Whitetail Deer Contest: Entry 3

© By Othmar Vohringer

Bill Brown from Martinsburg, WV sent me the following story and picture to enter in the Whitetail Deer Contest. “Land of Giants” seems appropriate when I look at the picture of his beautiful long timed buck. Congratulations Bill.

The Rut was on… So I decided it was time to hunt in the “Land of the Giants”.
This area was saved for the Rut.

Saturday Nov. 8 - 3 small Bucks on the move but no shooters.
Monday Nov. 10 - 3 more Bucks but no Wall Hangers. Most of the deer were traveling a
trail where I had not cleared a shooting lane. Since it was my first time hunting in this stand I noticed it wouldn’t take much pruning to clear a lane. At lunch I asked my hunting partner to help clear out a lane. His come back was “No time like now”. That evening we choose a different area to hunt. I harvested a mature doe.
Tuesday Nov 11 The Perfect Morning, no wind, frost on the ground and 28 deg. I took a doe at 7:05 I drug her under my stand. No sooner than I got back in my tree stand I saw a nice buck chasing a doe. She came thru the new lane but he lost interested. Then I looked to the left another huge doe was walking broad side. I couldn’t pass her up. I shot her @ 7:40 she crashed within site.

One hour later I was thinking what a good morning Two does. About 15 mins. later another doe came thru the new lane. I thought…. 3 would be a charm. She seemed to be calm I was going to take her. Then 2 more came running. As I set up I hoped for a buck chasing them. There he was. He had a nice rack. He stopped half way in the new lane and turned and looked towards my stand as I let the bolt fly. It looked like a good hit. I was out of bolts so I only waited a short while to look for him. No Blood… No Bolt… for 75 yards. Finally I found a good blood trail. I hung my hat in the tree and left. I went to my truck and field dressed the 2 does. By then it was 11 o’clock. Two of my hunting buddies Dave, Charlie & I went on the search. I located my hat & continued on the blood trail. Charlie was following the blood trail, Dave was circling and I was scouting the woods. I asked Charlie, do we still have blood? As he answered yes I looked about 40 yards away. I said WOW what a HOG!!!! Dave met up with us.

The celebration was on for me. Calling friends & Picture taking this was my second trophy buck this season. It took all 3 of us to get him back to my truck. Field dressed weight was estimated to be 200-220 lbs. 8 points with a 19 inch inside spread. I can’t gun hunt on this property but I will be using my crossbow during gun season.

To take part in the Whitetail Deer Contest 2009 read here.

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Whitetail Deer Contest: Entry 2

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CTCampers sent me his story and a picture of his Nebraska buck to enter into the contest. Just look at the mass in the antlers of that buck it’s a hog of a deer. Congratulations CTCampers and good luck in the contest.

The deer was taken 11/15/08 on the first morning of rifle season in Nebraska. It was shot with a Savage model 16 300 wsm, Winchester super X 180 grain. The B.C. green score was 221 the official score gross is 215 7/8 and net is 208 3/8, 26 point non-typical.

The deer was on top of a terrace at 160 yds. away with no angel to shot I had to move out of the trees to get a shot on him. He moved towards the fence line and I shot its about 130 yds. away and I thought he jumped the first shot and he turned and ran the bottom side of the terrace so I racked another round into the chamber he was on a dead run at 160 yds away when I shot the second time. He went on his back legs in the air and turned so he was facing the way he just come. The deer went about 30 yds. and dropped to the ground. I had hit him both times.

To take part in the Whitetail Deer Contest 2009 read here.


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Whitetail Deer Contest: Entry 1

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Vera Ely took this magnificent 8 pointer weighing 200 pounds on November. 22, 2008 at 9:15am.
“I used a Remington model 7,308 caliber, to harvest this trophy at approximately 45 yards. The weather was a cold-frosty 15 degrees. I had always heard about bucks in full rut and I finally got to experience this in Pennington Gap, VA on my Father's farm. I strongly believe in all the no scent tactics especially since I was on the ground. This memory will last a life time.” I bet it will Vera. Congratulations and thank you for sharing that beautiful buck with us.

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Whitetail Deer Contest 2009

© By Othmar Vohringer

The last contest had been a huge success. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control I had to end it before the date stated. To accommodate all those that sent entries but couldn’t be posted and for all those that asked me when the next contest would be held, I am going make another contest.

The prize for the winning entry is very special and has been provided by the good folks at Versus Country - home of the best hunting shows on TV.

