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
The Canoe Buck
An awful lot of big buck photos have been shared on social media in the last couple of weeks, and a surprising number of them have been monstrous Typicals....
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Iowa’s Latest Colossus
For two years, Jacob Darbyshire invested countless hours hunting a giant whitetail he’d nicknamed Major League. Before Oct. 29, 2019, the closest he came was...
BY: PATRICK DUNNING
The Early Bird Gets the Buck!
Buckmasters Master Scorer Lori Hughes is already tagged out for Ohio’s 2023-24 season, having just taken the state’s #4 spot among women in BTR’s...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Coyotes vs. Deranged Deer Hunter
When Ohio bowhunter Jeremy Conrad began trailing the giant, opening-day whitetail he’d arrowed 45 minutes earlier, he soon realized he wasn’t alone.
Jeremy...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Shooting without Breathing
A 200-inch whitetail is a bucket-list specimen, and, for most of us, it’s a box that’ll never be ticked.
In 2020, then-15-year-old Claire Flood put a big...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Public Land Giant Claims Tennessee’s No. 3 BP Spot
When Josh Robbins gave up his deer lease on the Tennessee-Kentucky border, he knew his opportunities to put venison in the freezer were going to be limited in...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Velvet Giant from LBL
Jack Seppala was ready to trade his last hour of daylight - prime time in the deer woods - for a truck heater.
Thirty-five degrees isn't so bad. Pushed by a...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Long Poke at a State Record
David Lecuyer doesn't always take 280-yard shots at deer. But when he does, he shoots twice.
The first two bullets - David's and his buddy Bobby's - probably...
BY: PATRICK DUNNING
New VA Record from 1971
I spend a considerable amount of time thumbing through scoresheets looking for the story-worthy whitetails, which wouldn’t be possible without our...
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