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...
Second Chance
Bowhunting’s newest world record was not as smart as Pavlov’s dogs.
Barb Severson of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, shot the deer – the largest ever arrowed by a...
Grunt Three Times
If a bowhunter grunts in a forest and a buck is around to hear it, does that mean it’s working?
If Austin Nord wasn’t already a fan of grunt calls prior to...
No Bangs for this Okie Buck
If Darren Ambrose had been hunting with a compound instead of a longbow on Nov. 18, 2009, chances are he wouldn’t have had an opportunity for a do-over.
He...
No. 19
Dillon and Brooke Evans’ home is almost a shrine to whitetails. Inside are 18 deer mounts, and No. 19 will soon join them.
The Oklahoma taxidermist tried his...
A Christmas Story
Cheri Hillebrandt's 2015 Christmas present might not have been wrapped in pretty paper and ribbons of blue, but it wore a very big bow.
The gift from her...
Cow-free Zone Yields Bruiser
The property Nate Boeckman hunts in Kansas holds more cattle than deer, and there's one less whitetail following the 2021 season.
His friend's 174 acres is...
Ninety Inches in Two Seasons
Chad Campbell first became acquainted with the deer he shot in 2024 two years earlier, when it was a 20-inch-wide 8-pointer with a few flyers. He was in a...
‘Desperation Move’
Before Kenny Grant took up bowhunting in 2012, he put little faith in plastic things that go urrrp or mehhh. After all, riflemen don't generally need to coax...
Low-odds Setup
New to the surveillance game, Brad VanderEspt put out two trail cameras in the fall of 2019, one monitoring a very deery location, and the other in a...
Louisiana's Top-10 List Gets a Shuffle
John Holladay was moments away from writing off his afternoon hunt when a doe ran into view, a giant buck in her wake. Before the 62-year-old from Kelly,...
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