<div align=justify>Welcome to A.R.E.'s second annual Big Buck contest! Hunting, pickup trucks, and A.R.E. go hand in hand, so we've created a contest just for you! The A.R.E. Big Buck Contest winner will receive a free A.R.E. Cap or Cover (or your money back on one if you already own it!) Upload your Big Buck entry (be sure to follow the <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/rules.php">rules and regulations</a>), or just cast your ratings and votes to help determine the grand prize award winner!</div><br><a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/">Main</a> &laquo; <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/forum.php">Contest Forum</a> &laquo; <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/prizes.php">Contest Prizes</a> &laquo; <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/rules.php">Contest Rules</a> &laquo; <!-- <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/help.php">Help</a> &laquo; --> <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/register.php">Register</a> &laquo; <a href="http://bigbuck.4are.com/login.php">Login</a> http://bigbuck.4are.com/index.php Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:31:10 -0400 Phorum 5.2.13 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1069,1069#msg-1069 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1069,1069#msg-1069 Poll: Rate this entry:

I had a lot of trail cam pictures of this buck. I named him the "big freak". I had him coming to a mock scrap. I finaly got him on October 26th 2009 at 30 yards. My biggest buck ever. I have not got him scored yet because I was told he needs to be panel scored. He will get scored in February at the Arcadia deer show. In Arcadia WI.]]> kokke1174 BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:10:42 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1034,1034#msg-1034 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1034,1034#msg-1034 Poll: Rate this entry:

Shot this 8 point on Nov 1 2009 behind my parents house in Michigan. Used my old trusty 15 year old Darton bow, with Easton aluminum arrows, and Rage 3 blade braodheads. Buck was chasing a doe, crossed 25 yards in front of me, double lunged him and he ran about 60 yards.]]> kvcass021 BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:09:49 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1028,1028#msg-1028 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1028,1028#msg-1028 Poll: Rate this entry:

killed in phelps county missouri on november 15th 2009 scored 175 inches boone and crockett]]> bigschaff17 from CamoSpace BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:22:08 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1012,1012#msg-1012 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,1012,1012#msg-1012 Poll: Rate this entry:

i shot this buck at 18yds. with my Fred Bear "Truth", 340 Full Metal Jacket Arrows, Rage 2 Blade Broaheads, he was coming in to the Atomic Mineral Mix.]]> cody metz BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:49 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,311,311#msg-311 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,311,311#msg-311 Poll: Rate this entry:

The buck has 26 points with a huge drop tine broke off the right beam. I have trail cam pictures of this deer before he started busting off points. Amazing looking deer. Shot Nov.3 2009]]> Joshua Root BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:58:26 -0400 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,294,294#msg-294 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,294,294#msg-294 Poll: Rate this entry:

unofficially scored 145 pope& young.]]> jvan BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:05:21 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,262,262#msg-262 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,262,262#msg-262 Poll: Rate this entry:

I shot this Kansas buck on November 5th at my home in Oskaloosa. It scored unofficial 169 5/8 Pope and Young.]]> dblair BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:09:56 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,258,258#msg-258 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,258,258#msg-258 Poll: Rate this entry:

this is a giant deer that was killed in Kentucky!!]]> keshia BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:08:35 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,257,257#msg-257 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,257,257#msg-257 Poll: Rate this entry:

Here it is my 245 lb. 10 point Buck Harvested November 22, 2009, on private land, in Macoupin County, Illinois.]]> Kent Harrop BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:49:27 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,218,218#msg-218 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?6,218,218#msg-218 Poll: Rate this entry:

My daughter Sadie killed her first deer ever this morning on a youth hunt with her dad... and what a way to start!! She is only 11 years old and her "starter buck" was and incredible 11 pointer! YAY! Way to go girl. Our family loves to see kids in the outdoors and this is my personal favorite memory so far(tu)]]> april from CamoSpace BigBuck Top Ten Finalists Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:49:46 -0400 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,111,111#msg-111 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,111,111#msg-111 Poll: Rate this entry:

The buck has 26 points with a huge drop tine broke off the right beam. I have trail cam pictures of this deer before he started busting off points. Amazing looking deer. Shot Nov.3 2009]]> Joshua Root BigBuck Entries Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:03:50 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,109,109#msg-109 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,109,109#msg-109 Poll: Rate this entry:

