
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
Hearting Kansas
If someone ever designs an I-heart-Kansas tee shirt, Carlo Longobardo will buy one in every color.
The New York City firefighter became infatuated with the...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
One Hour in November
When Jacob Antley, his father Skipper and a buddy, Jake Gerhards, drove to southern Missouri last November, they'd planned on a long weekend of bowhunting....

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
Bow Buck Top 10 in Buckeye State
Corey Myers broke Ohio’s top 10 in BTR’s perfect category for compound bow with his early October harvest in Columbiana County. His personal best buck...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Two for Two
After a lifetime of fantasizing about hunting deer in far-flung places, Arkansas hunter Mike Novak lived the dream twice in 2017.
Friends invited him to hunt...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Homework Buck
Fifteen-year-old Levi Pettit might not remember what any of his teachers said on Nov. 4, 2019, but he’ll never forget what happened AFTER he stepped off the...

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
Gettin' Lucky in Kentucky
Twenty-two-year-old Dawson Mashburn was at the beach celebrating the 4th of July with family friends last year when he received a photo of this Kentucky...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
‘Twin Towers’ Ties Oklahoma Record
Blind rattling isn’t particularly effective once the whitetail rut is underway, but tickling the ivories can sometimes tear a lovelorn buck’s gaze away from...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Louisiana's Top-10 List Gets a Shuffle
John Holladay was moments away from writing off his afternoon hunt when a doe ran into view, a giant buck in her wake. Before the 62-year-old from Kelly,...

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
New Women’s XBow World Record
Trisha Lucius was introduced to whitetail hunting three years ago by her husband and harvested her first deer, a spike, and a doe during Ohio’s 2020 season.

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Not-So-Well-Kept Secret
Long before Gavin Glance's trail camera sent him an image of an otherworldly whitetail on his recently purchased 12 1/2 acres, the deer had gained Most Wanted...
