
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
Jersey Doe Lives for Another Day
Corwin Myers spent a lot of time shivering in a Hunterdon County, New Jersey, deer stand during the first week of January 2018. Trail camera photographs of...

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
KS Strip Mine Buck
Buckmasters scorer Doug Walden arrowed his biggest buck to date last October in an 80-acre coal reserve.
The 5x5 stud from Kansas is Cherokee County’s...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Double the Pleasure
Des Moines bowhunter Brady Snyder doesn't always budget for taxidermy, but when he does, he prefers paying double.
That's what happened in 2019 anyway, when...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
When Stars and Buzzards Align
A grouping of crows is called a murder. Geese (on the ground) are a gaggle. Deer herd, ducks flock and fish school.
Do you know what a group of buzzards is...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Who Wouldn't Play Hooky?
In the fall, Kyle Bowers often spends the remains of weekdays in a deer stand. One Friday last November, however, he decided an evening sit wasn't enough.
...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
After-School Special
A.J. Post’s story could be called The Case of the Disappearing Bullet, since nobody could find the .50-caliber chunk of lead responsible for the hole in his...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Knock, Knock … No Joke
When he was a tyke, Tyler Gladu might’ve been told not to talk to strangers. But that was then, obviously.
Now 27, he’s fearless when it comes to striking up...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Adrenaline Hotter than Coffee
After nine cold, gray and mostly deerless days, Dennis Coon was almost glad to see Wisconsin's 2009 firearms season come to an end. More than anything, he...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Good Things Sometimes Come to Those Who Wait
Kentucky bowhunter Dave Morgan played cat and mouse with an Ohio buck for more than three years before hearing his bowstring hum while looking at it.
Dave...

