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...
When It's so Cold It Hurts
When Ben Smith retrieved a few trail camera images of a 10-pointer in 2022, he knew it had the potential to be something special, but his resolve to let it...
Friends with Benefits, Kentucky-style
Brian Owens’ head was nodding up and down even before he could say yes to a coworker’s invitation to hunt in 2020.
Three-hour drive? No problem.
Brian and...
Two Deer, One World-class Rack
While most hunters might choose to let a stand rest between bloodlettings, Dylan McGee opted to spend the afternoon of Nov. 3, 2018, in the very stand from...
Have Time, Will Look
Cows on the lam lead Nicholas Johnson of Coleman, Oklahoma, to the bull of the woods back in 2012.
Nick hadn't planned to hunt the opening day of rifle...
They Can’t Not Go Back
Southerners fortunate enough to experience the whitetail rut anywhere in the Midwest are hooked. They can’t not go back.
The numbers and size of the deer,...
Virginia's New No. 5 Typical by Blackpowder
Dustin Plummer used to beg his mother to take him to Walmart so he could have prints made of the images his old-school trail cameras collected.
Kansas Yields 235-incher
Big-woods bowhunters would drive past the land Jon Landwehr hunts near Russell, Kansas. The agricultural tracts are mostly treeless, which might be ok if...
No Joke
When Chris Cypert saw the 2016 trail camera photograph of a buck with an extra beam, said to have been taken within 30 miles of his home in Searcy, Arkansas,...
Virginia's New No. 5 Typical by Blackpowder
Dustin Plummer used to beg his mother to take him to Walmart so he could have prints made of the images his old-school trail cameras collected.
Public Land Giant Claims Tennessee’s No. 3 BP Spot
When Josh Robbins gave up his deer lease on the Tennessee-Kentucky border, he knew his opportunities to put venison in the freezer were going to be limited in...
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