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...
Viral in Oklahoma, and Beyond
In the waning months of 2019, 18-year-old Guner Womack’s first bowkill might’ve been the most recognizable whitetail on the planet. He and the animal were...
Three-stanza Limerick
The script for Corey Chitwood’s hunt for a nearly 200-inch whitetail could have been written in the form of a limerick.
There was a young man from Kentucky,...
What a Difference a Year Can Make
Fifty-four days after an open-mouthed Greg Tomlinson gawked at a buck his trail camera had photographed, he was aloft and testing his safety harness,...
Tread Carefully and Not Often
Deer hunters who move to Iowa are probably immune to buyer’s remorse. Just ask Drake Lamb, whose smile hasn’t faded since the day he unpacked his bags.
If...
Golden Oldie from Minnesota
Alfred Matter had to have wondered why his father was waving at him. The boy was driving a tractor, cultivating sunflowers, when he spotted the signal that...
Oh Wow
An emergency medical technician in Brookhaven, Mississippi, carried his own personal defibrillator during the fall of 2017, and it required no electricity.
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Hook on a Feeling
Dusty Nelms might be three weeks away from finally learning what his 2019 Oklahoma buck scores, at least by the B&C yardstick. Since Nov. 26, he’s received...
‘Strange Day’
Michael Montgomery was at wit's end by the time his bowstring hummed in 2014.
After nearly an hour of watching and waiting for the buck of his dreams to...
Portion Control Does the Trick
Ellen Turner has learned that a little bit of corn will go a long way, and there's no need to fatten raccoons between sittings.
Whenever the kitchen and...
Worth an ‘I Told You So’
When Teri Brown phoned her husband, Dick, to tell him she'd shot the buck over which she'd been obsessing for three months, it was not to ask for help.
Dick...
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