CLICK ON PICTURE FOR LARGER VIEW.Saw him once around the first of November,then got this trailcam photo. Saw him again the morning of the 17th but only for a second and had no shot. When i got down that morning I went and got my climber and moved it to within 100 yards of where the deer crossed a logging road. I returned the next morning and he showed up right behind me at 7:30. After the shot i had to wait 30 minutes for two spikes and a doe to leave the area(longest half hour of my life).I showed my Dad the trail cam photo two days before and he said"I hope you get him" so when I walked up to the deer he was the first one I called. I told him you must have said a prayer because Im sitting beside him. He was as excited as I was, and drove from work straight to the timber land we lease.I was hunting with my best friend that morning and he and his dad were just as excited,it showed our management program was paying off. Not that its the most important thing, but people keep asking me and I think hes going to go around 150. If you get a chance to take an animal no matter how big, take a moment and thank God.if youre reading this thank a teacher,if youre reading it in english thank a soilder.]]> joey1919 BigBuck Entries Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:37:53 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,108,108#msg-108 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,108,108#msg-108 Poll: Rate this entry:

On December 2nd of PA rifle season at 9:00 AM two doe ran out of the woods under my tree stand. I turned around and there stood a big buck about 25 yards away looking up at me. I didn't hesitate to shoot and dropped him where he stood. He had 5 points on his left antler and 8 points on his right with 3 of those points on the brow tines. He was over 200 lbs. This was the biggest buck I have gotten over 50 years of deer hunting.

Ed Hartmann]]> EHARTMN39A BigBuck Entries Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:50:16 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,107,107#msg-107 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,107,107#msg-107 Poll: Rate this entry:

Solid deer. Nothing fantastic]]> Brandon Heather BigBuck Entries Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:40:02 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,106,106#msg-106 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,106,106#msg-106 Poll: Rate this entry:

TAKE THE PHOTOS OUTDOORS
If the buck was brought home before you found someone with a camera, take the deer outside for the photos. Nothing looks worse than a buck on the garage floor with cans, pails, lawn mowers and tires in the background.

Also follow the following photo tips.....
SELECT A NEUTRAL BACKGROUND
In the excitement of taking trophy photos no one ever looks beyond the animal or hunter. Houses, barns, tractors and powers lines all ruin the quality of the photo. Use an evergreen tree, a screen of brush or hills and woods for the background. Find a color that will highlight the antlers - not hide them. Don’t let them blend into the background.

TAKE THE DEER OFF THE CAR, OUT OF THE TRUNK OR OUT OF THE PICKUP TRUCK.

CLEAN UP VISIBLE BLOOD AND MAKE SURE DEER'S TONGUE DOESN'T SHOW.

TAKE THE ANIMAL DOWN FROM THE TREE AND REMOVE THE ROPE.

ALWAYS USE A FLASH TO TAKE OUT SHADOWS.

NO SUNGLASSES, BEER CANS OR CIGARETTES.

HAVE WEAPON IN PHOTO. (IN A SAFE MANOR)

DO NOT SIT ON DEER FOR PHOTOS.

WEAR HUNTING CLOTHES.

TAKE PHOTO CLOSE UP.


(tu)]]> pat howard BigBuck Entries Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:04:25 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,105,105#msg-105 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,105,105#msg-105 Poll: Rate this entry:

rattled in this nice buck late October pre rut]]> Barry Wiley BigBuck Entries Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:05:15 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,104,104#msg-104 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,104,104#msg-104 Poll: Rate this entry:

Check out the Brawl Tines....]]> teamdominiondave from CamoSpace BigBuck Entries Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:33:26 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,103,103#msg-103 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,103,103#msg-103 Poll: Rate this entry:

Taken on my game cam...snapped 15 minutes before I checked it!]]> teamdominiondave from CamoSpace BigBuck Entries Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:32:12 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,102,102#msg-102 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,102,102#msg-102 Poll: Rate this entry:

Shot on Nov 27, 2009 with my Knight Muzzleloader during the Michigan firearm deer season. Shot on private property.]]> tjaakkola BigBuck Entries Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:13:34 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,99,99#msg-99 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,99,99#msg-99 Poll: Rate this entry:

Every year myself and 5 good buddies take a trip to southern ohio bow hunting in hopes to get that trophy buck everyone dreams of It was the third day of the hunt and the weather went bad the rut was just starting to peack when here came the 70degree weather I had been chasing this buck for 2 days when I pulled up to my spot what do u know there was 5 trucks at the pulloff gotta love stateland but I didnt get discourged I grab my climber and off to my stand passing hunters the whole way. It was around 4:00pm when I heard a buck chasing a doe in the thickets in front of me this went on for about 30mins and then it was silience suddenly I heard leafs crunching coming towards me and then I got really pumped up when I saw a 7 foot popple slamming back and forth i instantly reached for my grunt tube and let out sum grunts he stopped and started coming closer he then started rubbing another tree and made a scrape I hit the grunt again this time a little more aggresive he heard it that time and he meant buisness he broke right through sum of the thickest briar patches u could imagine coming 30 yards broadside to my left I calmed my self down took a deep breath drew back my bow and let that goldtip fly I knew i had made a great shot. I gave it 1hr and recovered my trophy hes no 180class but hes a buck of a lifetime to me and a memory I will always have.]]> duckbuster24 BigBuck Entries Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:56:36 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,97,97#msg-97 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,97,97#msg-97 Poll: Rate this entry:

