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...
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...
South Dakota Monster
Mike Beadle's South Dakota buck was one of the first to come across my radar in 2021. I had the pleasure of speaking with the 45-year-old from Aberdeen...
Déjà vu with a Different Ending
Eighteen-year-old Brooks Jacobsen hopes he’ll one day be a veterinarian capable of stanching wounds. For now, the student at Wayne Community School is happy...
Kentucky Gains New Xbow Record and Runner-up
Accustomed to calling his own shots, Tim Hannah stepped out of his comfort zone on Nov. 7 to put his faith in an older buddy who wanted badly to re-introduce...
Wide Load
Some deer are just too big to be trussed atop a four-wheeler.
Karen Little and her husband, Allen, gave up trying on Nov. 20, 2016. No amount of lifting,...
Ohio’s New Recurve Record
Both good and bad news came out of Logan Glassburn’s Oct. 18, 2020, deer hunt.
After sharing the good news with his wife, Morgan, which took considerably...
A Virginia Giant’s Fatal Mistake
Virginia’s Jessica Burks will likely never forget Thanksgiving day of 2023. It’s because Thursday, Nov. 19 found her in a treestand hunting a buck she had...
Opening-Day Ambush
For Kentucky’s Travis Mays, the third time really was the charm. Last Sept. 2, Mays, 31, closed out a three-year quest for an outsized Bluegrass State buck by...
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