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: MARK MELOTIK
8 1/2-Year-Old Monarch Falls to Hard Work and a Plan
Can you be too careful when hunting an old, top-end whitetail that has eluded you for several years? Kentucky’s Jeff Deberry, 57, knew exactly the elusive...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Alabama's New No. 2 Xbow 'Semi'
While most Alabamians were crying foul over a 2022 video of a world-class whitetail crossing a paved road, at least one Huntsville man was a believer.
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Don’t Beg This Guy to Play Poker with You
Three days before Oklahoma's 2014 bow season opened, Joel Clark called his friend, Eric Rosser, to see if he wanted to join a hunting lease. Eric declined,...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
A Testament to Homework
Jacob Lamar of Athens, Alabama, might well be among the best public land deer hunters in the Southeast.
After throwing a dart that landed on Kentucky's Land...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
When You're Trying to Sleep, and Your Brother Wakes You
Had it not been for her older brother Chase's coaxing, 12-year-old Brit Looney would've gladly let the curtain drop on Missouri's late-October youth season...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Fool Me Once (is Enough)
Deer hunters are easier to pattern than deer.
It took 18-year-old Cole Tiger of Bellaire, Ohio, the entire 2015 season to realize he was being played by the...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Public Land via Boat
With a precious couple of inches separating the gunwales from the water, Troy Thomas was thinking he needed a bigger boat.
That his buddies Matt Medley and...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Destination: Deer
Contrary to popular belief, people who book hunts with outfitters rarely take home 200-inch bucks. Not wild ones anyway.
Lodge owners can manage only for...
BY: MARK MELOTIK
Bowhunting an Internet Legend
One of the first rules of hunting mature bucks? Hunt where they live. That was the thinking of Arkansas resident Josh Hogue when he began hunting a stretch of...
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