Opinion: King Buck Got Hosed

OPINION BLOG by Daniel E. Schmidt Make no mistake about: The Johnny King Buck got hosed by the Boone and Crockett Club in the panel-scoring of his deer this past Saturday in Montana. It’s time to call spades spades and let the deer hunting community know this was essentially a dog-and-pony show. By amending their […]

Predicting the King Buck’s Final Score

  by Daniel E. Schmidt The Johnny King Buck is set to be panel scored in Montana tomorrow by the Boone and Crockett Club. What will the panel decide? If you’ve followed this story as closely as we have here at Deer & Deer Hunting, the final score — and the integrity of the process […]

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Boone and Crockett: Panel Will Determine King Buck’s Final Score

by Daniel E. Schmidt In a statement released today on its website, the Boone and Crockett Club confirmed that the potential world record Johnny King Buck will be panel-scored in Montana later this month. This deer, which might be the biggest buck ever killed, was shot six years ago in Grant County, Wisconsin. In the […]

We Tip Our Hats to Boone and Crockett

  “It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   by Daniel E. Schmidt No truer words have ever been spoken. In the wake of tonight’s landmark news that will most likely forever change the annals of deer hunting history, the Boone and […]

Big Bucks: Boone and Crockett Will Score King Buck as Potential New World Record Whitetail

  BREAKING NEWS! Deer and Deer Hunting learned today that the 12-point Johnny King Buck will be called to a special scoring session by the Boone and Crockett Club to determine if the rack is indeed the biggest typical-antlered whitetail ever killed by a North American hunter. If it is, it will unseat the Milo […]