Monster Bucks and Late Season Food Sources

When it comes to wrapping your tag around a late season giant your success can rely greatly on your ability to find the best food source available in your area. As I discussed in my last column, security  cover also plays a huge role in late season strategies but you can bet that the cover [...]

Monster Bucks and late season cover

One of my best bucks to date, taken from a 9 acre thicket ! Don’t overlook the small patches of cover!
When it comes to chasing giant whitetails during the late season, it’s all about security cover! By the time snow starts to fly in December, the deer have been pressured by bow and gun hunters [...]

Huge 8 point plus a Possible ND Record Typical

Here’s a couple pictures of two truly giant bucks we received via email recently. The first picture is of a world class 8 point taken by Mike Kemble of Ohio. It’s very rare to see an 8 point gross over 170 and this massive buck is reportedly approaching the 190 mark. Now that’s a stud [...]

Monster Bucks Late Season

December Giant
If you haven’t filled your archery tag yet don’t worry, some of the best hunting of the year is still to come! My favorite time of the season to shoot a mature deer is definitely early, but my second favorite is late season. I know the rut is a great time to kill a [...]

Rich and Jason from Whitetail Properties Score Big!

Rich Baugh shot a tremendous 203″ Iowa monster buck on November 19, 2011 with his Bear Anarchy bow. Jason Cleveland shot his Missouri booner with a rifle after pursuing him for a couple of years. Here are their incredible multi-year hunting stories. These guys both work for Whitetail Properties and truly practice what they preach, [...]

Chris Tags His Trophy of a Lifetime

Hi, my name is Chris Miraglia and I am a passionate hunter from Ohio. My journey began on July 21, 2011 when I placed my Cuddeback trail camera outback in a 3-acre wood lot. That same day I spotted “Big Boy” on my Cuddeback trail camera and my whole world had changed!
My wife said “all you can do [...]

Big Midwestern Bucks

Here is another collection of big whitetail bucks taken across the Midwest during 2011 hunting seasons. Thanks to Ed Waite of Buckmasters for sharing some of these great pictures with us. Congrats to all these hunters!
Danny Terril, pictured with his boys harvested this big, dark antlered 10 point buck in Indiana during archery season.
Ricky Balzer [...]

Monster Bucks: Success and Failure

Illinois 2011
I had an incredible gun season this year in Illinois, sharing deer camp with some great friends and scoring on this 140” 8 point first thing Friday morning! In fact, I had my best season ever in Illinois, filling both my archery and gun tags for the first time this year after hunting this [...]

Whitetail Properties Team Knocks ‘em Down

Mark Williams shot this 145″ buck with his Ruger Model 77 Hawkeye in South Hopkins County, Kentucky. His story follows:

Just started seeing this buck this year and have multiple Reconyx pictures of him.  He is a good mature buck with a lot of unique features including a double throat patch, split brow, and crab [...]

Non-Typical Monster Buck from Ohio

On November 2, 2011 Matt Sheterom harvested a giant 200 class non-typical. This buck has incredible character, multiple drop tines, mass and 18 points. Below is a brief account of his hunt. His pictures been all over the Internet and will likely be featured in North American Whitetail at some point. Congrats Matt!
I have had [...]

Monster Bucks and Quality Equipment

My biggest buck to date, taken 2 hours after I hung the stand.
Illinois has been one of my favorite hunting destinations for the last 6 or 7 years, and I normally draw a bow and a gun tag, (non residents can shoot one buck with a bow and one with a gun) and with the [...]

Wisconsin Monster Buck

Alabama bowhunter, Ryan Noffsinger reportedly arrowed this 200+ monster non-typical while hunting in Wisconsin on November 12, 2011. Click the picture to enlarge it to check out the mass on this deer. Congrats to Ryan on harvesting this giant, old monarch!
Good luck to everyone. Remember to send us your pictures and stories!

Monster Bucks in Canada – not this time!

Well like they say all good things must come to an end, and so did my lucky streak, just never imagined it would happen in Canada! Yes, after 4 great bucks in a row – Wyoming, Ohio, Kansas and Illinois – I got skunked in Canada! I really believed after starting my bow season off [...]

Big Bucks Galore!

American Hunters have had a lot of success during the early seasons this fall. Check out all 10 of these bucks, simply click on the picture to enlarge. Congrats to everyone!
Keep those pictures and stories coming in, the rut’s on and gun season’s right around the corner in many states. Hunt safe.
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1. Ronnie Stevens with [...]

The October Lull in Kansas and Illinois

Kansas 2011
Even though it’s a tough time to hunt, the “October Lull” has been very good to me this year! In my last column I talked about a couple great bucks I was chasing in Kansas, and even though they are both still walking, I managed to take a great buck before I left for [...]

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