Dwight Shaffer doesn’t have a lot of land to hunt. In fact, he has just a few small tracts scattered out that he spends time on. But a 66-acre piece of Walthall County property turned out to be all he needed to knock down a mammoth buck that green scored more than 190 inches. […]
It’s not that Scott Hidalgo doesn’t hunt a lot. It wasn’t even because he hadn’t been successful as a deer hunter. No, rotten luck was the reason Hidalgo hadn’t killed a rack buck in the 17 years since he began deer hunting when he climbed into a stand on Nov. 21. […]
Users Renot16 and bhobbs earned MS-Sportsman.com prize packages today (Dec. 6) for winning the November installments of the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail contests. […]
On the History Channel’s American Pickers, the main characters Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz rummage around in the far reaches of the American outback scrounging for hidden treasures and trophies. […]
Tommy Milioto Jr. knew the deer was on his property near Liberty. He had seen too many pictures of the fine buck. The problem was all the pictures were snapped at night. […]
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. Their eyes, ears and noses are focused on estrus does, and although they can still respond to threats, most of the time it takes them a few seconds longer to put two and two together. This stupor of hesitation on a rutting buck’s part offers a grand opportunity to bring him down. […]
MS-Sportsman.com user Riverbilly has a vision to “create new hunters” by taking children hunting and allowing them to experience success. He did this on Nov. 6, and here is what he had to say about the outing. […]
Nurse anesthetist Randy Wisenor makes it a practice to put people to sleep. It’s his job; it’s what he does.
On Oct. 1, Wisenor had completed his duties of sending surgical patients temporarily into la-la land, made the two-hour drive to his hunting lease in Copiah County and before darkness fell over the woods he’d performed the same feat – for keeps – on a trophy whitetail buck.
A retired state trooper, 1988 winner of the Tunica Big Deer contest, Bobby Reed, recalls how he came to harvest his 169 7/8 buck with a primitive weapon. […]
Matt Renot knew what walked the woods of Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge, so he’s set his standards for bucks at 130-class deer. He bested that Oct. 2 when he arrowed a massive 13-pointer that has been roughed out as high as 164 inches.
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Anticipation grew with each passing day for Ricky McCullough and his son Josh as they made regular trips to check their game camera throughout the summer and into the early fall.
As opening day of bow season neared, there was a heightened since of urgency. A trophy buck continued to visit their camera site on a regular basis. The father and son team had scouted the area thoroughly and located a core area that was home to several deer.
One outstanding buck was particularly interesting. […]
Mike Monju and his buddies have hunted Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge for several years, so they didn’t have to think too hard about where to set up when they hit the woods early Oct. 30.
And the funnel proved itself once again when Monju arrowed a big buck that might have scored in the 150s – if the rack hadn’t been so funky.
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