Big Buck 411
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
BY: GITA SMITH
Stick, String & Velvet
The summertime buck that DeWayne Spann shot with his recurve bow was a handsome 12-pointer in velvet that made a splash in the Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy...
BY: GITA SMITH
The Buck That Got Away... Until It Didn't
Zac Prickett had an arrow nocked and ready. The buck he wanted was grazing eight yards away, upwind. Ten more milled around. If ever there was a sure thing.
BY: GITA SMITH
He Woke Up to a Giant
When Kevin Walsh awoke from a morning nap at 10:30, against a tree in the Missouri woods, the first thing he saw — maybe — was a buck’s rear end going through...
BY: GITA SMITH
Every Step You Take
Three years of patience and patterning a 23-point buck paid off for Laine Baker, although he could have done without the drama in act three.
BY: GITA SMITH
One Arrow, Two Dreams
For as long as he’s been hunting, Lester Miller says he’sdreamed of two things: To shoot a 200-inch deer and a deer with a drop tine. In 2025, Lester made...
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