My best friend Jackson(Boo) Bishop is down tonight chillin with us. Got his lil girls with em. Always fun to catch up with a friend.

03/13/10 9:13 PM

Mason pitched for two innings! Fun times. His first time on the mond he struck the first batter out.

03/13/10 4:32 PM

They don't keep score in T-ball.. But I did.. We won! Victory

03/13/10 12:48 PM

RT: @vickimccullough @BoogerBottom heard u will be at van's sporting on march 18th in brandon ms(yep, not sure what time, call Vans.)

03/13/10 8:13 AM

RT: @HammerOutdoors @BoogerBottom what is a good all around turkey vest(try the turkey tuxedo, by blacks creek. Bass Pro I know has it)

03/13/10 8:11 AM
Nick's Blog

The Boys Visit Stephens Buck

Posted in Nick's Blog on March 12th, 2010

This is the biggest buck I have ever seen period! This monster was killed by Brian Stephens in Ohio, using at T/C muzzleloader. His beams are the longest and second longest ever on record and if you net his 4x4 frame it would score 211! just 2 3/8" under the World Record Typical Milo Hanson buck that is a 6x6 at 213 5/8. T-Bone, Kenneth and I had the pleasure of checking out the buck after hunting in Ohio this fall. The field photos don't do him justice, so take a look at the photos from our visit and you will see just how big he really is. Thanks to Mr. Stephens for allowing us to film his Super Giant and to Mr. Busse for the tour of his Studio! We were all in awe of the sheer size of this once in a lifetime buck.  I will say, although I'm jealous as heck, I am glad a nice guy like Mr. Stephens got to put his tag on this deer! Congrats to Brian for the biggest thing I have ever seen!!!! For the complete story, check out www.stephensbuck.com.   Unbelievable!!!

Edwin's Blog

Bubba Waddell Lays the Smack Down

Posted in Edwin's Blog on March 10th, 2010

Bubba Waddell, great nephew of Edwin Waddell, along with our cousin Brantley Lavin were recently bow hunting on some nearby property. There was a mature cull buck that had been hunted by both Bubba and Brantley, but they never got within bow range on him. However, on the morning of Dec. 28th, Bubba choose to hunt with his Thompson Center rifle and he put the smack down on that mature buck. What a great way to end the year!

Bubba Waddell
Michael's Blog

In Harrisburg

Posted in Michael's Blog on February 22nd, 2010
Edwin's Blog

Never Too Late to Kill a Good Buck

Posted in Edwin's Blog on February 17th, 2010

It’s never too late to kill a good buck. The deer have been rutting hard and are now looking for food; they are coming into the late planted and tender food plots to feed.

Shortly after Thanksgiving, Philip Culpepper, one of the cameramen for Realtree Roadtrips and I teamed up in Booger Bottom hoping for that big kill. We saw deer, but not the one we were hoping for.

Michael and I had put out our Bushnell trail cameras and had been getting a lot of pictures of deer, but this one big 8 pointer caught my eye. We kept the camera set up in the food plot and continued getting pictures of the deer. I was feeling confident that I knew his feeding pattern, so I decided not to hunt this particular area until Philip and I could team up again.

On Dec. 27th, I decided to hunt a location across our property, approximately 1 mile away, hoping to get a big doe. Around 5pm, a button buck and small doe were feeding in the food plot, so I eased around and got my Hoyt from my easy hanger. As both deer looked up, “BAM”, out stepped “Mack Daddy” (the same big 8 pointer that we had been seeing on the trail camera). Papa Waddell had to let that G5 Stryker fly. He ran about 70-80 yards, and believe it or not – I heard him crash! All three deer had been no more than 25 yards from my stand when I shot, but the wind was right and that Realtree camo had me covered, so I was able to lay that bad boy down.

Nick's Blog

Thanksgiving Buck at the Kisky's

Posted in Nick's Blog on January 29th, 2010

It was my 3rd trip to Americas top Corn and Big Buck proucing state, Iowa. After 2 unsuccessful trips loaded with big buck encounters, my girlfriend and camera-girl Arika Sanders headed to Iowa to ransack Kisky farms and try to lay a meat missile into one of their giants grown with love! I had also been hunting a few farms that were for sale with Gabe Adair, from Whitetail Properties, and was skipping around on farms, depending on the prevailing winds. I had gotten some cool trail cam video on my Bushnell trail scout of a big one I was hunting on a piece of Gabe's and had a few encounters with him, but the wind never got right to hunt the farm again.

Our first evening back, November 24, was spent in a blind on a cut corn field at the Kisky's. There was little action and the sun went down with only a few young deer entering the field. The next morning we headed for a tree high on a heavily timbered ridge 500 yards above a corn filed. I hunted this stand in late October and had an exciting morning, rattling in 5 different bucks including a 6 year old brute with a broken front shoulder that had been broken since he was a 2 year old. I was going to shoot him but there were too many twigs in the way and he winded us at the last moment.

