
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
It's Official: Huff Buck is a World Record
This will come as no surprise to deer hunters who browse social media, but the state of Indiana yielded a new world-record whitetail last fall.
Greensburg's...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
New Hampshire’s No. 2 Whitetail
Chances are, Dan Blanchette wouldn’t have driven into New Hampshire last September if the state of Maine allowed Sunday hunting.
While scouting public land...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Staking Out the Bedroom
In the whitetail world, the shortest distance between points A and B isn’t necessarily a straight line. Even during the summer and early hunting season, when...

BY: MARK MELOTIK
The Latest Buck Bedding Research
Have you ever set a stand based on where you believed a mature buck was bedding? Many of us have done just that, but the latest whitetail research has found...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
His Rutcation Wasn’t All That
When Brian Fultz walked into Rick Busse’s taxidermy studio in Piqua, Ohio, on Dec. 11, he was unprepared for the man’s response.

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Everything to Gain
Once upon a time, Homer Miller held deer grunt calls in the same regard as Magic 8 Balls and fairy dust. Now he won’t leave for the woods without one,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Memories are Short During the Rut
Some bucks just can't say no to a hot date.
When he missed Ol' Two Drop on Nov. 16, 2015, Tim Hatton was convinced he'd blown what would likely be his only...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Maiden Season
Very few people possess the chutzpah to pick up a rifle for the first time and centerpunch a target, especially a living, breathing one. But that’s exactly...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Plan B
Logan Wilson of Decatur, Texas, had never hunted with a muzzleloader before 2015. And he might not have tried it then if he'd drawn the nonresident rifle tag...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Hook
Just because a buck changes zip codes doesn't mean it's gone for good.
After months of drooling over trail camera photographs of a truly world-class...