Pennsylvania, November 30, 2009 11 Point, Double Drop-Tine, Split Brow Tine.
23-1/2" from Drop to Drop
18-1/2" Inside Spread
13-1/2" Tip to Tip
149-4/8 Green Score

Here's the story:
It was raining, 42° and generally miserable. I got into my ladder stand around 6:45 AM which overlooked the side hill of a saddle where the deer always cross from the oaks on one side to the thick brush on the other side. Over the years, family members and I have taken over 20 deer in this general area which we call "above the camper below the Old Cherry Tree" (the Old Cherry Tree is about 7 or 8 Feet in Diameter - you can't miss it!). At about 8:45 AM I was getting quite cold and wet and miserable, so I decided to climb down from my stand and walk up the 4-wheeler path up towards the "Old Cherry Tree". I had just gone around some grapevines and raspberry thicket and saw 2 does milling around under an oak tree that bordering a bruch thicket that runs up the hill about 40 or so yards. I scoped them out to see if the little one might be a button buck - I didn't have a doe tag this year, so they were safe. A few seconds later the 11-point came busting out of the brush and ran up the hill skirting the brush, I found his chest and fired, he didn't act like he was hit and crossed the 4-wheeler path and turned around looking back where he came from and was broadside and uphill from me - I found his chest and fired again - he vanished from my scope. I still hadn't gotten a good look at the horns, but I knew he met the 4-point on one side restriction. I thought for sure that I had missed him, but being a good sportsman, I always follow my shots and went up the hill to look for him. After looking around for about 10 minutes, I saw an antler sticking up over a log on the ground and there he was! Then I saw the rack and started high-fiving myself (since I was alone in the woods!). I field dressed him and dragged him the 200 yards down hill to the camper and loaded him into the truck. He weighed about 120 lb or so, but he had been rutting real hard for a while now - he was quite "musky" so he was still active.
To say the least, I was the talk of the holler this past week for killing the "Double Drop-Tine Buck" that theneighbors all had on their trail cams.

He is at the Taxidermist's right now and should be done by the end of June - Can't wait to hang this Wall-Hanger on my wall!]]> Kurt Aebi BigBuck Entries Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:35:50 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,96,96#msg-96 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,96,96#msg-96 Poll: Rate this entry:

8-point 17.5 inch inside spread shot on 11-26-09 with a Browning A-bolt 30-06]]> pat howard BigBuck Entries Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:20:03 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,95,95#msg-95 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,95,95#msg-95 Poll: Rate this entry:

9-point shot on 9-17-09]]> pat howard BigBuck Entries Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:17:57 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,94,94#msg-94 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,94,94#msg-94 Poll: Rate this entry:

unofficially scored 145 pope& young.]]> jvan BigBuck Entries Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:45:01 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,93,93#msg-93 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,93,93#msg-93 Poll: Rate this entry:

mine, and my sons first wall-hanger. i was hunting in bureau county, illinois during the first firearm season, sitting at the end of a fence row. it was a good spot, with the west field having standing corn and the east field picked the night before. easy hunt, 120 yard walking shot into the east field. no tracking, needed he went 2 feet straight down.]]> matt edgcomb BigBuck Entries Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:10:12 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,92,92#msg-92 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,92,92#msg-92 Poll: Rate this entry:

You must here/read this story!!!! My hunting buddy and I were driving to a spot after tracking deer in 9 inches of snow when all of a sudden I looked over his shoulder and seen this monster. I got out and shot 3 times before making a kill shot. After the first shot my friend said theres another deer he shot and dropped his 4 pointer 181 pound field dressed deer. The best day of our lives 2 deer one day in less than 15 seconds. I got more pictures of us together with both deer. Combined field dressed wieght of 398 pounds. filled my stand up freezer to the hilt.]]> judson2000 BigBuck Entries Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:09:16 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,91,91#msg-91 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,91,91#msg-91 Poll: Rate this entry:

I have been hunting in Maine since 2004. This is the first deer that I harvested there and my first buck. The hunting has been hard since a deep snow during the spring of 2007 when many deer died of starvation. There was almost 200 inches of snow during the late winter, early spring.

However, I have tried to hunt both smarter and harder. I scouted a good location and sat there. I hiked up a hill half a mile off of a tote road. I hunted the spot for two days afterin scouting it.

This buck was taken with a 30.06 at 25 yards. He was weighed at a certified scale at check in and was a respectable 195 pounds. He had 10 points and was in excellent condition.

