Brent's Early Muzzleloader Two-for-One Special!

Maryland's three-day early muzzeloader season is a great time to be in the woods and capitalize on the last feeding rush before the rut sets in! Brian and Brent hunted this morning on an oak flat in search of a nice 8pt that they had a close call with in early bow season. Today the odds were a little more in our favor—the wind was just right, and we're no longer limited to a 30yd shot! As luck would have he came by at about 20yds, making an easy shot. After stirring up the woods at first light, they decided to take out a doe to put some meat in the freezer!

Great hunt guys!

Johnny Hancock- Little Whackfactor!

Brent: "I had made up my mind that this year that I would try to get my younger brother Johnny on a deer, and that is what I did. We were set up overlooking a sweet potato patch that was getting hammered by some does. It wasn’t long at all before a small doe came out and Johnny took care of the rest."

Look to see a lot from this young man in the future! He's turning into quite the natural hunter, with the drive, determination, and the god-given skills and ability to get it done in any hunting situation! Good Job buddy!

Trevor's Big Stag

At the tail end of the Sika Slam weekend, most of us decided to head on home to work on the honey-do lists, but a few of the Whackfactor Outdoors boys would rather get an ear full and stayed to hunt one more day! On Columbus Day, Jesse, Doug, Jeremy, and Trevor headed out into the marsh for one last hunt, where Trevor and Jeremy would get it done in a very big way!

Trevor's first sika deer ever was a giant stag, with a bow on film on public land! Trevor: "We had not seen a deer all morning, then like a ghost he came out of the frag. I thought to myself, that it looked like a nice deer from 300 yards. I truly understood what a trophy he was when the boys and I found him only 80 yards from the tree..."


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Sika Slam 2009!

Every year, the Whackfactor Outdoors crew loads up and makes the trip from Southern Maryland, across the Chesapeake to the Eastern Shore. This year we had great weather and were able to find some great signs on the public land where we traditionally hunt. We also found some great new spots in the abundant state and federal property. We had some major equipment malfunctions and operator errors, and wound up taking 4 sika deer with bows on public land by the last day of the weekend, without any usable footage. Doug, Frankie, Jeremy, and Austin all scored on nice deer. Jeremy had an incredible self-filmed hunt with three stags on one hind at close quarters, but couldn't seal the deal and run the camera at the same time...



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It's Time

We have been seeing some great bucks, but are having trouble getting close as the swirling winds are often an issue. Brian and I finally got a break when the winds shifted to the North West. We setup close to a creek so the deer could not get down wind of us. The plan worked, and Brian put the Whackfactor on a great buck.