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...
Sweet Spot
Drew Miller was glassing a cornfield near Paris, Texas, in mid-August when he spotted a giant buck with drop tines. The deer popped out of a cedar thicket...
If at First You Don't Succeed
Because 7-year-old Ezra Oettel closed his eyes right before squeezing his rifle's trigger, he missed a dandy 8-pointer on opening day of Indiana's 2016 youth...
And the Duck Goes Urrrppp?
Whenever Brock Creel and his father want to trade steel shot for duck breasts, they go to their duck hole, a beaver pond in neighboring Madison County,...
What to Do When You're After a Camera-shy Buck
Brandon Sheets grew up hunting arrowheads and fishing on his family's property in Pickaway County, Ohio, but he only started hunting deer there about four...
Double the Trouble
Benny Bell wasn’t surprised when the come-help-me message lit up his phone. His buddy, Brian Cobb, had shot about 7:45 a.m., and the text came afterward.
The...
Back in the Game
You know those Photoshopped images showing a giant Typical standing alongside a Non-typical (usually Milo Hansen’s deer and the Hole in the Horn buck)? The...
Cody and the Double Pitchfork Buck
With an unfavorable wind and forecast of 65 degrees, Cody Cutler hadn't planned to spend any part of Nov. 14, 2015, in his favorite deer stand.
But when he...
No Time to Spare
What began as just another sweaty afternoon stint in a shooting house for William Vickers ended 22 deer later with a puff of smoke.
Because he was baking...
This Burger Had Nearly 219 Inches of Gristle
When Fort Wayne, Indiana, deer hunter Bobbie Poynter headed afield with his muzzleloader on Dec. 10, 2017, he was thinking only of his empty freezer. A man...
Pre-September Giant
Nina Rogers jumpstarted her 2020 bow season 47 days before the archery opener in her home state of Alabama.
The 24-year-old Prattville resident traveled to...
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