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...
Far from Secret
Imagine waking up to see your best-kept secret — not just word of it, but actual photos — plastered all over Facebook.
That actually happened to Matthew...
No More Deer Drought
David Fischer of Georgetown, Indiana, is accustomed to seeing deer hunters roaming the public lands he hunts. But that's all he saw during the 2014 season.
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The Turtle and the Unsmelling Buck
Unless they enjoy being human metronomes, deer hunters in Nebraska and Kansas - the two windiest states in the U.S. - do not scale skinny trees. Nor do they...
Virginia’s No. 2 Rifle Buck
Austin Sturgill and his family were certain the giant whitetail he shot on Thanksgiving morning - his second buck for 2011 - was the one that had set tongues...
Photoshopped? Nope.
The New Year’s Eve (2019) arrest of four poachers near the Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama, opened doors for B.J. Davis.
After the incident with the illegal...
Never Sing the Blues Until the Sun Goes Down
Bob Dieball had already drawn and let down his bow once, when the Kansas buck he so desperately wanted veered sharply toward the doe it desperately wanted.
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The Third Hail Mary
A city ordinance almost prevented Randy Kukral from scoring his career-best whitetail last month. The desperate - and now smiling - man's Hail Marys involved...
Okie Solves Riddle Before Skewering Dream Buck
Chris Talbot used to rack his brain whenever he saw ripples on his duck pond. He always attributed the surface disturbance to deer, even though, try as he...
Poster Buck for Trigger Restraint
Need more than a wildlife biologist’s suggestion to let young bucks walk (if you’re interested in high-octane antlers)? Consider Brandon Ramirez’s story from...
Squirrel, Squirrel, Deer
Austin Gaines learned an important lesson last deer season: Never assume the thing you heard is the same thing you heard before that.
The 24-year-old diesel...
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