 -- Trail Camera At The Top Of My Deer Hunting Checklist (0)
• May 9, 2010 -- Favorite Deer Hunting Big Bucks Video (4)
• April 25, 2010 -- Things That Will Improve Your Deer Hunting Property For Big Bucks (4)
• April 4, 2010 -- Time To Prepare Your Deer Hunting Food Plots For Big Bucks (0)
• March 20, 2010 -- Shed Hunting Producing Some Nice Whitetail Sheds (1)
• March 13, 2010 -- Headed To Deer Hunting Property To Look For Big Bucks Sheds (1)
• January 9, 2010 -- Sun Goes Down On Another Year Deer Hunting In Kansas (1)
• December 20, 2009 -- Big Whitetail Bucks Hit By Cars Every Year And My Last Chance Deer Hunting This Season (6)
• December 7, 2009 -- Deer Hunting And Some Coyote Hunting In My Sunday Best (2)
• December 1, 2009 -- Deer Hunting Big Bucks Bottom Of The Seventh (0)

I got in the stand and the action started early and was able to have a great afternoon of videoing and hunting. I am really getting the fever for bow-hunting and outdoor videography. I took my bow to test my archery skills, but I didn’t bring my arrows, I always forget to bring all of my supplies hunting. I was able to get a big fox squirrel  and seven whitetails on film, but the big bucks never showed up. I got some really good footage of the whitetails and squirrel. But it started raining while I was there, and rain and expensive video equipment just don’t mix. Especially when you don’t have the right equipment to protect your camera while filming hunts. I am already wanting to invest in a professional outdoor videography package. I found a really cool website that offers professional outdoor videography packages. You can go check them out at CampbellOutdoorChallenge. They have a great line of products, and they even have a competition you can enter and compete against other teams filming hunts. So be sure and go over and check them out.

The rain wasn’t too bad so I was able to keep the camera out and I just covered it up and still got some great footage. I had a wonderful eveing, I had several whitetails feeding in the food plot and they stayed around feeding for quite some time. It was fun catching them on video. I’m still trying to figure out how to download the video so I can share it with you. I am looking forward to getting some great footage in the near future. I’d like to do it for a living, who knows maybe someday soon I will.

Deer Hunting Big Bucks

• December 7, 2009 -- Deer Hunting And Some Coyote Hunting In My Sunday Best (2)
• November 18, 2009 -- Deer Hunting Big Bucks In The Snow (1)
• November 15, 2009 -- Tough Week In Illinois For Deer Hunting Big Bucks (2)
• May 5, 2009 -- Downloading and Editing Deer Hunting Videos Of Trophy Whitetails (2)
• November 30, 2008 -- Deer Hunting World Record Deer Big Bucks (4)
• November 28, 2008 -- Great Day Deer Hunting But Pressure Making Big Bucks Elusive (4)
• November 26, 2008 -- Whitetail Deer Rut In Big Deer Texas (2)
• January 18, 2010 -- 15 Year Old Takes Giant Missouri Buck Deer Hunting With Bow (6)
• February 6, 2009 -- Rate Your Deer Season (0)
• December 30, 2008 -- Last Minute Deer Hunting Whitetail Bucks Laying Low As Season Comes To An End (4)