Success Stories

4th Place in ’25-’26 WiseEye Big Buck Contest

I was hunting a big deer in Nebraska, and the wind decided to change. So I made my way to Missouri, and hunted there. On the way to Missouri, my WiseEye camera went off and it was a giant buck hitting a scrape right under my stand. Had a couple more pics that day, so decided to hunt there that evening. There were scrapes all over the stand, and had several small bucks come out. I hunted until evening, and didn’t see anything until 10 minutes left of shooting light. Out came the big one WiseEye had showed me. He slipped out of the woods, and presented a great broadside shot. He went about 20 yards and piled up. Thank you to WiseEye for creating such a helpful product. Without WiseEye, I would have never known this buck existed.

Bruce Saale

5th Place in ’25-’26 WiseEye Big Buck Contest

We purchased our new farm in May 2025 unsure of what caliber of bucks it held, especially after the previous owner harvested a 155” 9-point with a drop tine and the area had been hit by EHD two years prior. I ran WiseEye cameras all summer while we improved the property with water holes, clover maintenance, and five acres of beans, but mature buck activity was limited until September 25th when a shooter finally daylighted in the west clover plot. Studying WiseEye camera data showed he preferred north or east winds with cold fronts, so when a rainy north wind hit on October 28th, I made my move. After a tense first evening and a chaotic exit that nearly ruined everything, WiseEye cameras confirmed he returned unfazed. The following evening he came in again, responding to grunts and a snort wheeze; after he ducked my arrow once at 43 yards, I got a second chance at 32 yards and sealed the deal — proving patience, low pressure, and trusting the intel were key to first-year success on a tough-access farm.

Chad Wasem

Uncle’s Bittersweet Goodbye

I have been following a buck that I named Hollywood for the last two years. Last year I figured he was a 3.5 year old deer and I chose to pass him. This year I had been getting constant photos of Hollywood who is now a 4.5 year old seven point. A couple months ago I got a phone call from my uncle who was also my biggest mentor that he had cancer and a short period to live. From my uncle I inherited a really nice muzzleloader and I had set out on a mission to kill a dandy buck with my uncles muzzleloader. Hollywood started being pretty easy to pattern showing up every other day. On Friday November 14th He was in there at 6:45 in the morning. I told myself I’d be in there Sunday waiting on him. Sunday Nov 16th at 8 am Hollywood stepped out at 18 yards and I was able to kill him with my uncles muzzleloader. I got a phone call from my aunt that same morning after getting out of the woods that my uncle had passed just a few hours before. I would like to think that my uncle brought that buck to me as a final good bye.

Anthony Jones

Suprise Coyote Drive

This year was my first full season with WiseEye running exclusive DC2’s due to poor cell service. The DC2s have provided me consistent Intel all year to put this buck on my hit list.

The big, chocolate 8 had regularly stopped at this plot being a dominant presence. Early November, I slipped into a clover plot on my Faceoff eBike. Not long after daylight, a buck I named Droopy that I am passing this year, came in rutting hard on a doe but stayed in the brush 30 yards behind me. He kept grunting and snort wheezing to push a fork buck away that kept circling him.

All of a sudden I notice a coyote in the food plot 50 yards in front of me. He kept looking down the plot to my right, and then I realized the chocolate horned 8 was standing down there about 80 yards from me. The coyote proceeded to trot down and start circling the buck, even nipping at his feet, and ended up pushing the buck straight toward me. At 15 yards, I took the shot but clipped a small twig. After calling in a drone later that night, we found him—already being worked over by three bobcats—but still recovery.

Brandon Heins

Those Years Paid Off

I harvested this Kentucky 10 point that I’d tracked down with WiseEye the last couple years.

Michael Jay Sexton

Gordon Whitefoot Sundown

Tracked the buck I called Gordon Whitefoot for 2 months before I was able to go hunt him. I hunted twice before he stepped out and made the shot. HuntControl had showed a lesser chance of his arrival on the first day, and a higher chance of an appearance in the morning on the second day. HuntControl was right yet again, and Gordon Whitefoot went Sundown. Thank you to WiseEye and HuntControl for making such a reliable, outstanding product!

Cole Legnon

New Stand, New Mount!

WiseEye caught him on cam after I hung the set.
2 sits later WiseEye caught him moments before the arrow was released.
Northern Wisconsin

Geza Kaczur

The Hunt for Double Brow

The 4 year chase for double brow came to an end on Nov 8th 2025. Following a doe upwind led to a 30 yard heart shot. Then 10 yards and dropped within eyesight. Double Brow is a potential 17 point weighing 191 lbs field dressed. Wise eye allowed us to pattern double brow further with the capabilities of on demand videos and being able to tag him specifically! One of our wise eye cameras caught us dragging him out!! Bittersweet moment for this giant.

Emily Lohman

From Trade Show to Taxidermist

Met Harold at the Illinois Deer & Beer Fest and he talked me into buying a couple DC2 cameras. Before the end of the day I came back and grabbed 2 more. Put them to work on patterning this buck. After getting a couple pics of him moving just before dark i slipped in on him on 8/20 and was able to get an arrow in him. After backing out on tracking that night we went in the next morning and found him 100 yards later but the coyotes had got to him first unfortunately. So no nice pics to follow. 180 4/8″ 15pt Illinois. Thanks for making a great camera and helping me get the job done WiseEye.