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-School Special
A.J. Post’s story could be called The Case of the Disappearing Bullet, since nobody could find the .50-caliber chunk of lead responsible for the hole in his...
Knock, Knock … No Joke
When he was a tyke, Tyler Gladu might’ve been told not to talk to strangers. But that was then, obviously.
Now 27, he’s fearless when it comes to striking up...
Adrenaline Hotter than Coffee
After nine cold, gray and mostly deerless days, Dennis Coon was almost glad to see Wisconsin's 2009 firearms season come to an end. More than anything, he...
Good Things Sometimes Come to Those Who Wait
Kentucky bowhunter Dave Morgan played cat and mouse with an Ohio buck for more than three years before hearing his bowstring hum while looking at it.
Dave...
Once a Naysayer, Not Always a Naysayer
Frank Lemongelli is a bowhunter.
Bowhunters are generally pessimistic.
Therefore, Frank is a pessimist. Or at least he used to be.
When the 48-year-old...
Public Land, Gnarly Country
One of the biggest whitetails to go through Tennessee taxidermist Michael Austin’s shop last year didn’t belong to a customer, and he won’t make a dime off...
When You Realize the Neighbors Know Their Stuff
Seeing the local legend in your own back yard can turn an average-Joe deer hunter into a wide-eyed, frothy-mouthed fanatic. Or so says one man’s wife.
That...
Old School
Guy Draper’s 2024 buck didn’t have a name. There are no known trail camera images of it, and he had no history with the giant whitetail that occupied the No....
Long Time Coming
Nineteen-year-old Luke Lohan might be flying blind when he climbs his next treestand.
The kid from St. Clairsville hunted the same Ohio buck for three...
Piano Man
The rattling bag Geoffrey Henry bought just prior to Louisiana’s Oct. 1, 2017, bow opener was worth every penny.
The security guard from Start, Louisiana,...
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