Deer of the Day 2025

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Deer of the Day is back!!!

Buck or doe. Shotgun or bow. We are welcoming everybody’s nominations for the WIKI 95.3 Deer of the Day, presented by The Rusty Buck, 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 2025 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 The Rusty Buck!

We are welcoming your nominations now through December 31, 2025! There are some simple rules to follow:

Email your medium to high resolution photo in JPEG or GIF file format to info@953wiki.com (953wiki.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.

Winner to be announced the first week of January 2026

Daily entries:

November 2025

Angela Ward

Jefferson county Madison Indiana

Harvested my 8 point buck on firearms opening morning a half a hour after sunrise. He was about 40 yards from me, I used a 350 legend and he only ran about a hundred yards before he dropped.

My husband Glenn helped me recover it and gut it.

December 2025

Dayna Leach

Carroll County Kentucky

Shot in Carrollton KY, last day of firearms. Waiting on 3 doe to pass so we could go out for lunch and this 10 point walks out of nowhere to join them. Needless to say it happened fast but was a good hunting season.

Dack Chisholm of Smithfield

taken in Henry County KY

On the third day of modern gun, it was late afternoon sitting in the blind, watching a few small does and a young 6-point buck in the field. When this 8-point came strolling out. A photo was taken and as I was texting my wife telling her if he came in about 30 more yards, he was the one. About that time a young spike walked past the blind about 3ft away scaring the crap outta me and himself spooking most of the deer's out of the field. As I scanned the field the 8-point buck had actually come in closer and was in range, that's how I ended another good season. Huge shout out to little brother Dain for helping get it out of the field.

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