Deer of the Day 2024

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Deer of the Day is back!!!

Buck or doe. Shotgun or bow. We are welcoming everybody’s nominations for the Eagle Country 99.3 Deer of the Day, presented by Route 262 Outdoors, located on....State Route 262 in Dillsboro, of course! 

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The tri-state’s BEST and ORIGINAL deer photo contest is giving our listeners the chance to show off their prized whitetail harvested during the 2024-25 hunting season. Each day, we’ll publish on this page a photo and story submitted by a listener. 

The Deer of the Day grand prize winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to Route 262 Outdoors!

We are welcoming your nominations now through December 31, 2024! There are some simple rules to follow:

• Email your medium to high resolution photo in JPEG or GIF file format to news@eaglecountryonline.com. Please include your name, city of residence, and location of the harvest along with a one paragraph story detailing your successful hunt.
• Keep your photo and story tasteful. Photos showing too much blood and/or guts won’t be considered (yuck!).
• The deer shown must have been hunted legally and ethically during the 2024 bow, firearms, muzzleloader, or youth hunting season in local areas of Indiana, Ohio, or Kentucky.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31

Submitted by Kevin Wenning

Johanna Wenning from Milan, IN
Deer harvested November 22, 2024 near Milan

I got my first deer which was a buck on my 10th Birthday. My dad took me hunting. I had to watch this deer for 15 minutes before there was a good shot. This made me feel very excited and nervous. My dad helped me calm down so I could shoot and make a perfect shot at almost 100 yards. I had to anxiously wait until he said we could go look. We found blood right away and it was easy to track him. The buck went only about 50 yards. This really made my Birthday special and was a great memory. 

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31

Submitted by Kevin Wenning

Isaac Wenning from Milan Indiana.
Deer harvested near Milan.

I harvested this eight point buck just a few minutes before the cut off time. He was just under 80 yards and I shot him with a 50 caliber muzzleloader. My dad was sitting in a stand across the field when he heard the big shot. We waited a little bit and only had to track him 50 yards. I'm really happy we found him because we were starting to get low on meat.

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4

Submitted by Julie Gray

Greg Gray
Lives in Milan
He got the deer in Osgood

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 

Submitted by Steve Stepleton

Steve Stepleton 
Sunman
Deer was taken near Osgood

I had a few trail cam pictures of him.  He came into a food plot that my dad and I had recently planted.  I had my scent wick out with for estrous scent of it and he came in with his nose up.  

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27

Submitted by Kevin Skinner

This is the fist buck I have shot since 2022. We started managing our family farm last year to grow trophy whitetail deer.  This buck was one on our hit list this year.  Crazy story my neighbor somehow shot the deer through its back tendon he come limping across the property line. I noticed he could not move his back leg it was broke. I did not really second-guess shooting him with a broken leg after we actually seen him he was a little bit bigger than we suspected but we decided to go ahead and take him. It was a clean ethical shot with a 12 Gauge shotgun. He only ran about 20 yards and went down

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27

Submitted by Clayton Carter

Harvested Oct 9, 2024 in Northern KY 8 point with split brows 144” 

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Tyler Whalen

Active Duty Air Force Veteran
Milan, IN

I was blessed to harvest my very first deer and very first buck this firearms season. This buck was taken in Southeast Indiana. He was taken on November 24th, 2024 with a .270 rifle. He was also a 6 point with a broken brow tine. Thank you Eagle Country 99.3!

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25

Submitted by Crystal Coleman

Cole had this kill on opening firearm's weekend at 0830 on Sunday, Oct. 17th 2024. This was taken at our property in Dearborn Cty, Aurora. Cole just turned 18 years old. Thank you for your Deer of the Day Contest! 

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Submitted by Ryan Davies

Wren Davies, 10 yrs old
Nov 13th
Crossbow
Ohio County
9pt

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 

Submitted by Ashley Wesley

Ashley Wesley
West Harrison, IN
Harvested Nov 16th

I harvested this 8 point buck in Dearborn County on opening day with a single shot, open sight 20 guage. He dropped right on the spot. It was a great morning, sitting only a couple minutes. 

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 

Submitted by Casey Barrows

Harley Smith
Milan Indiana 
Harvested in Manchester Indiana, Nov 16 2024
243 Rueger

We were just sitting in the deer blind around 10am. About 40 yards away from the blind, a deer jumped out of the cedar thicket. He stood there broadside for about 2 minutes. I got my shooting stick out and got my gun ready. Pulled the trigger and shot him.  He ran down to the creek and layed there till we found him. 

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Submitted by Kim Smith

Kim Smith
Moores Hill
Harvested on our property on Tues. Nov 12th with a Killer Instinct Crossbow

This was my first crossbow Buck and my first heart shot! I was so excited I had been able to land such a good shot on a cool non-typical 11 point Buck, all by myself. My husband Chuck has been teaching me to hunt for 8 years and it’s something we just love to do. Not bad for a 64 yr old Grandma!

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Submitted by Austin Hall

Blake Hall
Reside in Greendale IN. 
Harvested  in Ohio County, IN.
Harvested November 3rd 2024 with Mathews Switchback XT Compound Bow.

The buck we call "Medusa", we have been watching this deer all year and he was only moving through the night or bedding in hard to access areas, up until rut started to ramp up. He came in trying to catch up to a doe he was pursuing 30 yards away. Non-typical 17 points in total.

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 

Submitted by Jacob Mick

Avery Mick harvested this buck at 45yds. Dad said it was too thick and Avery said I got this. Smoked it and proud dad moment!

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 

Submitted by Abby Roessler

Josie Roessler 6 years old from Aurora. Got her first deer on youth weekend. After an unsuccessful Saturday hunt she went back out determined to get her daddy deer Sunday evening and got her first buck with her mom and sister. She got it done and couldn’t be more proud of herself!