The buck of your dreams is in your sights. His symmetrical 12-point rack is tall and wide. Later that night back at camp, when trying to quantify just how big that buck was, you stutter, “He was a Booner!” Here’s a fun fact for you: If the man who invented that scoring system was given […]
Tag: record deer
Shed Hunter Finds 277″ Dead Head
Jesse Schroeder was shed-hunting on his brother’s 32-acre property this spring when he found a whitetail of epic proportions. The “dead head” was that from a magnificent 277+ inch nontypical. It is not known how the wild, free-ranging deer died. The rack is believed to be in line as a new record for the state […]
Rompola Buck: ‘The Whole Thing Smells’
A Michigan antler-scoring official yesterday broke his 25-year silence on what he knew about the infamous Mitch Rompola Buck at the time when the deer was allegedly examined. His comments shed unseen light on a subject which has captivated deer hunters for nearly three decades. Earlier today, Michigan’s Randy Rhoads spoke with Deer & Deer […]
Antler Point Growing Out of Deer Eye Socket
This is a very freaky — and very real — photograph of an antler sprouting from the most unusual of places. This is a photo of a mount of the Dave Stuckey Buck from Ohio. I snapped this photo while attending the Archery Trade Show in Indianapolis last week. In case you missed it, this […]
Pope & Young Record Book Entries Deadline Nearing
The deadline to enter your deer into the Pope & Young 9th Edition Record Book is approaching!
What is a Broken Leg to Shooting a Historic Buck?
One hunter tells the story of tracking a buck with two front-facing Y’s — the second deer on record since the “Famous Brow Tine Buck of 1870.”
Giant Minnesota Buck Will Vie for State Record as Nontypical
This awesome Minnesota whitetail grosses 234 inches and nets 227 inches. If those scores hold up, it could possibly be the biggest nontypical buck ever killed by a bowhunter in the Gopher State! by Daniel E. Schmidt Minnesota’s Jeff Iverson could not believe his eyes when he viewed his trail camera photos on opening […]