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: MIKE HANDLEY
When a Tree isn’t a Tree
Darrin Dawes’s back yard in Arnaudville, Louisiana, is 2 miles long and 60 yards wide. Deer cross through those 25 acres all the time, but he almost never...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Fool Me Once …
Going into Louisiana’s 2017 deer season, Charles Brossette knew at least one decent buck was living in the 600 acres he hunts in Natchitoches Parish. A trail...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Keep Tabs on Does
Derek DeVader learned a valuable lesson this fall. If you’re keeping tabs on a mature Kansas whitetail that keeps disappearing in November, you can bet it’s...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
No Joke
Alicia Miller might've heard a shotgun blast possibly emanating from within the family's 30-acre farm. But gullible, she isn't.
She and her husband Arjay...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
It's Official: Huff Buck is a World Record
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
New Hampshire’s No. 2 Whitetail
Chances are, Dan Blanchette wouldn’t have driven into New Hampshire last September if the state of Maine allowed Sunday hunting.
While scouting public land...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Staking Out the Bedroom
In the whitetail world, the shortest distance between points A and B isn’t necessarily a straight line. Even during the summer and early hunting season, when...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
His Rutcation Wasn’t All That
When Brian Fultz walked into Rick Busse’s taxidermy studio in Piqua, Ohio, on Dec. 11, he was unprepared for the man’s response.
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Everything to Gain
Once upon a time, Homer Miller held deer grunt calls in the same regard as Magic 8 Balls and fairy dust. Now he won’t leave for the woods without one,...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Memories are Short During the Rut
Some bucks just can't say no to a hot date.
When he missed Ol' Two Drop on Nov. 16, 2015, Tim Hatton was convinced he'd blown what would likely be his only...
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