Peak Rut Times for 2018
Figuring out when the rut will peak this year may be a lot easier than you think. By concentrating our efforts around peak rut dates, my son and I have been able to take nice bucks from the same stand...
View ArticleRepeat Giant-Killer Scores Iowa Monster Buck
As dedicated readers of this magazine might recall, Iowa resident Gabe Adair is no stranger to arrowing big bucks. Last fall, the 39-year-old bowhunter was up to his old tricks again, as he set out to...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Deer Hunting Spots for 2018
Our expert picks a top 10 list of deer hunting destinations for 2018. They may not all make the record books but a buck you scouted, hunted and harvested on your own, right in your own back yard can be...
View ArticleCornhusker King: Florida Bowhunter Scores Massive Nebraska Buck
Florida bowhunter scores a monster on 40-acre Nebraska lease Florida resident Brett Cannon leases 40 acres in Nebraska. This 182-inch early-season buck proves that big bucks can be had on small...
View ArticleWhittington Reflects on Mel Johnson and His World-Record Beanfield Buck
To understand the legacy of the late Mel Johnson, not to mention the impact that his 204 4/8-inch Pope and Young Club world record typical buck has had on the hunting world, we turned to longtime North...
View ArticleScouting is Key in Missouri Monster Takedown
All-day sit on 100-acre lease yields buck of a lifetime. Wisconsin resident Joe Marshall traveled to his Missouri lease to bowhunt deer with co-lessee Nick Frisch. After sitting all-day for five days...
View ArticleMassive Ontario Buck Sends Shock Wave Through Province
Southern Ontario resident Jordy Hope carried no preconceived ideas into the 2016 deer season. Despite rumors of a big buck within his hunting area, the second-year whitetail hunter simply was hoping to...
View ArticleShed Hunting Leads to Prairie State Double Dropper
Nineteen years ago, Gary Hintz, now owner of Bucks and Bulls Archery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, took a four-day weekend jaunt to Illinois, determined to find a new place to hunt. After an arduous 998...
View ArticleDeadly Determination: Hunting While Pregnant
Pregnancy can’t stop a hardcore woman from capturing her fall 2017 deer goals. How many women do you know who’ve gone bowhunting when nine months pregnant? I know exactly one: Crystal Vomacka of South...
View ArticleSearching for Walter: Huge Non-Typical Missouri Buck Tagged
After a frustrating pursuit of a big buck nicknamed Walter, Missouri deer hunter Tim Phillips goes old school with grandpa’s 30.30 lever action to tag huge non-typical. Tim Phillips Over the last...
View ArticleOklahoma Muzzleloader Monster
Days before Halloween, veteran Sooner State bowhunter John McCollum turns to new muzzleloader to down a Coal County monster buck dubbed Megatron. Given his druthers, 39-year old John McCollum would...
View ArticleSix Reasons Why You Won’t Kill a Booner Buck
A tiny fraction of whitetail hunters have taken a buck that scores over 170 typical or 195 nontypical, the minimums for entry into the Boone & Crockett record book. Many hunters feel like it’s just...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Whitetail Spots for 2017
You’ve waited, scrimped and saved and now can finally afford that that once-in-a-lifetime hunt. But where should you go? Below I’ve prepared a list of my top ten to at least help you hone yours. To...
View ArticleHow to Locate and Kill A Booner Buck
There are many moments that are forever etched in a bowhunter’s mind, and one of my most memorable is the first Booner whitetail I ever laid eyes on. Every detail of that encounter is still as crisp in...
View ArticleTucker Buck Breaks Tennessee, World Hunting Record
There’s a certain mystique associated with the whitetail, and for many hunters it outweighs that of any other game animal. The species has demanded the attention, admiration and infatuation of millions...
View ArticleHealth Scare Provides New Hunting Perspective
“If I ever had that buck in front of me, I’d have a heart attack!” How many times have we heard excited hunters say those words? Many of us have experienced the thrill of discovering a big buck on...
View ArticleAn Oklahoma Giant!
Having served as a certified Boone & Crockett measurer for the last seven years, I’ve been privileged to score many big whitetail bucks from West Virginia west to Nebraska. In most cases, these...
View ArticleAre Your Trail Cameras Helping or Hurting?
I was flat-out thrilled. I’d been watching the does and the 140-inch 3 1/2-year-old buck for the past half-hour. Just as my trail camera had predicted, the 4 1/2-year-old 9-pointer was now stepping...
View ArticleKilling Mature Bucks Requires a Learning Curve
The yearling 6-pointer couldn’t have picked a worse spot in which to bed. Or so I thought. Just 20 yards from my stand he plopped down, facing right at my tree, making it all but impossible for me to...
View ArticleHunters Free Locked Bucks, Get Charged
Have you ever described something as a “once in a lifetime” experience? Many times we hear people use that term to describe a wide array of uncommon events. More often than not, the occurrence in...
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