Big Buck 411
But When the School Bell Rings
Danny Scott struck a deal with his grandson, Ben Turner, when they retrieved trail camera photographs of an enormous buck with an unusual buck. First, they...
Don’t Write Off Ugly Bucklings
For the last decade, Roma Loudermilk has taken off work the first week of October to coincide with the Sooner State’s bow opener. While most wearers of camo...
Bigger, Better Antlers No Match for Broadhead
Chandler Gray first became of aware of the deer he shot on the family farm in Huron County, Ohio, last season on Dec. 13, 2023, when he collected his initial...
Ride of His Life
When Tyler Pikowski acquired his deer hunting permit last fall, he had no idea it would double as a rollercoaster ticket.
The Buck That Wasn’t
When Doug Laird of Russellville, Missouri, talks about the deer he shot in 2014, pronouns appear to jump the tracks.
Hiding and Hunting in Plain Sight
When hunting deer in eastern Colorado, you might have to cross your fingers and channel your inner reptile.
Think Proximity
After weeks of playing musical stands in 2014, his decisions based on trail camera photographs, Bo Holcombe finally spurned his unkillable buck’s three...
But When the School Bell Rings
Danny Scott struck a deal with his grandson, Ben Turner, when they retrieved trail camera photographs of an enormous buck with an unusual buck. First, they...
Big By Anyone's Measure
When Logan Wise called a diehard deer-hunting friend to tell him that a big Ohio roadkill would soon grace his wall, the man was understandably skeptical.
Whack-a-Deer
For Derrick Blakeley, choosing where on the family’s third-generation farm to usher in Kentucky’s 2018 rifle season was easy. He went to the clover and...
And from Public Land, No Less
Less than an hour after climbing a tree and pulling up his rifle on Dec. 13, 2016, Mississippian Josh Clark lowered it again in preparation to leave.
The...
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