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...
A Christmas Story
Cheri Hillebrandt's 2015 Christmas present might not have been wrapped in pretty paper and ribbons of blue, but it wore a very big bow.
The gift from her...
Cow-free Zone Yields Bruiser
The property Nate Boeckman hunts in Kansas holds more cattle than deer, and there's one less whitetail following the 2021 season.
His friend's 174 acres is...
Close Encounters
While not everyone has the opportunity to target and pursue a world-class buck, we can all appreciate the frustration of having a shooter in range and not...
Ninety Inches in Two Seasons
Chad Campbell first became acquainted with the deer he shot in 2024 two years earlier, when it was a 20-inch-wide 8-pointer with a few flyers. He was in a...
‘Desperation Move’
Before Kenny Grant took up bowhunting in 2012, he put little faith in plastic things that go urrrp or mehhh. After all, riflemen don't generally need to coax...
Info Sought On Poached 200-plus Iowa Giant
The search continues for the poacher of a giant Iowa whitetail killed August 1st or 2nd in Louisa County, Iowa, along the far-eastern edge of the state not...
Low-odds Setup
New to the surveillance game, Brad VanderEspt put out two trail cameras in the fall of 2019, one monitoring a very deery location, and the other in a...
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,...
Thanksgiving, Two Days Later
Brandon Brewer’s infatuation with the 16-pointer he shot in 2016 took root when he found half its rack a year earlier. It bloomed when he collected...
Like Son, Like Father
Last fall, Ohio’s Rick and Doug Kisamore joined a very exclusive club, whose members include fathers and sons with 200-plus-inchers in the record book.
Doug...
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