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The 40-Hour Blackpowder Buck

January 11, 2021

The 40-Hour Blackpowder Buck
The buck walked out and I shot it. 20 yards with my Knight .50-caliber Disc rifle. Mr. Five-Point greyhounded a half football field and piled into the palmettos. Just that easy. This buck wasn’t on any Hit List, of course. The cellular trail camera had churned out multiple pictures of larger bucks over the previous six weeks. But, at the end of the day – and take that literally – I wanted the venison. Despite my efforts, those larger bucks… Read More »

Ian Nance
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The Crown Buck: Pt 1, Contact

December 2, 2020

The Crown Buck: Pt 1, Contact

My current hunting buddy is my step daughter’s son Champ. He is a natural born outdoorsman and at 11 years old he’s spent more time in the woods; and likely knows more about woodsmanship and understands more about locating and hunting our local wild game, Whitetail deer and wild hogs, than most 30-40 year olds do. I’m not lying, Champ knows his way around in the woods.

The Friday after this Thanksgiving Champ wanted to zero in on a big wild boar showing up regularly on his SpyPoint mobile game camera. While he was doing that, I hunted in a weather worn, years old tin shed 250 yards west of Champ’s ground blind. As time passed my area got nuts with deer activity, all does, but that’s ok because the rut is coming on right now and this steady flow of does in and out of my area might get the attention of a nice mature buck.

Three of the members of our deer lease were also down to hunt, Richey, John and Collin Cottrell. I kept up with everyone by texting them and they were seeing deer also. An hour before dark 5 does were scattered around my area. Something caught their attention and all of the does looked in the direction of an area I couldn’t see — south of my dirt-floor tin shed.

Suddenly … from the right, a buck walked into my view, only a few feet away from my shooting cut-out. He was a big, mature buck, 5 1/2 or more in age. He was a buck that holds down the nickname of the “Crown Buck” because of his unusual straight and evenly spaced up tines, the high shape of his rack and the circular shape of the main beams.

I quietly stepped backward.

Woops! He looked into the cut-out, right at me.

CONTINUED…

Robert Hoague
Bowhunting.Net

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Thanksgiving morning buck

November 30, 2020

Thanksgiving morning buck

Thanksgiving morning buck submitted by /u/Ekleo
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Where Were You Yesterday Buck?

November 24, 2020

Where Were You Yesterday Buck?
Trail cameras are the very devil. Once upon a time, you could spend a weekend in the public land woods believing the forest was void of game and that’s why you weren’t seeing anything. That’s changed. Now I’m awakened by my 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. updates to see what’s been ambling by as the cellular trail camera relays info. Workday reminders of the wild world passing you by are the worst, though. Alas – One Monday at the office.… Read More »

Ian Nance
Good Hunt

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Take a Big Buck. Save your Lower Back. A Cautionary Tale.

November 15, 2020

Take a Big Buck. Save your Lower Back. A Cautionary Tale.
When I first saw the following illustration on Facebook, I cursed my lack of intelligence for practical solutions and youthful impertinence towards abusing my body. I’ve told this story before, but I aged 15 years in November of 2006. I’d shot a 225 lb. 8-point behind a Western Georgia peanut field. The morning was crystal clear and below freezing. Alone, I dragged the buck out of a creek bottom to my truck. Ecstatic about this animal, I got in too… Read More »

Ian Nance
Good Hunt

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My Pa, 82, defending his buck from a bear. He still works full time as a fishing boat captain.

November 6, 2020

My Pa, 82, defending his buck from a bear. He still works full time as a fishing boat captain.

My Pa, 82, defending his buck from a bear. He still works full time as a fishing boat captain. submitted by /u/farmerjojo_SV
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My biggest washington buck so far.

October 22, 2020

My biggest washington buck so far.

My biggest washington buck so far. submitted by /u/slacksurf
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My brother with his first buck at 30 yrs old (NJ, public land, bow)

October 2, 2020

My brother with his first buck at 30 yrs old (NJ, public land, bow)

My brother with his first buck at 30 yrs old (NJ, public land, bow) submitted by /u/bsels
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How to Protect Trees from Buck Rubs and Possible Girdling

September 8, 2020

How to Protect Trees from Buck Rubs and Possible Girdling
It’s that time of year!  Testosterone levels in bucks are increasing and velvet will be coming off soon. That means bucks will begin rubbing. Bucks tend to rub on aromatic trees (such as fruit trees or cedars) due to the scent that is released. To protect fruit trees or other aromatic trees from being rubbed  … Read more

GrowingDeer
Hunting Advice and Tips For Serious Deer And Turkey Hunters

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Bring your Trophy Buck to Be Scored at the Outdoor Life / Field & Stream Florida Expo

July 12, 2020

Bring your Trophy Buck to Be Scored at the Outdoor Life / Field & Stream Florida Expo
Deer mounts are the hunter’s equivalent to an emotional support animal. There’s comfort in those glassy eyes staring across the den, knowing that, for a brief moment, you were competent – or lucky – enough in the woods to tag a trophy, by whatever standard one wishes to measure trophy-ness. Perhaps the quickest way of dulling that shine of success is to compare your trophy to someone else’s buck, but in the event you must know what that whitetail scored… Read More »

Ian Nance
Good Hunt

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