
Big Buck 411

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Making the Best of 45 Minutes
Prior to 2017, Tyler Stull felt like he was pouring money in a hole and wasting his time trying to shoot a really big deer off the land he was hunting.
So...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Kansas Bowdom Gets a New No. 6
Chad Chambers’ buck from 2024 reshuffled the Sunflower State’s compound bow records, seizing the No. 6 spot among Irregulars.

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Former Pencil Rack Potential Saskatchewan Record
In Jon Nicholson's mind, traveling more than 2,000 miles, standing in line at Canadian customs kiosks and buying the proper licenses and tags are only small...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
From the Land of Ticks
Ask almost any bowhunter in Kentucky to name the country's best deer hunter, and you're going to get a slew of votes for David Howard. The proof, they say,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Switching Targets
The slammer whitetail Scott Stauffer took to the taxidermist last fall was neither the first nor second on the Ohio hunter’s pre-season wish list. He forgot...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
A Different Kind of Crown
Deer hunters in St. Francisville have some of the whitest, best-tended choppers in all of Louisiana.
That’s because Dr. Frank Sullivan’s office has monstrous...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
One Buck, Two Blood Trails
Randall Britton of Morristown, Ohio, climbed into his ladder stand about 3 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2013, eager to see if the rut had started in that corner of...
