Biggest Buck Ever Shot Wasn’t Easy Call: NBBC

Almost 11 years have passed since Johnny King, of Mt. Horeb, Wis., killed a monstrous white-tailed deer now known by many in the hunting world as “The King Buck.” The massive buck — that caused some antler-scoring groups to change the way they officially scored whitetails — is still recognized by the Northeast Big Buck […]

Dobie: King Buck Final Ruling Disappoints

The author who ignited the King Buck controversy weighs in on Boone & Crockett’s final ruling that the buck is not a world record. By Duncan Dobie In May of this year, 25-year Boone and Crockett Club official measurers Ron Boucher of Vermont and Craig Cousins of Wisconsin were dismissed by the B&C Club for […]

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 […]

Did the Johnny King Buck Get a World-Class Run-Around? Find Out on Deer Talk Now!

Wisconsin deer hunting fanatic Jay Fish, owner of the King Buck officially scored last Saturday by Boone and Crockett Club, will be the special guest this Wednesday on Deer Talk Now to provide details about the scoring and his insights on the controversy. Fish will be in the studio during the broadcast of Deer Talk […]

B&C Dethrones Hopes for King Buck

    It’s over. The Johnny King Buck will not be a new world record in the Boone and Crockett Record Book. Earlier today, the club panel-scored the deer and, as predicted on this blog Friday, stood by the originally revised score of 180-0/8 that Wisconsin scorer John Ramsey gave the deer after receiving instructions […]

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 […]