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Big bucks are running, but this one isn't anymore

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Here's a shot of 13-year-old Matthew Bower with a heavy 10-pointer he killed in Craig County.

I've gotten quite a few trophy shots the past few days, and this is one of the best not only because the deer is awesome, but because Matthew's expression is even better.

From what I'm hearing, things are picking back up out there after the lull we saw around the middle of the month. I've had a lot of people report seeing bucks chasing does the past few days. I saw some of it myself Friday evening when a nice six-pointer came trotting up to the ground blind I was in, spooked when he got downwind, then immediately forgot about the human danger and started chasing a doe again a minute later.

I'm not sure when I'll get back out, but I'd like to find a way to hunt Wednesday afternoon. The weather looks great.

I've got a bunch of deer pictures to post so I'll try to get them up over the next couple of days.

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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.

Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.

After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.

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