SNOW AND RAIN PICTURES

8PT TOOK A BEATING?

Latest picture of the 8pt. Looks like he survived rifle season, but got broke up a little bit. I guess I'll have to find his sheds.

COLBY GULL'S BUCK

More images of this buck in our photo gallery. Just click the link on the right.

PAYNE FAMILY BAGS TWO MORE BUCKS

Tom and Shanna Payne killed these bucks during archery season. Just when we thought Kansas bucks weren't going down this year! :) Shanna's buck grossed 125 and Tom's was 150.

NEW BUCK ON FIELD CAM

This is the buck I caught a glimpse of from the tree stand the other night. I was hoping to catch him on camera. He has some extra junk coming off the base. More pictures of him and the other large buck coming to my corn in the gallery.

Travis Johnson Bags His First Buck

Travis (pictured in center) flew to Nebraska with his dad and a buddy to rifle hunt Whitetail. He took this nice 11 pt. home with him.

Interesting E-Mail Going Around

This was not taken by any of our viewers, but thought it was worth posting. This buck was caught on a field cam with an arrow in it's head.

BBD

Nathan Payne killed this 160 class buck on an evening hunt last week. More pics available in the photo gallery. Check back often, as we are hearing more big ones are down and pictures are expected soon.

Casey puts a monster down

well as much fun as it is to hunt the peak rut in Nov. i'm gonna have to pass again this year!! Oct. 21 was my lucky day for 2008. after getting trail camera pics of a deer i named Forks for the last 2 years i finally laid eyes on him for the first time in real life. i was hunting in a draw in a stand i call the "doomsday" stand b/c every time i hunted it before something bad resulted. but i hunted it anyway... cold n cloudy day i had just finished a grunting and rattling sequence about 10 min prior when something caught my eye. it was antler in a thick spot 35 yards in front of me. he wanted to go down wind of me and into the thick mass of tangled trees to the southwest, but after enticing him with my grunt call over my shoulder, after a gruesome 10 min wait, i coaxed him to come into my shooting lane and in to 20 yards where he dropped his head to sniff the corn pile that was in front of my trial cam. knowing that i was in the wide open and he was nearly directly facing me my only chance do get drawn was while his head was down. i couldn't wait for a better shot, that was a good as it was gonna get then while he was at least standing still. Besides, it was the doomsday stand...i didn't want to give it another chance to remind me why i named it that! with his head down, and very sharply quartered to me i drew and settled my pin just off the spine and right behind the shoulder blades. ya it was a tough shot, but i think those of you who know me understand that confidence is not something that i lack. THWAP! i released and buried the shaft exactly where my pin was placed. as he reared and pivoted away from my i saw my arrow shaft had penetrated nearly to my wrap. i knew it should be good, but after checking for blood 30 min later with a lot of ground moisture, and more rain on the way, i found no blood. i soon had about 5 loyal friends at my side as we gave amply time before reentering the field to continue the search. on a cold and misty night the mob and i searched high and low to follow a few sparse drops of blood through the mid-torso high crp grass. one spot at a time we inched our way closer to my prize. Finally, when breaking inside of 20 yards of him i could see the heavenly glow of an orange lume-noc. after blinking once to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me, i shouted "i got him" and ran up to claim my troghy. then i immediately thanked everyone for spending their time to help me. the shot destroyed atleast one lung but i didn't look to see if it pierced the other. the tracking job we found was so dificult due to the fact that the broad head drove its way through the meaty tissue between the ribs in an attemp to exit but lost the momentum to pass through the hide. there was no exit therefore the only blood we were following was that which was comming out the top of his back. the trail, although seeming like it took hours, ended within 150 yards of where it started. preliminary information suggest that this deer will gross score in the mid-high 150's...which is b/c when we found him we discovered that he had broken off 3 tines already this year!!!!!!!!! those tines would have elevated his gross score to the mid-low 160's where i had guessed he would be based on trail photos. but i did hope that i'd be wrong and that he be even bigger!! he had 18 scorable points, only 15 when we found him. hare are the pics, and good luck to all of you this year. GO GET'EM!

FIRST KILL

This picture was sent in by Chance Blatchford's mother. She said he is quite the hunter and she is very proud of him! Chance is 16 years old. This may be the first picture we have to post of a BBD in 2008, but this is NOT Chance's first kill. His mother said he had a comparable kill last year.

SOMETHING DOESN'T MATCH UP!

Sent in by Colby.

BRIAN'S SHOT

Sorry it took so long to get this one on, Brian!

