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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...
Worth the Hike, Even in the Dark
Less than a year away from a college degree in land surveying and mapping sciences, Leo Van Beck learned one of his most useful lessons off campus last fall.
Antique Store Buck Cracks Top-10 List of Typicals
If the telegraph were still in use today, the nation’s deer sleuths would be slinging a lot of clicks about an old mount recently rescued from a Pennsylvania...
Despite the Near-70-degree Weather
The beetle man hates Josh Feldman, but at least one taxidermist near Alton, Illinois, could kiss him.
Had it not been for Josh’s shaming, Aaron Fry might’ve...
Father-Son Double
While turkey hunting in the spring of 2018, Shawn Durben saw a buck with huge velvet-covered knobs.
Trail cam photos documented the deer’s meteoric growth...
Do I Stay, or Do I Go?
For 20 minutes on Oct. 4, Chris Kelly thought about trading his box stand for a ringside seat to a buck fight. He knows warring whitetails can get so wound...
Change of Scenery Just the Ticket
The next time someone asks Daniel Montgomery to sit in his treestand, the retired sheriff from Mt. Vernon, Indiana, will not be able to say YES quickly...
Mid-September on Public Land
David Ramey of Cartersville, Georgia, doesn’t mind breaking a sweat while deer hunting, as long as he’s in Kansas with a bug machine. The roughly $555...
Bullet-worthy
Perry Richardson doesn't spend a lot on broadheads or bullets.
He could easily punch his Kentucky buck tag every season, since the Meade County farm he hunts...
Better than Splotches
When Bryan LeVan left work at 3:30 on Nov. 5, 2018, his destination was the 180-acre tract he’s deer hunted for two decades.
The highway worker from West...
Old School
Guy Draper’s 2024 buck didn’t have a name. There are no known trail camera images of it, and he had no history with the giant whitetail that occupied the No....
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