Monster Bucks on The Opener

If I had to pick my favorite month to hunt “Monster Bucks” it would have to be October! Yeh, you heard right, October, not November. I have had my best luck in October and harvested all of my biggest bucks including all 3 of my 200” deer prior to Halloween. There are a few good [...]

Monster Bucks- The Change

The “Dark Horse” buck, 2011
Who out there has an eyeball on a big buck already? Trail cam pics? Video? Or have you burned a hole through him with your spotting scope? Is he predictable, doing the same thing every night? Have you had your eye on him all summer, watching him waltz into the local [...]

Monster Bucks and Salad Dressing

When is the best time to see a Monster buck this time of the year? I’m sure if you are reading this column, you’ve probably been running trail cameras in your hunting area and cruising the roads glassing the bean fields, trying to catch a glimpse of a giant in velvet. I’ll bet some of [...]

Spooking Monster Bucks

Is it ok to spook a mature whitetail? If you do, what will happen? Will he turn nocturnal or leave the area completely never to return? Is there ever a good time to spook a big buck? All good questions and I wish there was a definitive answer. I don’t believe that if you do [...]

Monster Buck success

What’s the key to harvesting Monster Bucks consistently? It would have to be finding them, right? It doesn’t matter if you are the best bow hunter on earth and you can hit a paper plate consistently at 100 yards on every shot, if he doesn’t live where you hunt you won’t kill him! There’s an [...]

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 right now

If deer season opened up next week, how prepared are you right now? I know, it’s only the first week in July and the opener is 3 months away, but how ready are you? Have you found a buck you are interested in harvesting yet? Do you know where you have the best chance of [...]

Trail Cam Shots

Here are a few trail cam pictures from one of my favorite farms. This mineral lick and camera provided well over 1,000 deer pictures in the past 30 days. The intense use by the deer combined with record setting spring rains here in Ohio have dissolved my Trophy Rocks already. I put out [...]

Monster Bucks and the Moon

“Cody’s Buck”
If I had to name just one thing that has increased my success on seeing monster bucks during the daylight hours, whether it’s in season or during summer scouting, it would have to be paying attention to the MOON! I know there are many different opinions about the moon and what impact it has [...]

Monster Buck summer observation

Although it can be extremely hot and humid during the summer months here in the mid west, the dedicated hunter can accumulate some valuable information from June through September to help him score on a monster whitetail! Last week, I started on the subject of summer scouting and the best locations I’ve found for keeping [...]

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 [...]

The Bow-Zone

OH CANADA! I don’t think it would have been possible for me to be more excited about my spring trip to Canada. Two weeks to chase giant black bears in Alberta and do a little shed hunting in the infamous Bow-Zone! Well, I don’t think it would have been possible for a trip to be [...]

Mineral Lick Tune-Up

Each spring I check the mineral licks I’ve created and make sure they are ready to go for the peak usage time over the summer. If done right, these areas get dug up during the course of the year and will need additional minerals added. As you can see from the lick in the picture [...]

Merriams and Sheds

I would like to thank the guys at American-Hunter for allowing me to post my columns and for all the viewer comments, I hope that my ideas on chasing Monster Bucks helps everybody harvest their biggest deer ever! As you can see, I have been chasing turkeys in Wyoming and harvested my first Merriam turkey [...]

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 [...]

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