
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
Deer ... Buck ... Shooter
Twenty-six-year-old Ryan Keeter doesn't get many chances to bowhunt during harvest time. But the farmer from Grady, Arkansas, rarely misses opening day of...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Buck Fever or Test Anxiety?
Josh Wright, a student at the University of Pikeville, aced his finals in deer hunting last fall in a test that lasted a mere six minutes.
The Nov. 29...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Unspeakably Big?
Louis Locke says he was on Cloud Nine after he shot a buck with a tremendous rack in November 2014. But he might've been even more excited than he admitted,...

BY: PATRICK DUNNING
Buck Tag, Filled
Ohio has a new runner-up in BTR's Typical category for centerfire rifle. Chad Dial cleaned up opening morning of his state's 2022 rifle season, and this...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Short Arrows, Long Antlers
Three of Michigan’s four crossbow records were toppled during the 2016 season.
The new No. 1 Perfect is Trent Smith’s Allegan County 10-pointer. Steven...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
South’s Finest Typical
Of the top 100 Typicals listed in Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy Records, only five came out of the Deep South. The majority are Midwestern or Canadian bucks.
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BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Curiosity Killed the Buck?
Mike Every will never put on another face mask without thinking about the day it almost robbed him of the chance at the largest whitetail he’d ever seen.
The...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Lesser Stand
When Jeremy Way found both sheds off the buck he'd been hunting for two years, he was thrilled to learn it had survived the 2014 season. But when the...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Backyard Bounty
When James Goldman unwrapped a new trail camera for Christmas in 2016, his father told him he could test-drive it in his backyard. The elder Goldman had been...

BY: MIKE HANDLEY
There’s No Place Like Home. Wait …
John Hatt always thought the grass was greener in Kansas. Not only is the Sunflower State one of the top yielders of monstrous whitetails, but the archery...