The winning prize for this year’s contest is a 2-disc set of Whitetail Revolution with over three hours of pure hunting excitement and thrills to be enjoyed by the avid whitetail deer hunter. Whitetail Revolution features an all-star cast of North America’s top whitetail deer experts: Larry Weishuhn, Mark Kayser, Ron Spomer and Mike Hanback. These avid hunters travel to the far corners of the North American continent in search of the biggest whitetail bucks while demonstrating aggressive hunting tactics from rattling to spot-and-stalk to deer drives. These experts share their secrets and combined wealth of knowledge for more accurate tracking and rattling in the monster buck of your dreams. Besides the exciting hunts and know-how, Mike Hanback shares with you the locations and profiles of the continent’s best whitetail deer hunting locations. This DVD set is a must-have for every serious whitetail hunter.

Whitetail Deer Contest 2009 rules:

The contest is open from January 26, 2009 and closes on February 28, 2009 midnight (Pacific Time Zone).

All legally taken deer (doe and bucks of all sizes) with bow, crossbow, muzzleloader, shotgun and rifle are accepted. Each entry will be numbered. On the closing date the numbers will be entered into the computer and the winner will be established through a random number chosen by a special computer’s “random number program”.

Only one submission per family and only by the hunter who legally took the deer is permitted to enter the contest. The only expectation to this rule is where a parent or other legal guardian enters the contest on behalf of an underage child.

All entries will be posted here at Whitetail Deer Passion in the order they are received. By entering the contest the contestant grants Whitetail Deer Passion and Othmar Vohringer Outdoors all rights to republish the story and picture in any way we see fit for promotion or publication in other outlets such as print or web based media.

The winning contestant will be personally notified after February the 28, 2009.

Contest submission guideline:

The entry picture should depict the animal in a non-offensive and ethical manner. (No blood and guts picture). Submit the picture with a short description of the hunt (no more than a paragraph or two), plus some technical data such as type, model and brand of bow or firearm, ammunition, arrow, broadhead, treestand, blind, camouflage, scent and other “gadgets” that were used on that hunt. Also include the name and age of the hunter and the location where the deer was taken and the weather conditions plus what time (morning, afternoon, evening) of day the deer was shot.

So lets get cracking and send these entries in by email and may your entry be the winner of Versus Country 2-set DVD Whitetail Revolution.

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The winner of the 2008 Big Deer Contest

© By Othmar Vohringer

The Big Deer Contest came to a close yesterday, January 31st, at exactly 12 pm Pacific Time zone. It took the computer only a few seconds to jumble the entry numbers and then spit out the winning number. But before I announce this years winner of the Big Deer Contest I would like to write a few words about the contest.

First of all a big thank you to everybody for entering the contest, each one of the entries was an amazing story and prove that our hunting heritage is well and alive. I am glad that I did not have to choose a winner, it would have been really hard to chose just one among the many inspiring entries. Although this was a contest, there are no losers here. Far from it. You’re all winners. You had experiences that will be edged into your memory forever and you came here to Whitetail Deer Passion and shared that memory with other hunters.

I was surprised to see how many young hunters entered the contest this year and this gives me hope for the future of our hunting heritage. With that many young and dedicated hunters our future is in good hands.

And now without further ado here is the recipient of this years prize, a DVD set of Whitetail Revolution generously donated by Versus Country TV. Congratulation to Robbie from Michigan, entry # 004.

Here for you all to read is his story again. All other entries can be read here.

It was November 15, 2008, and I was hunting with my Grandpa in Michigan. At 7:45, a buck walked out at 170 yards and I shot him. It looked like a nice buck, only after the shot, I couldn't tell what had happened. I radioed my Dad, and he advised me to wait a while before attempting to track it. At 8:00, I spotted another buck at 155 yards, which was a much bigger deer. I promptly brought up the gun, and shot him. He dropped, and I turned to my Grandpa and said, "He's down, and he's big, let's go get him!" It turns out, that both the deer were 8 points, and I had dropped them both! They were laying not 20 yards away from each other! The bigger buck will score around 120, and the smaller buck is one that I would be thrilled with, but he doesn't look as big next to the big one. So, after an hour of hunting, I have now been promoted/demoted to official deer driver.

I would like to thank my Grandpa, and my Dad for willingly sacrificing most of their hunting time to help a lot of kids (including me) go hunting.

Once again congratulations Robbie and a huge thank everybody that took part in this contest and congratulations to beautiful bucks you all got last year. My thanks also go to Versus Country for providing the prize for this years contest. I am already looking forward to next years Big Deer Contest.

A very Happy and Healthy New Year to all the readers of Whitetail Deer Passion

Your Othmar Vohringer
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