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...
Fool Me Once (is Enough)
Deer hunters are easier to pattern than deer.
It took 18-year-old Cole Tiger of Bellaire, Ohio, the entire 2015 season to realize he was being played by the...
Public Land via Boat
With a precious couple of inches separating the gunwales from the water, Troy Thomas was thinking he needed a bigger boat.
That his buddies Matt Medley and...
Destination: Deer
Contrary to popular belief, people who book hunts with outfitters rarely take home 200-inch bucks. Not wild ones anyway.
Lodge owners can manage only for...
The Not-Squirrel That Didn’t Get Away
Chase Aldridge spent more time looking at deer he couldn’t shoot than the one that wound up taking his arrow on Nov. 2.
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...
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