William Newman and his son Bill have operated Happy Hollow Hunts in Middleburg, Pennsylvania, since 1997. William purchased five sika does and a stag and began raising a herd of sika deer. Today, he has over thirty sika deer that roam his operation.
The Cazador Slam, Part One
One evening, I looked through my Record of Exotic Score sheets and realized I was one animal away from completing the Cazador Slam. The Cazador Slam, through the Records of Exotics, comprises the following exotic animals: Blackbuck Antelope, Axis Deer, Fallow Deer, Aoudad, and Sika Deer.
Scoring Big Bucks: Remi To The Rescue
Until recently, Pennsylvania hunters could not use tracking dogs to locate big game animals they had shot. This service could have been the difference between a filled tag and a lost animal for many hunters.
Scoring Big Bucks: Tahara Bish's Monster Buck
Tahara Bish is a seventeen-year-old from Knox, Pennsylvania. When she was eleven, Tahara started hunting with her father, Pat Bish, because she wanted to hang out with him and make fond memories. She never really took hunting seriously until she met Wyatt Smith in 2019.
Scoring Big Bucks: Pirate
During the 2014 hunting season, my neighbor, Ron Kline, caught some great photos of a buck with his trail camera. This buck looked two and a half years old, and he was easily recognizable due to the two tears in his left ear. Because of these unique characteristics, Ron decided to name the buck Pirate.
Scoring Big Bucks: Mystery of the Big 7 Solved
Hunting mature bucks can drive a hunter crazy. Seeing an exceptional buck for the first time can lead to an unhealthy addiction. In 2014 I passed a young seven-point during archery season. I saw him again before rifle season, and he was missing one antler.
Scoring Big Bucks: The Buck Named Funky
Scouting and doing inventory on whitetail deer is one of my favorite pastimes. Every year I spend countless hours setting up mock scrapes and cellular trail cameras. I love watching deer react to mock scrapes and keeping a detailed list of the bucks on the properties I hunt
Scoring Big Bucks: The Traveler
Whitetail deer have been known to travel far distances for food or to breed. I have read studies about bucks and how far they roam. Living in Northwest Pennsylvania amongst farmland and large wooded lots, I have seen bucks travel between large parcels. One buck I first saw in the summer of 2018 changed my thoughts about how far deer will roam.
Scoring Big Bucks: Same Date, Same Stand, Two Trophy Bucks
Benjamin Lindenberg has only been archery hunting for three years. He loves to shoot his Mathews Stoke any chance he can. Benjamin spends time at Route 157 Archery practicing his skill. The 8th grader from Cranberry High School says he enjoys Science and playing football, but his passion is hunting and fishing.
Scoring Big Bucks: Tips From An Official Scorer
Pope and Young, Boone and Crockett, Buckmasters, and the Northeast Big Buck Club are all organizations that score deer. Those hunters who are lucky enough to harvest a nice buck can reach out to any of these organizations to have the buck scored.
Year Of The Huntress
My 13-year-old daughter, Abby, loves to hunt. She has diligently hunted since she was 10 years of age. Abby has had some successful seasons where she has filled her deer tags, yet she has never been successful hunting turkeys