
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
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...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Well-Known Ohio Giant Falls
Sometimes the planets align and a big buck simply gets dropped in your lap. Talk to Ohio’s Eric Phillips, and it’s likely you’ll come away believing that’s...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
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...

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: MARK MELOTIK
Running Down A Duck-Country Giant
The almost-magical powers of the whitetail rut have helped many of us get the drop on typically reclusive mature bucks. But it was bit of unusually early...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Hunting A Kentucky Legend
For Kentucky’s Ryan Ederer and his wife Jodi, bowhunting whitetails is a team effort. That’s because the Grant County couple’s 2- and 6-year-old children keep...

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.
