The winner is....

So the May Giveaway is officially in the books and I can now tell you what the winner has won, but first if you haven't looked at all the pictures be sure to go back to the Giveaway thread and check out the awesome trail cam images you all entered! I'll have to give the nod to John C. for entering the awesome Cuddeback picture of the impact moment in an archery hunt...absolutely awesome shot (perhaps I'll send a consolation prize to John)!


So the winner for this week will be recieving in the mail Bill Vale's awesome book Taking Pressured Trophy Whitetails: Pursuing the Gray Ghost in Urban and Farmland Settings. You will also be recieving Bill's 2012 Hunting Calendar. Both of these items together ar a $55 value...and you'll be getting them for free!

Bill Vale is a tried and true hunter from the state of Michigan, where taking mature trophy whitetails just doesn't happen to anyone on a consistant basis. We've all heard the hunting slogan out of the state, "If it's brown it's down" but in that same state Bill claims trophy gems can be found and he's going to share with you the tactics he uses every year to put himself on great bucks.

From Bill's site:

Every hunter dreams of shooting a trophy buck—of looking down on a cool, crisp morning and seeing a massive set of antlers walking below his or her tree. But who do you know who not only sees these animals, but is successful every season shooting them? And shooting them in areas where the deer are under extreme hunting pressure, like Bill’s hunting area of Calhoun County, Michigan, where there are some of the highest numbers of hunters per square mile than any other place in the world?

Master Bowhunter Bill Vale’s landmark book brings into perspective the order of survival that was put in place by God Himself and has gone unnoticed by hunters for centuries. This includes how the solar/lunar forces (perigee and apogee), and the light the moon reflects govern the movement and instincts of big bucks and the timing of the rut from year to year.Learn the aggressive secrets, tactics, and field-tested strategies that have been proven successful after 35+ years of hunting for pressured big bucks. Bill’s research and instruction will help the beginner to Master Hunter. This is the most complete book about deer hunting strategies ever published.

Everyone that I've heard talk about this book has had nothing but great things to say, so even if you didn't win the giveaway do yourself a favor and check out Bill's link on the right side of this site (it's the one just under Whitetail Ambush Secrets) or I'll make it easy click: here .

Okay so here's the list of names and number as I received them via email:

Dave H-1

Aaron S-2

Chris K-3

Brent S-4

Chris T-5

Goosepond-6

Jonathan-7

Pat H-8

Ryan H-9

Jacob A Mc-10

Tom L-11

Andy S-12

Jeff W-13

Roger R-14

Jake D-15

M. Dian W-16

C. Metiva-17

John C-18

Al M-19

Andy L-20

Tonia L-21

Al. C-22

Here's the screen shot from the online random number generator:

Which means Goosepond Monster you are the winner! Email incoming, and to all who didn't win be sure to keep checking back to the site as work on deer habitat is never ending and I'll be bringing you videos and write ups on anything and everything.

Thanks to all who participated!

* Giveaway disclaimer if for some reason the winner already has these items I'll discuss with them another option via the email they used to send me the pictures. Also I am using the email names I recieved as a few people couldn't get the posting option to work here, by using emails I can guarantee everyone who desired to be entered is entered.