Big Buck 411

For three years now, an Ohio bowhunter has employed a tactic that rarely sees the light of day. He knows rattling works, and he’s a huge advocate of grunting...

Technology and tactics had little to do with the harvest of the largest whitetail ever recorded from Greene County, Virginia. The 15-pointer’s demise had...

The series of events leading to opening day of the Buckeye State’s 2025 archery season were both fortunate (for Zac Keim) and unfortunate (for the giant...

Had it not been for a forgotten trail camera and an impulsive decision to hunt from a stepchild of a stand, 19-year-old Trevor Bowling might still be trying to...

The deer trails in Dylan Delk’s corner of Oz might not be paved with yellow bricks, but they’re often pocked with softball-sized green balls.

When the film of Mike Lake’s breaking the 200-inch whitetail threshold comes to a theater near you, don’t sit down with a big bucket of popcorn. Get the small...

Jake Heagren’s buck might not wind up as Ohio’s largest for 2025, but there’s an excellent chance all the others would fit inside its world-class, 25-inch-wide...

Sometimes, the best plan is having no plan at all.

Before his friends and cousins convinced Andy Crum to try shooting a bow, and then to try hitting a deer with an arrow, the then-49-year-old’s weekends were...

Had Dominic Polombo been flipping through social media posts when he stumbled across the buck photo purportedly taken less than 5 miles from his suburban...