Big Buck 411
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...
Shooting is Often the Easy Part
There was no sliding, at first. With every heave-ho, the dead buck's considerable front end seemed fused to the tailgate, and the brothers Swinford felt as...
Do-over
Jon Dodridge's 2014 season did not begin as well as it ended.
Right out of the chute, the hunter from Minford, Ohio, failed to recover a handsome 10-pointer....
Stand by Your Stand
How many times have you read about the perils of putting too much pressure on a mature whitetail?
Even if you don't heed the advice of professional writers,...
Fake News
Word travels fast among deer hunters, but the news, while plausible, isn’t always reliable.
The Last Tag-Holder
Pennsylvania hunter Jason Kornbau's first impression of a buck his trail camera photographed in the summer of 2014 was that its rack was goofy. The deer was...
What a Difference a Year Makes
Mature bucks' antlers might grow half an inch or more a day during the spring and summer months, but that doesn't mean they'll double in size from one year...
Wild Game Medley
Just a few days after bemoaning his bad luck to his grandmother, Kansas deer hunter Lane Sadler got a forkful of venison to go with his crow.
The 18-year-old...
Far from Secret
Imagine waking up to see your best-kept secret — not just word of it, but actual photos — plastered all over Facebook.
That actually happened to Matthew...
No More Deer Drought
David Fischer of Georgetown, Indiana, is accustomed to seeing deer hunters roaming the public lands he hunts. But that's all he saw during the 2014 season.
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The Turtle and the Unsmelling Buck
Unless they enjoy being human metronomes, deer hunters in Nebraska and Kansas - the two windiest states in the U.S. - do not scale skinny trees. Nor do they...
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