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...
Delta Double
The flat Mississippi Delta yields more than bumper crops of cotton, corn and soybeans. The fertile region is also known for its beefy, top-heavy whitetails.
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New Script Followed
When two hunters are after the same giant buck, at least one will be disappointed.
It's rare that a giant buck is taken out of the blue these days. Trail...
Retro Recurve Buck Is Ohio Runner-Up
Twenty-six years ago, in a world before cell cameras or cell phones with cameras, then 38-year-old Tim Ritchie harvested Ohio’s second biggest perfect buck...
‘Ten-pointer’ is SO Much More!
When Wil Branem spotted a second buck approaching his pinch-point stand on Nov. 7, 2020, he incorrectly deduced it was a 10-pointer. The underestimation...
Never Leave Before the Curtain Falls
As soon as Joe Daubner heard the ka-thump of a deer landing on his side of the fence, he instantly regretted having lowered his bow to the ground.
The Iowa...
Trading Three Cartridges for Wall Art
Adam Wood knows all too well that bullets in a box don’t put venison on the table or antlers on the wall. While his first shot knocked his career-best...
Same Deer, Different Day
When Tommy Sears of Lily, Kentucky, went to his father’s house in Clay County to help look for the buck the elder had shot at the previous day, he opted to...
The Mouths of Babes
A football coach from Sabetha, Kansas, can thank his (then) 10-year-old son for persuading him to toss his usual deer hunting playbook in 2013, which...
What to Do When You're After a Camera-shy Buck
Brandon Sheets grew up hunting arrowheads and fishing on his family's property in Pickaway County, Ohio, but he only started hunting deer there about four...
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