
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
Driver’s Seat
Back pain kept Bobby Cook indoors during much of the 2013-14 Alabama deer season. When he was finally up to it, he invited two friends from Pennsylvania to...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
A Beast by Any Other Name
I admit I’m paid to come up with myriad ways to describe whitetails. Referring to a storied animal as a buck or a deer 27 times in one article is a surefire...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Worth the Hike
Shannon Alvis shot one of the largest public land bucks ever recorded from Alabama on the last day of the Black Warrior Wildlife Management Area's three-day,...


BY: PATRICK DUNNING
State Trooper Fells 190” in MO
I can’t say I’ve ever had a story fall right into my lap like this one did.

BY: MARK MELOTIK
Gone But Not Forgotten
The allure of giant antlers can make people do crazy things — and I’m not just talking about getting up at 3:30 a.m. and treading out into the cold to sit for...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Alabamian Wins Face-off in Illinois
The buck was behind, downwind of and looking at Robert Cardin.
If Robert had been in a stand back home in Alabama on that day in 2013, things would not have...

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
250+ Inch Okie Buck New Bow Record
Ethan Kile’s 27-point hammer from October 2023 is our new compound bow record in the Sooner State, posting 237 total inches of antler and a BTR score of 256...

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
No. 1 Whitetail in Kansas
When row crop farmer Darin Williams realized he had a world-class buck passing through the back of his Coffey County farm in June 2022, he figured his best...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
CCTV, Kansas Style
Ethan Lorance knows the value of eyes in the sky, or at least on the ground.
The 25-year-old pipefitter from Bonner Springs, Kansas, employed several trail...
