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...
Backyard Bounty
When James Goldman unwrapped a new trail camera for Christmas in 2016, his father told him he could test-drive it in his backyard. The elder Goldman had been...
There’s No Place Like Home. Wait …
John Hatt always thought the grass was greener in Kansas. Not only is the Sunflower State one of the top yielders of monstrous whitetails, but the archery...
Miscalculation
Dennis Dahlke would rather go home empty-handed than affix his tag to an adolescent buck, which is why he's been able to paper his wall with record book...
Doghouse Deer
Josh Baslee can tell you what the inside of a doghouse is like, and not because he's a nuisance animal control expert.
The 39-year-old from Osawatomie, Kan.,...
Rise and Shine
Chase Jones chose the wrong day to stay in bed.
The 12-year-old is normally eager to join his father, Mike, in a deer stand. On Nov. 26, however, just five...
Have Hour, Will Hunt
Nobody owns the shed antlers of the buck Stan Ethredge shot in 2017, and it wasn’t because the squirrels ate them.
The nearly 230-inch whitetail was wearing...
26-point Swan Song
Two years ago, Barb Putz Sanders put her shingle in the closet. After 50 years of plying her trade as a taxidermist, she walked away from the bench,...
Doe City Yields County Record in North Carolina
Things didn't go as planned when Warren Cooper took a tenant to his father's property in Franklin County, Virginia, on Nov. 10. The itinerary was...
Coming Attraction
Taylor Drury has been deflating whitetails since she was 12 years old. Last season, the 23-year-old arrowed her biggest ever, an Iowa buck wearing nearly 190...
If You Pass Them, They Will Grow
Brian Lay must possess more self control than your average deer hunter, and the same could be said for antlers.
As the man from Harrodsburg, Kentucky,...
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