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If You Pass Them, They Will Grow

By Mike Handley

Brian Lay must possess more self control than your average deer hunter, and the same could be said for antlers. As the man from Harrodsburg, Kentucky, suspected, the 160-inch whitetail he allowed to keep on trucking in 2019 was much bigger the following year. Even so, he gave the animal's core area a wide berth because he thought it had the potenti...

Mike Handley | Big Buck 411 Blog Editor

Mike Handley has decades of experience measuring, researching and writing about monster bucks. Each week, Mike will update everyone in the Big Buck 411 Blog on giant whitetail news from across North America. When a new record falls, you will be one of the first to know about it.

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It's Official: Huff Buck is a World Record

By Mike Handley

This will come as no surprise to deer hunters who browse social media, but the state of Indiana yielded a new world-record whitetail last fall. Greensburg's Dustin Huff, 27, put a crossbow bolt through the impressive 13-pointer in Decatur C... READ MORE

West Virginia Buck Shuffles Records

By Mike Handley

The best thing Jesse Truman has ever done, as a deer hunter, was forgetting about a trail camera on the 200 acres he hunts in Clay County, West Virginia, about 35 miles from where he lives. He’s hunted that piece of ground for a very ... READ MORE

South Dakota Monster

By Mike Handley

Mike Beadle's South Dakota buck was one of the first to come across my radar in 2021. I had the pleasure of speaking with the 45-year-old from Aberdeen within days of the Sept. 12 harvest. He was still dancing on the moon, every detail stil... READ MORE