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...
After Eight Years
Whenever Wayne Cox heads home to North Carolina after deer hunting in Kansas, he has fewer blank scoresheets in his measuring kit. The ones with numbers...
Near-State-Record Buck Causes Whiplash In Kentucky
David Whitaker might be responsible for a man’s wearing a neck brace in Jackson County, Kentucky, but it’s doubtful an insurance claim will be filed.
Census Taker
You could call Steve Matt of Eureka Springs, Ark., a census taker, even though he doesn't carry a clipboard and knock on doors.
He collects most of his data...
Mistaken Identity
Corey Bacon is usually pretty good at judging bucks by their cover, but he was dead wrong last year.
The 28-year-old from Lebo, Kansas, mistakenly thought...
Two Years from Poof to Pow
Blake Whelchel says the nearly 200-inch Oklahoma buck he shot in 2016 was between 20 and 30 inches bigger the previous year, and he has the trail camera...
Opening Day to Remember
Knowing whitetails will walk over corn to Hoover up acorns, Dylan Martin figured he had two weeks before the unusual buck on his Most Wanted list went AWOL....
Trading a Soup Spoon for a Fork
It took half a decade for Husky Hummel to leave Ohio with something more than a nonresident hunting license in his pocket.
The 48-year-old car dealer from...
Prone to Hitting the Bull's-eye
Jody Beth Walker did her best imitations of a doe, a rock and a bush to lure a 19-pointer into her sights in 2014.
The huntress from London, Kentucky, a...
From Bust to Boom
Brandon Myers slipped an arrow through this drop-tined buck just nine hours after it walked past his trail camera.
The Ohio bowhunter had dedicated most of...
Jersey Doe Lives for Another Day
Corwin Myers spent a lot of time shivering in a Hunterdon County, New Jersey, deer stand during the first week of January 2018. Trail camera photographs of...
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