December 2007
Monthly Archive
Friday 07 Dec 2007
Pending Record Buck
You get these pictures and wonder WOW what I would give to see that buck. This thing is a true Giant. Look at the mass and the spread. If you know more about this buck then please post it. I had not seen it until today. Here are more pictures of this beast. Man what a deer ! I know we will be hearing more about him.
Friday 07 Dec 2007
http://www.myoutdoorzone.com/
Here is a web site that is also filming and will have a TV show next fall. Check them out. It is free and is like my space and several other sites that you build your own zone and show case yourself and what you like to do in the outdoor’s. Paul Biggs is a friend of mine and he is involved with the Outdoor Zone. I have had the pleasure of hunting with Paul and he is an ethical hunter and excellent camera man. Check it out as you can even be on the show as they pick the participants from the zone members. They are also having a big buck contest right now. They cover all aspects of hunting and fishing so it is not just about deer hunting. This is Paul and his brother Ty Biggs. They both enjoy bow hunting together and down in Illinois they got together and harvested these nice bucks with their bows and on film.Congrats Paul and Ty !
Friday 07 Dec 2007
www.xtremeoutdoorspro.com
If you have not checked these guys out then you are missing out! Their last video was awesome and the next is going to be even better. Check out the website and their upcoming TV shows. A great bunch of hunter’s doing what we all love to do. Hunting the beast and getting it on film too! All fair chase hunt’s the way it has to be done and all over the country. Not on private ranches or resorts but hunting the heartland like we all do and even up east. Long live the BEAST!! as Uncle Ted says it best!
Karl killed these great bucks in Illinois where he lives. Great deer Karl! Karl tells me that the xtreme team has 18 great kills on video this year so I can not wait to se the next DVD from these guys.
This is Karl Zanitzer’s xtreme outdoor’s truck in Mossy Oak Duck Blind.
Friday 07 Dec 2007
New hunter get’s his first buck
I just love it when people finally try hunting and find out that they enjoy it. Not just the harvesting of a deer but the comraderie and challenge of hunting. This is a story like that and it is even better because it is a father and son finding a new hobby they can enjoy together. This story is as told by his Dad Lee and is about his son Shawn and their first deer hunt this year.
I don’t think he realizes how lucky he was to shoot that big buck. I got him out of his stand and we went over to look at the buck. Shawn was as proud as could be. He gave me a big hug and thanked me for taking him hunting. It was one of those rare father and son moments that will never be forgotten.
His story goes like this:
He is sitting in his stand about to fall asleep when he hears a rustling behind him. He looks over and sees the big buck. He waits until the buck lowers his head and then he stands up and aims his gun at it. He says that the buck must have heard him because it jumped a little and trotted off a few yards. The buck was headed directly toward my stand and I would have seen it if it traveled another 30 yards. Shawn said that he could only see the bucks butt between two trees. He took the shot and hit it right above the butt whole. The deer dropped almost immediately and Shawn just waited for me or Rod to come and get him.
We found out later that the buck weighed 176lbs. And was 2 1/2 yrs old. It was the third largest buck taken that day at Crane at the time we checked out (around 5pm). Shawn is now hooked for life! He can’t wait to go hunting again. Saturday is opening shotgun day off base. Shawn is already begging to go but does not know if he can because of wrestling practice that morning. Sunday is the second gun hunt on Crane and Shawn wants to go to that but probably won’t be able to because he has stadium cleanup Sunday morning. For a kid as busy as Shawn is he was really lucky to get that nice of a buck on his first hunting trip. I have a feeling that there are many more hunting trips in store for Shawn and I. I am glad that guys like Bob Pigg, Dennis Cecil, John Albertson, etc where always talking about deer hunting and encouraging me to get out there. Now Shawn and I have one more thing that we can do together as father and son. If you could not tell from this email I am very very proud of him. Enjoy the pics!
Lee
Monday 03 Dec 2007
Hunting Memories are made every time you go out
2007 has been a special year in pointing out how short life is for us all and what the most important things truly are in life. Time shared with family and friends are the most important thing to me and I am not sure if it is because I am older or due to me being a father and having kids. Maybe it is due to both of those things that deer camp and deer hunting is a such a quality time for us. My brother John, Ron Zimmer, and I have been going to deer camp and deer hunting for the past 25 years. It used to be the most important thing to us was keeping our secrets about trophy bucks and our hunting spots from outsiders. But now it is actually in sharing those same things and helping people to get to experience what we have been so blessed with. My brother and ron and I have got to hunt with our kids and been able to see them reach their goals of harvesting deer and now being able to hunt on their own. Now my kids are in their late teens and Sarah is 20 and in college doing her pre-med. My son Sheldon and her our both so busy in their schedules that the deer camp is really one of the only times that we are not hustling off to a soccer game or to work. It is so special to me that they still set aside time for this each year and every year I am afraid it will be our last as they grow up and take new interests. But this year my daughter and son both brought friends and wanted them to experience it all. My daughter brought her friend David and here is how their hunt went.
Sarah and David went to the place we had picked out in a niche on a ridge; that made a funnel point for deer going around the lake to a bedding sanctuary. They heard lots of deer in the dark and saw several doe walking along the tip of the ridge. They had waited makin sure that a big buck was not after the doe as the rut was winding down. After an hour the doe had bedded about 50 yards from them just over the ridge top. They snuck closer as the wind was strong and from the right directionn to coneal them from the deer. Sarah said it was so exciting as they got to within 20 yards of the deer and they did not know suspect they were even around. They selected the largest doe and harvested her with one shot! What a great hunt and what an excellent way to see our hunting heritage continue to grow. I was so happy for her and David and it was our second day of hunting so it was something they worked for and earned. Here are some pictures of them. It was also the day of her sorority semi-formal and she was mad at me as she broke a nail field dressing the doe. Yes she did it and I was so proud of her for the job she did dressing it out. Love ya Sarah!
