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

A Mississippi woman successfully hunted a mature trophy buck she had been tracking on trail cameras. The hunter, who is also a wildlife biologist, passed on two earlier opportunities to shoot the buck ...

On Nov. 23 at 11 a.m., Mike Waters of East End left me a voice message that I could barely decipher. Waters was barely intelligible because he was hyperventilating over a big buck down. Waters didn't ...

A game camera took a nice photo of the buck that Willy Johnston wanted, but camera bucks seldom turn up during a hunt. This buck was an exception, and Johnston, who is accustomed to the greyhound-size ...

This story, “Yalobusha Deer,” appeared in the Nov. 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. For the big-game hunter who likes to fire at a fleet and agile target to the accompaniment of dog music, I recommend ...

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

CLYDE – Barney’s Carryout is carrying on the tradition of the old-time big buck contest with a photo on the winner’s board. The photos are done with cell phones today and not Polaroid cameras, but ...

The author with her Wisconsin buck; Morgan Altfillisch, a 10-year-old hunter, puts her hands on her first deer. I had my rifle loaded by 5:45 a.m. on Wisconsin’s opening morning. I was warm from the ...

Tired of waiting in a stand? Too cold to sit still for hours on end? Try jump-shooting a buck. This is one of my favorite tactics when I’m exploring new territory and want to cover a lot of ground, ...