
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: 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...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Forty-minute Roller Coaster
When it comes to shooting bragging-sized bucks, John Koleszarik isn’t accustomed to things going right. Even if the hunter from Central City, Pennsylvania,...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Big Dank Down
Tim Starkey’s friends can breathe a sigh of relief.
The 25-year-old oil field worker has buck meat, which means the jerky is about to flow. He’ll continue to...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
That Smell
Tim Davis was 50 yards into a sad story on Dec. 6, 2015, when his nostrils suddenly filled with rutting buck. Downwind of a happy ending, he resumed walking.
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