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...
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...
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...
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...
Fringe Benefits
Nolan Johnson can thank his buddy and fellow weed-killing, crop-fertilizing co-worker, Earl, for telling him about the monstrous whitetail he wound up...
Zach Galifianakis Wasn’t in this Movie
If you ask Ryan Piper, the best remedy for a hangover is Oreo cookies, a selfie and a gagger of a whitetail.
Those three things, along with a buddy who...
Playing Hooky
Most teenagers who want a day off from school must feign an upset stomach, a sore throat, or devise a way to make a thermometer show a fever....
Cleats vs. Boots
Worried football practice might cut into his time in a treestand, Loyal High School’s freshman quarterback almost passed on team tryouts during the summer of...
The Proper Way to Christen New Hunting Ground
Impatience rarely rewards deer hunters, but Toby Biehler’s antsiness saved him $200 last month.
When It's so Cold It Hurts
When Ben Smith retrieved a few trail camera images of a 10-pointer in 2022, he knew it had the potential to be something special, but his resolve to let it...
Nearly 30 Inches Wide
Probably the widest whitetail to come out of the 2016 season was arrowed in Darke County, Ohio, by a man who'd once given up hunting altogether.
Gary Douglas...
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