First Harvest of 2009

With a full moon raging and, an absolutely abundant amount of various food sources to choose from due to the downed timber from the ice storm, the 2009 early season bow hunt could have not started any slower.  With very few sightings  throughout the first 4 days of the hunt, both our hunters and us guides were getting very frustrated.  Then finally on the last night of the hunt, deer finally started to move.  With nearly a dozen bucks sighted on the last evening of the hunt, Tom West of Florida took this velvet 9 pointer from a clover field food plot.  Tom saw several bucks including a buck he was sure would go 160 class.  

News From Buck Country Outfitters

New Food Plots net interesting results
While viewing a recently planted food plot, co-owner and guide Ken Willis was amazed that this doe and fawn feed within 40 yards of him as he watched from his ATV.  Ken had noticed the 2 in another food plot as he drove in and then amazingly they fed right into the plot with him.  You can view more of the photos by clicking on our photos link. 

2009 Spring Sheds
2009 was an interesting year for shed hunting here at Buck Country Outfitters.  The ice storm from earlier this year has changed the landscape here.  A simple walk in the woods is more like a jungle adventure in many of our areas.  We have been working hard to clear our access road and tree stand trails.  The recovery effort is ongoing and it really cut into our shed hunting time and made finding them very difficult.  We have found several nice ones and the good news is that during our turkey season, we saw a great deal more deer than in the past.  An unusually we spring has made for great antler growth.  How does the old saying go "it takes water to grow horns" well if true, we are going to grow some monsters this year.
Be sure to check out our trail cam pics to see how the antler growth is coming along.

Buck Country Guide Makes National Magazine in 2009
Once again Buck Country Guide Patrick Willis has been featured in a National Hunting magazine.  Field and Stream will be featuring some tips from Patrick in an upcoming August issue.  This is the 4th time Patrick has been called on by the magazine to provide insight and strategies for hunting mature whitetails.  Keep your eye out for the issue when it hits the shelves summer 2009.

Mossy Oak Visits Buck Country
Buck Country Outfitters co-owner Pat Willis along with wife Pam and sons Josh and Zach (Z) recently got a chance to step in front of the famed camo cameras with the staff of  Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country.  Mossy Oak field staff member Stephen Bush visited with BCO during our youth turkey hunt in 2008.  This footage along with additional footage shot by our good friend Mitch Ensor will be the feature story for the show.  We have had many TV shows visit with us and the team from Mossy Oak is by far the cream of the crop.  Total professionals.  Thanks guys.

Original  air date- Feb. 24, 2009 and was repeated on May 26, 2009 

Mossy Oak Hunting the Country-The Outdoor Channel

Trail Cam Photos from Buck Country
2009 is shaping to be a very promising year.  The ice storm has made our work very difficult but an usually cool summer with lots of rain is producing some great looking antlers.   We have just started putting our cameras out and they are beginning to take some great pics.  Click our our photos link to view more trail cam photos.  The buck to the right was photographed in a clover plot at the Little Gap food plot.  There were 4 bucks in that bachelor group and 2 have very promising growth.  We will be posting new pics over the coming weeks as they come in.  By mid August we will be seeing more defined growth for the coming season.  Be sure to check back soon for the latest updates. 

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