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...
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...
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...
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...
What Noise?
Some outdoorsmen think their hunts are ruined if they inadvertently step on a stick or fail to stifle a sneeze or cough. In their minds, such are the noises...
A Break in the Weather
A buck called Andre the Giant twice cheated death in 2014, escaping both a bullet and a broadhead. The whitetail's luck didn't hold the next season.
Brandon...
Process of Elimination
After three years of losing a game of hide and seek with an incredible buck he'd seen in 2010, Thomas Waters decided the only remaining option was to hunt...
Transplanted Bowhunter Discovers Kansas Hype is True
When Chad Carney's job took him from North Carolina to Kansas, he immediately started searching for places to hunt. Knowing only that the Sunflower State...
Eight Hours from Heaven
Before last fall, Anders Blixt had no idea he lives only eight hours from Heaven.
The Virginian had a hunch deer hunting's pearly gates were somewhere in...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Ben Humphries might not have been on a rooftop, but he did plenty of shouting on Dec. 17, 2016.
The bowhunter from Ozark, Missouri, used every last lithium...
The Do-over
Adam Cartright heard about the top-heavy Illinois deer he wound up shooting in 2017 long before he saw it.
In addition to grapevine gossip, a friend...
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