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...
Friends are Sometimes Better than Trail Cams
A phone call from a friend, an unplanned detour and a stomachache combined in 2013 to force a Richland, Indiana, deer hunter into paying for taxidermy.
Dean...
By Any Other Name
It isn't uncommon for enormous bucks to gain nicknames, whether bestowed before or after they're dead. But they're usually named for a distinguishing...
How to Christen a Crossbow
John Higdon is a quick study.
An hour and a half after sighting-in a new crossbow last fall, he was pointing it at a living target and slipping his finger...
Trading Camo for Orange
If I wait more than four days to pull the memory card from my backyard trail camera during the redwing blackbird migration, I’ll have to sift between 3,000...
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...
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...
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