We get on the phone with Johnny King to discuss the day he bagged the King Buck almost 20 years ago, what happened during the scoring process, and why the biggest typical ever lost a spot in the record books.
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The Real Reasons Why the King Buck Isn’t #1
The author that ignited the King Buck controversy weighs in on Boone & Crockett’s final ruling that the buck is not a world record.
It Nets 215+ Inches, But It’s Not the World Record
Sadly, one of the world’s greatest whitetails has been denied a chance to be recognized as a potential world record by Boone and Crockett.
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 […]
King Buck Dethrones Hanson Buck as New #1 in NBBC
The Johnny King buck is the biggest typical whitetail of all time, according the Northeast Big Buck Club, a group that uses the same measuring system as the prestigious Boone and Crockett Club, except that NBBC does not use “net” scores in its final tallies. In a move that could forever change how white-tailed deer […]
Legendary Whitetails
The Bucks of Legendary Whitetails III Legendary Whitetails III provides snapshots of 40 of the greatest whitetails ever taken, including some of the most secretive bucks ever killed. It tells the back-story, shows the actual score sheet and other critical details. As former editor of North American Whitetail, author Duncan Dobie knows the details behind […]
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 Runaround?
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. Read More.
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 […]