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...
Pushing the Right Buttons
As soon as Alex McCabe of Cresco, Iowa, began collecting trail camera images of a large buck with a lopsided rack in 2014, he became obsessed with it.
He...
Series of Fortunate Events
Alan Flanders would rather count points than what-ifs.
Not that it matters now, but the events of Oct. 22, 2018, might’ve never happened if Alan’s buddy...
Switcheroo
Granted, Lauren Smith might not have been thinking clearly when she followed a blood trail to an enormous dead buck last November.
This isn’t my deer, is it?...
Nicholas Co. Buck Among Kentucky's Upper Echelon
Kentucky's record book entries saw a major reshuffling following the 2021 deer season. Among the several categories' new top-10 whitetails was a Nicholas...
A World-Record Crown Without Jewels
The Indiana buck Seth Hernandez shot with his crossbow on Oct. 29 had antlers to spare, but no change in its purse. Not that the deer hunter nor the three...
Yellow is the New Camo
Hunter Hastings has not disclosed whether having a backyard playhouse that doubles as a deer stand affects the value of real estate in Chanute, Kansas.
The...
Return on Investment
Joining a 415-acre lease in Perry County, Tennessee, might be the best investment Mike McCrary has ever made.
So sayeth the man’s taxidermist, not his banker...
On Their Own, Until Afterward
Sixteen-year-olds Jackson Hicks and Chase Sollis hunted together, by themselves, on Sept. 24, 2017, which is rare. Their fathers are not completely sold on...
Two Brothers, Two Big Bucks
There’s nothing quite like a good old-fashioned sibling rivalry. And when the bone of contention is big bucks, well, color us interested.
200” Triple-Beam Buck in KS
Jerame Hugunin was living every construction worker’s dream on opening day of the Kansas 2023 muzzleloader season. He let both of his concrete pouring crews...
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