Team 17 - Team BBD - Big Buck Down!
bigbuckhunter
KSArcher
BigT
Huntingislife
ruthunter
Mich. Buck Wacker
TheCan
huntingaddiction1
farmboy
rrudder4

Present and accounted for........Reporting for duty!!

Welcome folks, to the winning team! It would be nice to know a little bit about each of you.

As my handle suggests, I live & hunt in Kansas! My wife & I have 600 acres that's been under intense whitetail management since 2002 when we purchased it. We have a self imposed 150 inch P&Y minimum for buck harvests, and we usually fill a fist full of doe tags. We bowhunt only on our place. Six years ago I founded a business called Habitat Development Solutions which is a wildlife habitat management company. I'm also a regional distributor for Tecomate Wildlife and the Plotmaster. We been able to transform our farm into a real showcase for deer management. I'll try to post trailcam pics and other little dittys throughout the season.

Can't wait to "meet" y'all.

KSArcher (a.k.a. Dave)

Excellent Dave! I think this team has potential to be the real deal, Alot of these names are familiar to me and Big T (Travis) have seen many of his successful hunting storys! Im leaving a week from today for my first every archery elk hunt!!!!!!!!!!!! and i am so pumped, then when I get back I will be hunting western Missouri, Good luck and everyone keep in touch

Sorry Im late fellow team members. Many of you may know me and some may not, but Im TheCan. My actual name is Will Bates and Im from Iowa. I know big T so this should be fun. What should our team name be? Mabye Called Team Jarhead or somthin cool.

Let the contest begin!

Team buckhammer or somthin!

This website has a Kick @#$ pick for our team but I dont know if we can Modify it or even use it.




www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/beauty_page.htm

Hello team,
ruthunter signing in, my name is Craig I'm from Brodhead Wi. I'll be doing all my hunting in the home state. I normally don't get to excited till about mid October so if it seems like i'm not putting my time in early on don't blow me off as a waste. I HATE them little blood sucking bugs and i can't sit when it's hot.
GO (car) oops I mean GO TEAM 17
GO PACKERS

Hello fellas! My name is Taylor Shytle and I live in Myrtle Beach, SC. Not this place isn't exactly the deer hunting mecca of the world. So it's good we get judged on points and not the score of the antlers. Even though I'm not in the best place a lot of will goes a long way! I've been out scouting and here's some pics from the first week I had my camera out.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n15/hun...ion1/Deer/4.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n15/hun...ion1/Deer/5.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n15/hun...ion1/Deer/6.jpg

I'm excited and ready to do this!

Hey fellas.....I see we have a team! Time to play!

My name is Travis. I live in and hunt in Central Illinois, and I might do a little hunting in Missouri as well this year.

I can't promise anything really, but I "usually" get lucky enough to get a deer or two.

Garrett.....good to see a very familiar face on this team. And for the folks that I'm not so familiar with, hopefully we will get to know eachother better and have a fun time this season.

I bow hunt and gun hunt, and our bow season starts October 1st.

Good luck guys.

I'll send a PM to: Mich.BuckWacker, farmboy and rrudder4 to get them to check in.

That is the key to these contests is to get the entire team to check in. Ought to be fun.

I think you should jsut aboandon your team because team Double lung is going to win


YOU HAVE BEEN SMACKED BY TEAM DOUBLE LUNG!!!

WOW......what a great sampling of folks from all over big-buck country. That includes you too Taylor. Those a good pics of a nice SC deer. Go get him!

Illinois, Wisconcin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas..........DANG, sounds like a video producers dream!

I'm heading down to the farm tonight to finish up trimming shooting lanes and marking trails. I might even have momma mow 3 other areas on our place for food plots. My wife is Queen Of The Tractor and rules soveriegn of her domain! I'll be planting about a dozen plots totaling close to 20 acres. Plowing & planting starts Labor day weekend. Once done, we stay away from the farm until Oct 1st (opening day of archery season).

When do your seasons start in your states??

I want to live vicariously though you while I'm waiting for KS to open up!

