
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
Ringside
It doesn't take a lot of bang to bring in a buck.
That Levi Tarwater's giant whitetail materialized while two juvenile bucks were butting heads could be...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Ghostbusting, Ohio Style
The first time Daniel Stutler retrieved trail camera photographs of the monstrous whitetail he would later nickname The Ghost, he’d already tagged out for...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
When Only One Buck Will Do
Brady Jacques has spent most of his short bowhunting career in pursuit of the same whitetail.
The 20-year-old Kansan will finally be looking for another one...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Long Poke
Only minutes before shooting one of the most impressive whitetails to come out of Kansas in 2019, 11-year-old Cayden Harris was fast asleep.
The road-weary...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Wrong Place is the Right Place
Daniel Montgomery wasn’t supposed to be in the ladder stand he climbed on the second afternoon of Indiana’s 2018 firearms season. He’d planned to hunt from...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Second Chance
Few crossbow hunters possess the chutzpah to pass up an unobstructed, 46-yard shot at an unsuspecting buck, especially if the animal is wearing between 200...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
North Carolina Prize
Work, school and parenting leave little time for Chris Carter to indulge his passion for deer hunting.
The 27-year-old electrical engineer from Raleigh,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Lesson Learned
Note to self: Don’t wear anything on your chest that a bowstring might snag.
Ohio’s Joshua Sherrick learned that lesson the hard way in 2018. Wearing his...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
No Culling Necessary in this Sack of Treats
Jeff Berkemeier might have collected the mother of all treats on Halloween 2016, but his 12-year-old neighbor had only a broken heart to unwrap.
The boy and...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Post-op, Ohio-style
While many patients about to go under the knife worry about waking up, Ohio’s Jeff Mason was worried about missing his 2019 deer season, and that was the...