OUT OF VELVET

Just checked my camera for the first time after getting it back up. Glad to see my boy is still there!

FOUNTAINHEAD

Another Butler County Giant sent in by Colby. He checked his camera yesterday and sent these in for us to drool over. Buck Fever, anyone?

More shots of this one in the photo gallery.

CASEY SENDS US SOME MORE

Had some bad luck with cameras so far. One time I wanted to leave it for 2 wks, but went back after 11 days and battery was dead for 5 already. Another time the battery went dead and never snapped a pic. Wonder if lightning struck close by and turned it off. Anyway thats how things go. Still have a few pis for y'all to look at. Hoping for more. Talk to y'all later. Keep in touch.

casey

More of Casey's pictures are available in the gallery.

THREESOME AT THE FEEDER

Billy Bunyard checked his camera today in Elk County and sent me this. I'd say this was a good day to be Billy. Huh?

More shots available in the photo gallery.

COLBY GETS ANOTHER GLANCE AT THE BIG ONE!

If you were watching our blog last year, you will remember this one. I wonder where his friend went? I'm not going to say anything more about this big guy. I think the picture speaks for itself!

More pictures of this buck and others from Colby on our photo gallery.

Brian Johnson Sends In Fieldcam Pics

More pics in photo gallery!

Casey Gamble Gets A Return Visit

Casey's story -

As many of you remember, I had 3 very nice bucks on trail camera last year. Well, one I harvested, a nice 10pt. One I found dead while shed hunting, 14 pt that scored 188 5/8 and another nice 14 pt. Well, the other one escaped me with the exception of leaving one shed antler in my path and I have looked at it at least once almost everyday since the day I found it.
Now I have recaptured this bruiser on one of my trail cameras. Second week out, 118 pics, 59 of this buck. Hope you all enjoy!

For more pictures, please check out our photo gallery!

2008 SEASON IS HERE, DEER CAMS ARE OUT!

Ok, I just sat my camera out for 6 days and already have some results. Here's a sample of what's walking the woods in Cowley County. Send us your pictures, and we'll get them on.

Billy Bunyard's shed

Available on E-Bay item # 290215682063.

MATT'S MONSTER SHED AVAILABLE ON EBAY

You can search by Item number: 260216941984.

Main Beam - 26"

G1-5" H1-5"

G2-7.5" H2-4"

G3-10.75" H3-4.5"

G4-9.25" H4-4.5"

G5-4.75"

Total 81.25

This is an impressive huge 6 point shed. Great color and texture. Still has wax ring and even a little blood on the base. Did not sit on the ground very long.

INTERESTING PIC FROM E-MAIL

This picture was taken with someone's field cam.

NATHAN SEXTON'S SHED COLLECTION - SO FAR!

These two were found locked up!






To see more angles of these, check out the photo gallery.

Chase Bunyard - BBD

This is Chase Bunyard's first buck! At 8 years old, he took this with his rifle. How many of you guys can claim that on your record? Make sure to check out more pics of this buck plus some of Chase's sheds in the gallery.

Lebo Bow Club Shoots

Lebo Bow Club will be having bow shoots every 2nd Saturday of the month from Feb-Sept. Cost is $10 for non-members.
If you have information on more shoots, please e-mail them to deerhuntersdiary@gmail.com

Thanks!

LAST WEEKS SHED HUNT

This is a pic of last weeks find. Went out on Wed and found five fresh and one matched set. Saturday, went out with Matt for 3 hours in the cold rain. Matt found four old sheds, and I scored an awesome skull and 3 older horns. We saw one buck with one side. I still think there are deers with horns, but there are some fresh sheds out there to be found.

More photos in the gallery!! We need pics of sheds to keep our guys inspired during the off season. Send 'em in!

Calendar of Events

Deerhuntersdiary would like to put together a "community calendar" with dates and locations of area bow shoots. If you have information you would like to share with us, please e-mail deerhuntersdairy@gmail.com. We will be adding this to our site soon. Please check back.

HUNGRY COYOTE

This is a trailcam shot sent to us by Nathan Sexton.

SEASON'S END

As the season draws to an end, I sit wondering what to do with myself. I'm sure to drive my wife and children crazy as they re-adjust to my being home all of the time. It seems they have their own "deer season" routine and they too will have to adjust. Time to sit in the recliner and take a much needed rest. I will drag out the old hunting videos and study up, knowing that it will only send me into withdrawls. Rest assured, I am already contemplating my moves for next year...
Anyway, here is an elk pic from my mother in law to keep us all drooling in the off season.