
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
If you hear dirt hitting leaves ...
Clark Campbell doesn’t mind stepping into the shower in the middle of the day, especially if he knows he’ll be in a deer stand 15 or 20 minutes after...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Kentucky Gains New Xbow Record and Runner-up
Accustomed to calling his own shots, Tim Hannah stepped out of his comfort zone on Nov. 7 to put his faith in an older buddy who wanted badly to re-introduce...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Priorities, Priorities, Priorities
Soon after Jesse Watson settled into his ground blind on Wednesday, Nov. 20, his wife sent him a text, reminding him they were supposed to drive to Kansas...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Two Seasons and 45 Inches Later
Doug Hampton passed up a 170-inch whitetail in 2018, only because his outfitter promised he could return to Iowa and hunt it after it had “grown up.”
Doug’s...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Double in Delaware
Harry Daisey can credit his pooches' bladders for the world-class whitetail he tagged in 2012.
"I was walking my dogs in my back yard when they jumped a...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Not All Rumors are Unfounded
Had Tom Wingate not retrieved trail camera photographs of an exceptional mainframe 8-pointer in 2015, he might’ve dismissed the following year’s rumors of a...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Handlebars
Three times in 2017, windows of opportunity slammed shut before Randall Oliver could even attempt shooting at the drop-tined buck he desperately wanted.
He...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Three Clicks and a Boom
The very year Matt Kelly joined a renowned deer hunting club an hour and a half from home, he shot a bruiser whitetail on property that didn’t cost him a...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Hunting Naked, Unintentionally
While some people might have nightmares about addressing a full classroom or coworkers while butt-naked, Tony Brown is more apt to dream about facing a...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
No Truer Words
When Steven Everett purchased 130 acres in Logan County, Oklahoma, in 2015, the previous landowner told him the property held some big bucks.
Deer season had...
