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...
Counting Eggs
Counting unhatched chickens isn't always a bad thing.
The moon, wind and the following day's weather forecast convinced Trent Siegle to take advantage of a...
This One was a 160 without the Junk
Jakob Begley was crestfallen when the whitetail at the top of his wish list would come no closer than 70 yards the one day he actually saw the animal in...
Against a Snowy Backdrop
Three seasons after his aging grandfather shot his last whitetail in 2013, Doug Kisamore connected with his best from the same backyard stand.
Nobody sat in...
198" Felled in Arkansas
Stella Sims holds Arkansas' #7 spot in BTR's irregular category for compound bow after felling this 198 7/8-inch bruiser of a buck last November, and it's...
Maine Event
For what it’s worth: A 15-foot-long canoe can ferry 700 pounds.
Wendell Wentworth of Washington, Maine, accounted for 180 of those pounds in the low-riding...
Is Orange the New Yellow?
Where hunters are allowed to scatter bait, corn is probably the most often used to attract deer. Sugar beets, apples and rice bran are also popular...
Redefining Dangerous Game
If asked how long it takes him to reload his crossbow, Christian Cummins is apt to answer in yards rather than minutes. Fifty yards, to be precise.
The...
The Buck That Came Back from the Dead
When Broc Atwood learned one of his neighbors had shot a buck in 2018 that scored in the 180s, he was heartbroken.
The 42-year-old fireman from Danville,...
Never Too Late to Learn a New Trick
Aging babyboomers aren't particularly cozy with new technology, but that doesn't mean they'll always shun it.
After all, it's hard not to agree that 100...
Kansas Anime
William Cantillon hadn't been in his deer stand an hour on Dec. 5, 2015, when he saw a peculiar buck that gave him brain-freeze.
"I'd hunted that same spot...
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