Pola Galie]]> webmavennj from CamoSpace BigBuck Entries Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:51:24 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,90,90#msg-90 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,90,90#msg-90 Poll: Rate this entry:

A great KY 8 point very hard to get out of the ditch though 11/4/2009]]> bowman62 BigBuck Entries Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:00:53 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,89,89#msg-89 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,89,89#msg-89 Poll: Rate this entry:

It was the last day of the first Illinios shotgun season. To start the morning off I woke up at 5 am got all my hunting clothes on and started to walk to the stand. I got half way there and I realizes I didnt have my orange hat on. So i walked back to the house and got my hat. So once again I got half way to the stand and I forgot my tags. Now Im thinking about going back to bed and wait when its light out but I truffed it out and went back. It was 6:15 when i got in the stand. I waited 10 to 15 min. when I grutted once and doe bleat. 5 mins. went by when I was a deer walking on the hill side about 50 yards. I told myself its a doe and I already had it in my mind that I was going to shoot it until it walked in a small opening and what do u know it was a buck. I was studying it hard and I was thinking its a nice 8 point. I knew it was out to the ears or more. It was starting to walk down the hill when I put the old smack down wiht my mossbreg 500 and winchesters rackmasters. He dope and rolled down in a small creek and I was thinking he was dead so I didnt really look that much. About the time when I a shot the buck when a doe was comeing my way real fast so I tryed to shoot at but I killed a tree instead. A hour went by when I heard kicking down where the buck was I looked and I saw thw rack moveing. So I climed down the stand walked over to see him and when I walked up on him he was still alive and I couldnt beleave what I was seeing. It was the buck I missed during the bow season not one time but two times. So I had help gutting the deer out and my uncle said " I think I have sheds of him from 2008 " and he did. At the end I was really happy and I was really lucky.]]> turkeyman_26@hotmail.com Johnson BigBuck Entries Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:13:46 -0500 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,88,88#msg-88 http://bigbuck.4are.com/read.php?4,88,88#msg-88 Poll: Rate this entry:

Once a year we (3 girls) are invited to hunt at a friends place in Greeleyville, SC. we love it because it's pretty much all swamp and they treat us like the queens we think we are :D. good company, good food, good times and deer would make it even better!

Sat Friday night and saw 41 turkey, and 6 deer. had a buck chasing a doe but never could get a shot. had a small deer come out to the corn before dark, but I didn't shoot because I was worried it wasn't big enough and we still had two more days of hunting.

So we pass on the pre-dawn hunt because we didn't know where to go and decided to sit late morning instead. After the fog finally lifted, he dropped us off at our stands around 10am. we wanted to be in the swamp hoping to catch something. I sat there last year and was familiar with the area though I didn't see anything last year. it was fairly open swamp - getting a shot would be tough, but we hoped it would pay off.

not even in the stand 5 mins, I look to my right and I see a buck walking away from me. once I picked my jaw up off the floor, I tried to get the gun up but he was behind a tree and I didn't see him again. I hoped he would stick around, so I took time to set my junk on the floor, out of the way in case I needed to shift around if he came back. fired up the thermacel because I didn't want skeeters buzzing around. tried to play all the scenarios in my head. called a few times with the bleat can and sprayed a whiff of buck urine in the air hoping for something, ANYTHING! Was trying to figure out how to describe it to the girls later on, and all I could think was 'It looked like a mule deer!'

3 minutes later, I see him, at 20 yards! way to my right and he took a step and was behind a tree, so I stood up and tried to hide behind some duck blind camo stuff. stuck the gun through a small opening in the mesh and tried to find him in the scope that I had set at 12 power, lol. finally found him but he was behind some brush. I told myself, be ready! by then he took a step and was at 10 yards and I thought I felt like he was staring right at me, but I think he was just sniffing and trying to find either the source of the bleat, or the buck pee. I figured now, or never and shot and he was so close I could see the blood and knew it was a good shot. he ran about 30 yards across 2 creeks. I called our host and said 'you have to come get me, I just shot a buck' and he didn't believe me!

so I had waded to the deer by the time he got back and we trudged through the muck that was thigh deep on me and then uphill (it really was) and the whole hunt was over in about 20 mins. I was astounded because I have never seen anything that big.

ended the other girls hunts early so we could get him the processor, since it was 85 degrees and our host didn't want me cleaning him there.

went back to the processor this morning to get my cape and dropped it off at the taxidermist in moncks corner. now it's going to make my 8 point from last month look like a baby!

so this has been an expensive deer season with 2 at the taxidermist!

anyways it was 7 points (one tine broken off while in velvet) with a 20 inch spread! he was very skinny - you could feel his hip bones and spine. cant wait to see what he ages - but we think he's pretty old.]]> leer34 BigBuck Entries Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:12:16 -0500