
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: MARK MELOTIK
8 1/2-Year-Old Monarch Falls to Hard Work and a Plan
Can you be too careful when hunting an old, top-end whitetail that has eluded you for several years? Kentucky’s Jeff Deberry, 57, knew exactly the elusive...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Bowhunting an Internet Legend
One of the first rules of hunting mature bucks? Hunt where they live. That was the thinking of Arkansas resident Josh Hogue when he began hunting a stretch of...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
First Bow Buck Joins Club 200
When the first whitetail bow buck of your life measures over 200 inches, where do you go from there? Not a question most of us will wrestle with, but it’s the...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Info Sought On Poached 200-plus Iowa Giant
The search continues for the poacher of a giant Iowa whitetail killed August 1st or 2nd in Louisa County, Iowa, along the far-eastern edge of the state not...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
A Virginia Giant’s Fatal Mistake
Virginia’s Jessica Burks will likely never forget Thanksgiving day of 2023. It’s because Thursday, Nov. 19 found her in a treestand hunting a buck she had...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Opening-Day Ambush
For Kentucky’s Travis Mays, the third time really was the charm. Last Sept. 2, Mays, 31, closed out a three-year quest for an outsized Bluegrass State buck by...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Reuniting With A Jaw-Dropping VA Droptine
Opening morning of Virginia’s 2023 muzzleloader season will likely never be forgotten by Surry County hunter Jake Berryman. On that date—Nov. 4, 2023—the...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Well-Known Ohio Giant Falls
Sometimes the planets align and a big buck simply gets dropped in your lap. Talk to Ohio’s Eric Phillips, and it’s likely you’ll come away believing that’s...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Running Down A Duck-Country Giant
The almost-magical powers of the whitetail rut have helped many of us get the drop on typically reclusive mature bucks. But it was bit of unusually early...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Hunting A Kentucky Legend
For Kentucky’s Ryan Ederer and his wife Jodi, bowhunting whitetails is a team effort. That’s because the Grant County couple’s 2- and 6-year-old children keep...
