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...
Public Land Giant in Illinois
One of the finest whitetails Illinois taxidermist Matt Cheek will mount this year will be the one he almost didn’t shoot on Nov. 1.
If the archery permits...
Cartridge Crisis is About to Get Real
For a week and a half in August 2024, Grainger Pollert swallowed more saliva than he could’ve spit during a lifetime of sitting in a dentist’s chair.
Record Buck from Public Land
Joseph Holloman of Quitman, Miss., and his buddy, Brian Jordan, were sharing a 38,000-acre tract of public land with about 400 other hunters during a special...
The Banshee and the Buck
How long does it take for the woods to settle after a banshee-doe alerts the entire state to the presence of a suspicious lump in a tree?
About 30 minutes,...
Tagged Out in Two Hours
The day before Kentucky's 2015 rifle season opened, Alvin Hoover made himself a ground blind by stacking hay bales inside the tree line next to a field...
In Praise of Buckspeak
Joe Blanton would almost rather discover he'd left his bullets at home than find out he'd gone afield without his trusty grunt call. He uses the contraption...
Friends are Sometimes Better than Trail Cams
A phone call from a friend, an unplanned detour and a stomachache combined in 2013 to force a Richland, Indiana, deer hunter into paying for taxidermy.
Dean...
By Any Other Name
It isn't uncommon for enormous bucks to gain nicknames, whether bestowed before or after they're dead. But they're usually named for a distinguishing...
How to Christen a Crossbow
John Higdon is a quick study.
An hour and a half after sighting-in a new crossbow last fall, he was pointing it at a living target and slipping his finger...
Trading Camo for Orange
If I wait more than four days to pull the memory card from my backyard trail camera during the redwing blackbird migration, I’ll have to sift between 3,000...
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