KSArcher~~~ (Dave)

I just slung a rusty arrow at GreyGhost for putting the Smack down on us. "We must defend our hill"!!

Let's get some potential team names out there.

Some possibilties:

Team 'Smoke em' If you got em'
Team Taxidermist Best Friends
"Deer Down"
Team BBD - "Big Buck Down"

Let's just get some names out there and then we'll decide.


Also, how about posting some pictures of how we did from seasons past?

This is my bow kill from Friday, November 3rd, 2006.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Mil...rview8point.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Mil...er2006012ab.jpg

Here is my bow kill from Friday, November 4th, 2005. (Same treestand as one above)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Mil...2005deer026.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Mil...2005deer017.jpg

Whats up guys. Im Tyler, 21 from Charleston, MO. I am an avid deer hunter. I hunt on family owned, well managed land in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. I also bow hunt on public land in KY. I am usually successfull in MO and IL, but KY is hit and miss. Its great to be on this team, I think we will have a pretty good shot to win.

I like the name Taxidermist Best Friends. Thats very original.

You guys are going down like fat kids in dodgeball


travis little do you know those muzzys i sold you are just a hard plastic blade that will brake as soon as it touches deer hide hahahah

Cody......get out of here!!!

I'm not worried about those faulty Muzzy's you sent me. I've killed a deer with a wiffel ball bat and a piece of bubble gum before!!!!



Tyler....great to see you check in!!!!

Alright guys, we've got 8 of our 10 team members that have checked in already.....that is a good sign!

We do have a lot of "midwest" guys on this team! Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wisonsin, Michigan! Sounds promising to me!

Guys.......let's make sure that we all review the rules for entering deer. I think they made a few changes from the last time we did this.

We need to make sure we get all the pictures that we need. I think we have a really good team, and I would hate for one of our team members to not be able to enter their deer because they didn't know what pictures they needed (seems to happen every year.)

So here is the rules for posting pictures and entering a deer.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING A DEER

To submit an entry, a participant must include in the 07-08 CC Forum Deer Contest - ENTRY THREAD thread...
- your screen name
- if applicable, the number of tines that are longer than 1 inch (main beam counts),
- not mandatory but if possible include your team name to help me out.
- a photo of himself/herself with the deer. Photo should show at least the entire front half of the deer or more - this is to avoid any possible accusations concerning people entering mounts. Also this pic has to be OF THE DEER, pics of only the skull plate will not be accepted
- photo(s) that all scorable tines can be seen in. If 1 inch tine is questionable supply a photo with a measurement against the tine for verification.
- a photo of legal tag This is a MUST, no deer will be entered without a pic of the tag.
- FOR PARTICIPANTS IN STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A TAGGING SYESTEM write the following information down on a piece of paper: your forum name, date deer was taken, state deer was taken in, print and sign your name - scan or take a pic of that info and supply it instead of the tag pic

** If you have issues with scanning or posting your photos, please see this thread: http://www.primos.com/CabinChat/viewtopic.php?t=26201, or PM any of the mods and we'll be happy to help you out.

Thats not hard to do when your hunting in a petting zoo, bait um in with the gum, wack um on top the head with the wiffel bat


and thanks for the compliment

I think someone is abusing his Administrator privileges by putting words in my mouth!!!

I see a disqualification coming up??!! ;-)

Don't worry T......we'll let our harvests do the talking!

KSArcher~~~


Of the ones offered up, I kind of like Team BBD - "Big Buck Down"

If y'all are interested, we (and our friends) refer to our farm as "BustaHogVille".

How about Team BustaHog?

Any name is really fine with me though. I'm easy.....but deadly!

KSArcher~~~

Hey guys, sorry I'm late. My name is Brandon and I hunt private farmland here in S.E. Michigan where there is plenty of monsters walking around. Our season opens on Oct. 1st and I usually hunt anywhere from 60 to 80 days a season. This year I took a weeks vacation from Nov 5th thru the 11th to hunt the rut. I mostly bowhunt but I do hunt with the muzzleloader a bit. Last year I took a doe and 8 point with my bow and a 6 point with my smokepole. Looking forward to winning this thing, lets go get em!