We made our way to the stands 45 minutes before shooting light and would be set up in two separate trees. I climbed up Arika's tree and got the camera equipment set, then climbed down, sent her up and got in my own perch. As the sun rose, the woods were quiet and no deer seemed to be moving. Much different than my first sit on the ridge. After an hour and a half I decided to try a doe bleat on my Flextone Buck Collector call. Within seconds I saw a deer fleeing the scene. I didn't realize but Arika was filming a mature 8pt behind her and I though she was just getting scenic’s and pan shots. As we talked over the situation I looked down the draw and saw a brute headed right to our stands! At first she couldn't see the buck but I told her to keep watching cause he was closing fast. Finally she spotted him and zoomed in. The buck was headed straight from the base of her stand and was about to go under it. I could see she was going to get bound up so I stopped the buck and sent a G5 Tekkan on a Beman Bone Collector arrow through his boiler room. The buck jumped and ran 20 yards and stopped, looking straight at the camera. Arika slowly pushed back to the buck as he began to sway, looking like he was about to fall. In the meantime, I grabbed another arrow and got hooked up. The buck was quartering severely left, I put my 20 yd pin in front of his hip and the Tekkan ripped completely through him and came out his right shoulder. He went 40 yards and tipped over!!! He is a 4 year old buck, one Don had trail cam photos of this year and encounters with the year before.

It was a real treat to spend time hunting at the Kisky's. Don has been someone I have envied as a deer hunter for 20 years! It was very special to share the recovery with He and Kandi and these are memories I won't ever forget. Thanks to Don and Kandi for letting me kill one of the many monsters that roam their farms and thanks to their son Kaleb for showing me up as the biggest moron in camp!!! Thanks Kaleb!!! Check this show out on Season 2 it will be action packed!!! Bone Killed one too, but he will have to tell you about it, cause my fingers are tired!!!!!!!!

Though the past few weeks have been more than crazy as far as travel goes, the final stop made me forget about the fact that I hadn’t slept in nearly two weeks. What a sweet feeling it was for the Bone Collector Crew to take home Best Big Game and Best New Series at the 2009 Golden Moose Awards.

From the entire Bone Collector family, I just want to say thanks for all your support in 2009. We can’t say how much it means to us for you to watch the show and believe in the hunting culture. We love what we do and look forward to rockin’ again in 2010!

Bone Collectors and Surf and Turf
T-Bone's Blog

Tech Tip: Six Blade Broadheads

Posted in T-Bone's Blog on January 26th, 2010

T-Bone discusses the aerodynamics and effectiveness of six blade broadheads.

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Michael's Blog

Rockin' Roll Gone Hunting

Posted in Michael's Blog on January 25th, 2010

This past spring I had a chance to hunt with rocker Aaron Lewis from the mega hit making band Staind. It was a pleasant surprise to hear that Aaron was a hard-core hunter, but seeing is believing.

It didn’t take Aaron long to convince me he was indeed used to playing string music on a bow and not always the guitar. With the cameras rolling, Aaron put on a bow-hunting clinic in Albany, TX where we hunted hogs at the Vinson Ranch.

The camp was filled with family and friends as well as Nick and T-bone. Even Gonzo Rocker, Ted Nugent himself, even showed up before the killing was done. My boy Mason Waddell scored on his first porker too! Also joining us in camp was my wife Ashley and good friend from Illinois, Jim Schiefielbien, and his boy, Matt, who is around the same age of by son Mason. Jim has been a guest on several episodes of the Bone Collector TV show and is always a blast to have around to help lay the smack down on some skillet meat.

Needless to say this hunt was full of blood trails laid down by a variety of guest and equipment. I will say the youngsters Matt and Mason topped the entertainment by breaking in the new R-15, on some hogs. The R-15 is Remington’s brand new gun to just come out.

I’m pumped about sharing this episode of Bone Collector in 2010. Lots of rock n roll and the other white meat here! Pork Chops!

By the way, Aaron was the first rocker outside of Nuge to be sworn into the brotherhood. Thanks for standing up and celebrating the hunt Aaron.

Nick's Blog

Nick at Concho Valley Outfitters

Posted in Nick's Blog on January 22nd, 2010
Nick's Vatoville Buck

 From Vatoville we traveled North To Visit my good friends at Concho Valley Outfitters. Scott Halls owns the operation and it's loaded with great bucks and great numbers of deer. Scott feeds his herd literally tons of high protein feed and his deer are in the best of shape! It didn’t take long and we were laying out big bucks on the Texas turf! Pitts killed a great 135 inch 8, T-Bone smoked a huge bodied 10 that scored 142 and I killed a great 11 point that scored 145! Just minutes after shooting my buck at 22 yards with the new Bone Collector arrow, tipped with a G5 meat missile, my Girlfriend Arika, was able to kill a huge 6 pt that was around 7 years old. It was a great week and the time flew by, now all we can do is wait to head to the Lone Star state next year, I always look forward to that!!!! 

Concho Valley Outfitters