The Medusa Buck.

Yikes – this is a velvet buck with some obvious problems. This was originally posted over at Prairie State Outdoors site with no other info.
If you know about this buck or have any information to share, drop me a line dan (at) kybowhunter.com

This buck reminds me alot of Troy Wilson’s Buck

Kentucky’s Biggest Typical from 2007

As of this posting this is the biggest known typical from the 2007 Kentucky Deer Season.
This buck is very impressive in several different aspects, fist it comes from a county in Eastern Kentucky where there have only been two other typicals entered into the Boone & Crockett book. This will make the third typical [...]

Indiana Monster Buck from the past.

I originally posted this story  back in 2000 – it is still one of my all-time favorite bucks – it has the mass, spread and length that every trophy hunter looks for.
This buck also made the Cover of North American Whitetail.  Congrats again to the deer hunter, Matt Miller.
Here are the details

Harvested with a Muzzleloader
Taken [...]

Bears & Dropped Cell Calls ?

A local Sprint Tech was dispatched to a cell tower that had lost power – when he showed up this is what he found.

New State Typical Record for Oklahoma!

This buck was taken during the 2007 Oklahoma Deer Season and after the 60 day drying period and entry into Boone & Crockett it is the new #1 Typical Buck All-Time for the Sooner State.
Even after a number of deductions the Boyett Buck nets an incredible 191 4/8″ and ranks #104 on the B&C list [...]

2008 Turkey Photo Contest!

Want a chance to win a Custom Box Call from Lance Custom Calls – it’s super easy all you have to do is upload a photo from this turkey season – To find out all the particulars click here.

The Exceptional Swamp King.

The Exceptional Swamp King – by Tim Herald
I don’t know what makes turkeys gobble one day but not the next. Obviously the stage of mating, the weather, barometric pressure, etc. all have something to do with how much turkeys gobble, but from one seemingly identical day to the next there can be unexplainable differences in [...]

What a Rack!

Unfortunately this buck was found dead in 2006, the green score on it was 197″. Looks like it is a basic 5 x 5 rack with some extra tines that total 17 scorable points in all.

Boat Load of Bucks

Ok – so someone out there has to know the story, the REAL story, behind this photo.  I’ve seen this photo float thru my inbox for sometime now, one saying it was the end of a lease, the other was a game farm .. who knows?  If you know the low down on this pict [...]

Calls of the Wild Turkey

By Pat Cardin: Outdoors Writer and Turkey hunter.
The vocabulary of the wild turkey is versatile, but yet not that complicated to where, with a little practice, a turkey hunter can master the calls and strategically use them to lure that old gobbler in this spring.
As far as hunting goes, I will say that you [...]

Missouri Monster Buck!

This buck was taken during MO 2007 Rifle Season by hunter Jeff Wilson, reportedly scores around 215? B&C!
This buck has great character – I really like that non-typical point that comes off the right side! Very neat buck!

Marty Sharp Illinois Buck!

This 20-point buck was taken on on opening day of the Illinois 2007 gun season – This non-typical buck was green scored at 243? and sports a 24? inside spread!

New turkey calls added to my arsenal.

I like to add a couple of new calls to my turkey vest each spring – it gives me something new to play with and something new for those old gobblers to hear.  So this year I called up Dad’s Custom Turkey Calls and put in an order for a new long box and one [...]

New Changes!

I have changed the back-end of American-Hunter.com to add some additional features to the site and to make it more flexible.
Hope you like the new design and bear with me over the next few days as I work out a couple of minor kinks.
One great new feature is that you will now be able to [...]

Some Picts From South Africa.

Just wanted to share some picts that my buddy Louis sent to me. Louis is a native Afrikaner who travels out to the bush country on a regular basis and on his last trip snapped a couple of neat picts.
This one of a white lion

A nice shot