Alright Brandon! Thanks for checking in!

Only one more guy to check in and we got a full team!

Anymore suggestions on team names?

Boy this is looking better everyday. Does anyone know how many pts. it took to win this last year? I was thinking the BBD thing this morning so there must be something there.
I'll try and get a few photos up soon from the last few seasons. ok it quit raining I'm going to go shoot the bow.
Craig

As if I wasn't pumped up enough, but now to the see the team... Wow is all I got to say! I def like our odds against everybody. I like Team BBD and Team BustaHog! No pics from last year I was in a moving transition so no results last year, but high hopes this year. I'm about to plant plots and get the bow fine tuned in. I'm ready boys!!!!

Taylor,
I've got a bunch of extra clover seed if you need some to mix in your plots let me know and I'll send some out to you.

I like the name bbd. I also still like my Idea of Team Buckhammer!

sorry i'm late boys... Movin in to college and startin classes had my hands tied and no computer workin. With that being said i'm pumped for deer season. My name is Cody Leech from Westgate, Iowa. i bowhunt and shotgun hunt in iowa. I usually get lucky enough to take at least a doe with my bow and then usually have an opportunity at a nice buck sometime durin one of my seasons... i will post pictures of previous kills... I have no preference on the name but i do believe it should be one that could be remembered considering we will be the returning champions next year!

Thanks Craig, I might have to take you up on that. How could I pay for the shipping and everything... I mean I don't want you to have to pay for anything if you are sending me some of your clover. Thanks alot!

i tried to post pictures but they wouldn't allow me... said it wasn't allowed in this board or somethin... can anyone help me out

Awesome fellas!! Only need one more to check in and we got a full team!!

It usually takes a 100+ points to be in the running on this thing.

So basically, every member of this team would need to kill a 5 pointer for us to be at 100 points.

The team I was on last year we had two guys that killed pretty nice 8 and 9 point bucks, but did not take the pictures they needed to, so that was 13 and 14 points that we did not get for our team.

If you all need any help posting a picture of yours for the contest, please let me know and I will put it on for you or walk you through how to do it.

Let's get em'!

Anyone else like Team BBD-Big Buck Down?

BBD sounds like a plan!

Thanks for the info T. I plan on posting some hunting pics in here just so i'll have it down when it's time to post the important pics. I video alot while in the woods so I'll put some of them up also. I've got the second and third week of Noember off work so I won't be doing much serious early season hunting. like I said earlier I hate hunting when the bugs are thick and with all the rain we've been getting their thicker than sh#$ right now. just recieved my package from Cabela's yesterday so I think I'm about ready. I just need get the Camo washed and then I store it in pine bough.
We still need to get a team name picked out and if any of you are good with the graphic's a signature would be nice.
Craig

Hey guys, sorry I'm late checking in with you. I'm from Montgomery, AL and primarily hunt on a club and on some friend's land as well. I mainly bow hunt, but I will take my rifle some when the rut comes in-in January.

Sounds like we should have a pretty good team; especially with some guys being able to hunt the mid western states. I usually shoot 5-6 does with my bow, and also a good buck or two, so I'll try to help us out as best as I can.

I was on the winning turkey team this year, so let's keep the streak alive.

GAME ON!!!! We have a full team!!

Thanks for checking in rrudder4.

Now, let's get a name for the team. Sounds like several are in agreement with BBD or Big Buck Down.

Is this good enough? If so, we can send a PM to Wes and have him post it official.

BBD sounds great to me.

Put a nail in it. Team BBD it is. BigT, are you going to communicate this to the powers that be? I'm not sure what protocol is so if one of you Deer Contest vets could initiate that, it would be appreciated.

Thanx!

KSArcher~~~

TEAM BBD. BIG BUCK DOWN IT IS

PS Saw a 14 pt buck in our pasture along timber line. Extremely excited to hunt my timber for this Monster buck. Hope I score for the Team. BIGTIME!!

