When the author moved to a new area, he had to abandon everything he knew about how to hunt and learn new tactics.
Reader stories of whitetail deer hunts from Deer & Deer Hunting.
Category: Readers Stories
Reader stories of whitetail deer hunts from Deer & Deer Hunting.
70 Yard Shot on a Deer … With a Frisbee®!
We’ve seen great shots with rifles, muzzleloaders and, of course, bows and arrows, but we’ve never quite seen a “shot” on a deer quite like this one! For more videos on all things whitetails and deer hunting, be sure to check out our page on YouTube:
Hunting the Buck With the Tine That Grew Down
“Have you guys seen the buck with the tine that grew down?” A neighboring property owner posed that simple question to my father in autumn 2010. Quickly, we covered our property in trail cameras hoping to capture a picture of the buck we had already begun calling the Drop Tine Buck. We had close to […]
Blind South Dakota Youth Kills First Deer
by Ben Sobieck, D&DH online editor Deer & Deer Hunting reader Nancy Jorgenson sent in this clipping from a newspaper in Flandreau, South Dakota. Her 12-year-old nephew, Marcus VanDam, killed his first deer this past November. That’s an accomplishment in itself, but it’s even more significant when you know Marcus lost his sight five years […]
Deer Camp is More Fun When You Have a Plan
By Dick Harris, Deer & Deer Hunting subscriber Ever since we purchased our deer hunting property and our family started hunting deer there during our state’s approximately week-long deer season, my wife, Karen, has made a menu and prepared all the meals for us. Some years that means making enough to feed 12, all family […]
What Defines a Trophy Buck?
by Bryan Hendricks To me, the definition of trophy entails other things besides antler size. Above my desk, for example, is the rack of a 9-point whitetail I killed at Turley Ranch in Roger Mills County, Okla. The rack was beautiful, maybe 120 B&C, but the circumstances made it special. Turley Ranch covers about 25,000 […]
Is Hunting Killing Your Heart?
by Brandon Smith, D&DH reader Not until last season, when I strapped on a monitor, have I ever considered how hard my heart beats while hunting. Although opinion varies, many doctors caution against exercising at a level greater than 85 percent of a person’s maximum heart rate. This increases the risk of heart attack. For […]
Teen Hunter’s First Buck
by Robert Foan, D&DH reader On Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, my son Brody (14) killed his very first whitetail buck in Wisconsin. He shot it with his Hoyt Kobalt set at 50 pounds using an Easton Axis ST arrow and a 100-grain G5 Montec Brodhead. The shot was taken at 23 yards on buck quartering […]
Reader: “I’m Going to Die” After Fall
by John Smith, D&DH reader My first day hunting the 2010 Wisconsin bow season nearly became my last. On Nov. 8, I went to hunt a 40-acre wooded lot in the central part of the state. I have hunted the land more than 20 years. Although it is small, it features a nice oak ridge, […]
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