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...
The What If Buck
What if I hadn’t booked this Alberta hunt? What if I hadn’t adjusted my scope? What if Russell and I hadn’t been at camp when Will and his guide, Sharky, came...
Doe City Yields County Record in North Carolina
Things didn't go as planned when Warren Cooper took a tenant to his father's property in Franklin County, Virginia, on Nov. 10. The itinerary was...
The Bean Field Buck
Mel Johnson, the Illinois bowhunter whose 1965 buck remains one of the longest-reigning world records in the BTR, died in May at the age of 84.
Mel arrowed...
Curtain Falls, Despite Curtain
Bowhunting from ground blinds with curtains has one drawback: Curtains.
True, many homemade blinds don’t have them, or the windows might have sliding doors...
A Va. Public-Land Giant
A 200-inch buck on heavily hunted public land? That lofty dream became a stunning reality last fall for longtime Virginia outdoorsman Dennis Lawson, 54. But...
Going Semi-Guided For Deer
Several years ago I was bowhunting Kansas with a couple buddies, and a few days in we were on the trail of my friend Jared’s hard-hit buck. As we followed the...
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