Big whitetail bucks

big whitetail buck photos

Witness the incredible transformation of a whitetail’s antlers from unimpressive spike buck to majestic Booner to old age over a period of 12 years.

Great Whitetail buck: beautiful face and a large rack of antlers. Hope he escaped the trophy hunters.

A question that comes up often among hunters is “How long does a deer live?”. This question honestly is more loaded than it seems, and the answers vary depending on many factors. One thing is for sure…

Photo by Lance Krueger We deer hunters can never claim that we lack information. We know all about deer habits and habitat, preferred forage and growth rates, physiology and reproductive practices. We can identify the size of a deer by its tracks, its gender by its urine, and its current feeding preferences by its droppings. We watch deer on trail cams and name animals we've never seen in the flesh. So, is there such a thing as TMI—too much information—when it comes to whitetails?

Apple Creek Whitetails Photo I want to share with you a little known secret on attracting Big Bucks. HERE IT IS: If you really want to put your buck into a tizzy, try making a mock scrape. Dig up the dirt from a scrape in a different location and place it in the scrape you’re hunting over. Be sure to use scent-free gear and a shovel. Dig down about six inches and transport the dirt in a clean plastic bag. Empty this dirt into your hunting scrape and your buck will perceive this as an…

When the rut is still going, not much gets a big buck riled up quite like a decoy. In fact, deployed at the right time, a whitetail decoy will sometimes be more effective than any other method out there for getting a big buck to drop his guard. Case in point is the amazing trail […] The post Big Buck Falls for Decoy Three Times, Reacts Differently Each Time appeared first on Wide Open Spaces.

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