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...
Maine Event
For what it’s worth: A 15-foot-long canoe can ferry 700 pounds.
Wendell Wentworth of Washington, Maine, accounted for 180 of those pounds in the low-riding...
Is Orange the New Yellow?
Where hunters are allowed to scatter bait, corn is probably the most often used to attract deer. Sugar beets, apples and rice bran are also popular...
Redefining Dangerous Game
If asked how long it takes him to reload his crossbow, Christian Cummins is apt to answer in yards rather than minutes. Fifty yards, to be precise.
The...
The Buck That Came Back from the Dead
When Broc Atwood learned one of his neighbors had shot a buck in 2018 that scored in the 180s, he was heartbroken.
The 42-year-old fireman from Danville,...
Never Too Late to Learn a New Trick
Aging babyboomers aren't particularly cozy with new technology, but that doesn't mean they'll always shun it.
After all, it's hard not to agree that 100...
Kansas Anime
William Cantillon hadn't been in his deer stand an hour on Dec. 5, 2015, when he saw a peculiar buck that gave him brain-freeze.
"I'd hunted that same spot...
Little Mossy Horns Sets County Record in Ohio
Alex Wright wasn’t surprised when his uncle said he couldn’t hunt where a trail camera had photographed the obscenely huge buck the man had reluctantly...
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.
On Top of the World, at Age 10
How many 10-year-olds manage to tick off two bucket-list items in a span of one second?
Ella Perkins did it — taking her first buck AND breaking the 200-inch...
Sweet Spot
Drew Miller always thought his odds of taking a giant whitetail were best on his 500-acre lease in Oklahoma, which is less than an hour's drive from his home...
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