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 [...]

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 [...]

Dan’s Illinois Buck

Dan Perez of Whitetail Properties scored on this mature 140 class 8 point buck in Pike County, Illinois on November 9, 2011. Below is a picture and field report from his hunt.
We hunted an area I call Heartbreak Ridge, the weather conditions were perfect for this spot.  A cool wind was blowing out of the [...]

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 Whitetail Gods, by Scott Ward

4:25 p.m The moon is over head and the wind is dumping out of the north west, with a front moving in. My life long friend Shawn is the hunter on deck . Man the season is here I’m thinking as we drove by a 140 inch buck in the beans to left driving to [...]

Monster Bucks vs Patience

When it comes to hunting Monster Bucks, especially early in the season, patience is the name of the game! They say patience is a virtue, but in this situation it might be better explained that in order to make the best of a difficult situation, we have to understand the circumstances and deal with them [...]

Monster Bucks out of state

Kansas Giant I have hunted for 3 seasons now, wireless picture sent to me via Smartscouter!
Harvesting big bucks in your home state consistently can be tough, but doing it out of state can be a real challenge! It’s next to impossible to scout anywhere like you can at home, but when you combine today’s technology [...]

Monster Bucks of Summer

During the summer months, hot temperatures and high humidity are great reasons to stay inside, but the big bucks are still out there and are usually more visible now than during any other time of the year! This is also a great time to figure out a game plan for a giant buck you are [...]

Monster Bucks away from home

What can we do to increase our chances at harvesting a monster buck out of state this year? I hunt multiple states every season, and its the legwork you do in the off season that can greatly impact your success on out of state hunts! It’s really not much different than scouting for a big [...]

Monster Buck Bedding Area Stands

 If you know where he sleeps you can kill him! Much of my hunting strategy revolves around knowing where a big buck beds, but I seldom ever hunt right in Mr. Big’s bedroom, but when I do its normally my last resort. In recent weeks I’ve discussed late season scouting and how I use this time [...]

Monster Bucks Travel Patterns

For the majority of his life, a mature whitetail buck lives simply to survive. Since the day he was born, he’s taught the most basic survival instincts from his mother, but over the years he develops his keen senses, honing them constantly as they become the weapons that guard his very life. As the seasons [...]

Monster buck core areas

Last week we talked about shed hunting and how important it can be to locating a mature buck. If you find a good set of antlers, you know the buck has survived the hunting season. Where you find a bucks shed antlers can also give you a starting point to figuring out his home range. Once season [...]

Shed hunting tips for dominant bucks

The mature whitetail is an amazing creature and may very well be the most sought after trophy in North America. The whitetail deer can see, hear and smell better than any animal in the woods and once a buck reaches maturity, he is a master at the game of survival. A big buck is a [...]

Man vs Whitetail: Nov 9, 2010 Day 9 – Part 9

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