It was a banner year for big whitetails. Here’s a look back at the biggest and best buck stories from this season ...

A gigantic buck shot Dec. 10, 2025, in Dane County could rank among the top whitetail deer of its kind ever killed in ...

Indiana’s biggest buck scored 303 7/8 inches. Learn how the legendary Beck buck compares to other record whitetails.

Steven Loomans shot the buck with his grandfather's rifle on the 10th and final day of Dane County's metro gun season ...

The buck continued to walk toward Pittman, so Pittman put his binoculars down and picked up his rifle. The buck was directly ...

WITH HIS ANTLERS FLASHING in the sun­ light, the buck bounded out of the hemlocks. I pulled the longbow to full draw as the deer ran broadside to me, 35 yards away, but a brush pile between us blocked ...

Veteran bowhunter Gerad Dowty has taken countless deer over the years, many of them with close friends and family. And a buck he first saw in January is one he would’ve liked all of his hunting ...

WYOMING COUNTY, W.Va. — When Hayden Blankenship climbed into his hunting blind on the opening day of the 2025 archery season he knew very well there could be a Pope and Young buck nearby. “Last year I ...

This story, “13…Unlucky?” appeared in the October 1949 issue of Outdoor Life. Would you go 180 miles away to hunt deer — if you had them in your own backyard? Probably not, unless you had buck fever.