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...
Driver’s Seat
Back pain kept Bobby Cook indoors during much of the 2013-14 Alabama deer season. When he was finally up to it, he invited two friends from Pennsylvania to...
A Beast by Any Other Name
I admit I’m paid to come up with myriad ways to describe whitetails. Referring to a storied animal as a buck or a deer 27 times in one article is a surefire...
Worth the Hike
Shannon Alvis shot one of the largest public land bucks ever recorded from Alabama on the last day of the Black Warrior Wildlife Management Area's three-day,...
Alabamian Wins Face-off in Illinois
The buck was behind, downwind of and looking at Robert Cardin.
If Robert had been in a stand back home in Alabama on that day in 2013, things would not have...
CCTV, Kansas Style
Ethan Lorance knows the value of eyes in the sky, or at least on the ground.
The 25-year-old pipefitter from Bonner Springs, Kansas, employed several trail...
Forty-minute Roller Coaster
When it comes to shooting bragging-sized bucks, John Koleszarik isn’t accustomed to things going right. Even if the hunter from Central City, Pennsylvania,...
Big Dank Down
Tim Starkey’s friends can breathe a sigh of relief.
The 25-year-old oil field worker has buck meat, which means the jerky is about to flow. He’ll continue to...
That Smell
Tim Davis was 50 yards into a sad story on Dec. 6, 2015, when his nostrils suddenly filled with rutting buck. Downwind of a happy ending, he resumed walking.
Coffey County Buck Reshuffles Kansas Records
Had Dallas Birk kept walking instead of responding to a friend’s cry about finding blood on Oct. 18, the coyotes in his corner of Coffey County might have...
Tripod Destined to be a State Recurve Record
Thomas Naegele normally uses his old recurve bow to shoot does for the freezer. On Nov. 2, however, he arrowed much more than meat.
The 30-year-old...
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