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
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Double the Pleasure
Des Moines bowhunter Brady Snyder doesn't always budget for taxidermy, but when he does, he prefers paying double.
That's what happened in 2019 anyway, when...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
When Stars and Buzzards Align
A grouping of crows is called a murder. Geese (on the ground) are a gaggle. Deer herd, ducks flock and fish school.
Do you know what a group of buzzards is...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Who Wouldn't Play Hooky?
In the fall, Kyle Bowers often spends the remains of weekdays in a deer stand. One Friday last November, however, he decided an evening sit wasn't enough.
...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
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