
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
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,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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.

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...
