A man who kills a great deer is sometimes given a name to acknowledge the magnitude of his feat. Lee’s peers chose a name to honor the deer. They gave him the deer’s name. They called him the King. The King is dead. Long live the King.
Category: Buckshots
Sleepy Deer Hunter Gets the Buck of Her Life
Making the most of every hunting opportunity includes going out when you’re sleepy, as this Ohio hunter did before seeing and dropping the biggest buck of her life.
Brother Guides Sister to Biggest Buck on the Farm
When his sister decided she wanted to hunt again, Chance Weldon offered his best advice and it proved correct for her with the biggest one on the farm.
Through the Muzzleloader Smoke, a 194-Inch Giant Falls
After years of strong management and learning about hunting, young Nick Mattly dropped a great Iowa buck scoring more than 194 B&C with his muzzleloader.
Double Droptine 214-Incher is His Buck of a Lifetime
Gary Barenz isn’t a trophy buck hunter, despite living in one of the best areas of the country to see and kill giant whitetails. Barenz has seen them in his 40-odd years of hunting, but he’s never really dialed into the trophy mentality. He just enjoys hunting near his home in central Wisconsin, which is […]
You Won’t Believe What Happened in this Big Buck Story
Aside from it being opening day of firearms deer season, Nov. 15, 2016, was a special day for 79-year-old Michigan deer hunter Harold Kleinow.
Big Buck Stories: The Long Chase Ends for Big City
Two years of tangling with mature bucks was enough to keep the blood pumping and give two bowhunters hunting experiences of a lifetime.
Years of Patience and Hard Hunting Finally Pays Off
If you’re looking for a hunting story that waxes poetic about a glut of carefully managed trophy bucks pursued by even more careful hunters, then you’re going to have to look elsewhere. This tale takes place in gritty Grimes County, Texas, a nondescript area in the eastern part of the state where giant bucks are […]
Pursuit of Twin Towers, Buck of a Lifetime
My mother-in-law always said things happen for a reason. I help out one day a week at a nearby farm to secure exclusive hunting rights on their 200 acres. I had a commitment to work on the afternoon of Thursday, October 20, 2016, however, the landowner canceled it for a later time. With my afternoon […]
Green Bay Brute Buck Tops 206 Inches
Heath Kersten of Denmark, Wis., just thought it was a nice buck. He had no idea the brute carried more than 200 inches of dream-conjuring bone. He would soon learn that the long-legged monster embodied the very essence of his deer-hunting dreams.