Could we use this pic for our banner?
Heres the website
www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/beauty_page.htm


OR just google it> Whitetail bucks

Could we use this pic for our banner?
Heres the website
www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/beauty_page.htm


OR just google it> Whitetail bucks

Could we use this pic for our banner?
Heres the website
www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/beauty_page.htm


OR just google it> Whitetail bucks

Could we use this pic for our banner?
Heres the website
www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/beauty_page.htm


OR just google it Whitetail bucks

That is a great pic for the banner I would agree. Does anybody know how to make the banner bc I have a guy at work that might could make us a pretty good one if you give me pics!!!

Im tellin u guys, we would have one of the best banners in this contest with this photo!


Heres the website
www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/beauty_page.htm


OR just google it> Whitetail bucks and You should see two familiar world class bucks infront of a sunset. Its pretty Sweet!

Well team, my banner Idea is down the drain. We werent fast enough because team dirt napem took my banner idea that i have had for 2 months. Go and look at yourselfs. Very disappointing.

When do the seasons start for you folks? I'm not in play until Oct 1st. I need to live vicariously through my hunting brethren until then.

Also, I have no clue how to do the banner thing for our team. I know TheCan is bummed about someone pilfering his idea but we have to do something.

KSArcher~~~

I can work on a banner but it won't be till next week. I'm packing to head out for the long weekend, no work tomorrow so I'm going to get a jump on traffic.
Craig

Thanks Craig for giving it a shot next week. I too will be busy this weekend getting food plots in. TONS-O-Work.....but a labor of love!

KSArcher~~~

Between putting up stands and doin food plots then on top of that work, I feel i've got so much to do. But a labor of love does make you sleep better at night. When it's all said and done I hope to post a pic of a nice one.

Also if you guys give me pics you wanna use, I have a fellow employee that is a photoshop expert for our banner. Just give me pics and the size limit. He can have it done by the next day and nice.

Go to google and type in deer skull. you should get a cool decal we can have as a banner.
Heres the address

www.coyotecorners.net/assets/deerskull.jpg and look for the main website under the pic which is www.coyotecorners.net. I think it would be pretty sweet!



PS. Actually theirs a bunch of sweet ones we can use. just thank me later!

Taylor -

I feel your pain brother! My wife and I just finished our "chores" this weekend. Got 7 food plots totaling about 15 acres planted. The last three weekends have been devoted to food plot prep (mowing, spraying roundup, burning, plowing, fertilizing, and planting). Also got 35 stands up with shooting lanes trimmed and trails marked.

WE ARE FINALLY DONE!!!! My poor body couldn't take any more. Now we take the rest of the month to keep shooting the bows, wash hunting clothes, organize hunting gear and back packs, and do my fall cooking! I always cook a TON of food before hunting season and put it in food saver bags. During our hunts we just take the bag-o-grub put it in boiling water and have a good, hot. LOW MAINTENANCE meal. October 1st is getting closer.......

KSArcher~~~

Just got my first elk under my belt boys!!!!!! got home tonight from collbran, co...5 x 6 bull 38 yards double lung arrow stuck in opposite shoulder blade and just jacked him up some more! Now I am ready to take on the good ol whitetails!

Just got my first elk under my belt boys!!!!!! got home tonight from collbran, co...5 x 6 bull 38 yards double lung arrow stuck in opposite shoulder blade and just jacked him up some more! Now I am ready to take on the good ol whitetails!

I tell you what Dave, you hit the jackpot with the wife you've got. I'm def. not as far along as you are, but I'm getting there. It kinda stinks with me bc I can't really start planting plots until the 15th - 25th and rain. Already planted a lil and did some limeing so I'm trying to prepare. I've got 3 stands waiting to be put up. 2 cameras that are out. 2 stands on the way from dicks. It seems like a lot to do, OH IT IS HAHA! Here we go!!!



I tell you what, this southerner has never even seen an elk, much less kill one. Major congrats bud and carry that into deer season.

Garrett.......that is awesome!! I HAVE to see some pictures!

Ok im done tryin to help get the team a banner. I put my ideas down, yet no one listens. My 1st idea got stolen, now my 2nd idea got stolen by team 7. Im DONE!