Read articles about whitetail deer antlers and shed hunting from Deer & Deer Hunting.
Read articles about whitetail deer antlers and shed hunting from Deer & Deer Hunting.
Stephen Tucker is one step closer to having his name and gnarly 47-point buck enshrined in the record books as the world record. Tucker, 26, of Gallatin, Tenn., shot the buck last November while hunting on the opening morning of Tennessee’s muzzleloader season. He missed his first shot at the giant due to a misfire. […]
Gary Barenz, a longtime and close friend of the D&DH team, had an encounter with the buck of a lifetime on Oct. 25 and, without a doubt, made the most of it. Barenz was hunting in Waukesha County, Wis., with his crossbow when this stupendous buck stepped within range. Just watching it would certainly cause […]
Growth of antlers in white-tailed deer, along with elk and moose, is one of the most remarkable things in nature. Consider that from the time a deer’s antlers are shed in late winter, within just a couple of months they’re growing again. Hormonal changes spur the entire process, peaking in late summer when the blood-rich […]
James Wanklyn knew he had a giant whitetail in his hands when he picked up the Kansas rack, but he didn’t know just how bit it was until he put the scoring tape to it. Holy cow! This bruiser buck scored 312 1/8 inches! It has more than 50 scorable points, 20- and 24-inch main […]
Most deer hunters consider a nontypical buck to be one with a regular rack and drop tines, kicker points, weird tines or anything else abnormal that would make you do a double-take. What about a gigantic buck with foot-long spikes? Yep, that probably would qualify as a nontypical? It darn sure is freaky! Dennie Bowman of […]
Many popular beliefs are being dramatically changed through scientific discovery. Even in the deer world, we are continuously finding out that what we thought was fact one day is completely disproved the next. By Matt Harper For example, for many years it was commonly accepted that adult bucks were doing all or most of the […]
For most deer hunters, 100 yards with a firearm is a chip shot so it’s understandable that Reese Hankins was upset and disappointed about missing a big buck at that range. Hankins is a hunting guide at Hickory Hills Hunting Preserve in Mississippi. He was hunting Dec. 27 when a giant buck stepped within view. […]
Michael Morgan hunted hard for land in Kansas to lease with friends because they wanted to hunt where they believed they could kill some giant bucks. After a long search, they found property to lease and began doing their legwork. Cameras showed some good deer. They scouted, picked hunting sites, learned the land. Morgan saw […]
I hunted a lot during the 2012 season near our home in Lincoln County, Okla., and saw some good bucks early, and then movement dropped to dang near nothing. I hunted all week and with the bright moon the deer were moving at night. There is a creek about 40 yards to the left of […]
I’m 44 years old and started out hunting 30 years ago or so. My mom bought me a bow from a garage sale, an old Jennings, when I was maybe 12 or 13 and that was the first one I ever saw. I had no brothers or sisters or anyone around to help me, so […]