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Should I Go or Should I Stay?

By Mike Handley

The voices inside Blake Wilson’s head lasted for nearly three months. From the moment the 28-year-old bowhunter from Rison, Arkansas, retrieved a trail camera photograph of a jaw-dropping 9x9, he had to tamp down the urge to return every day to see if there were more. He couldn’t stand not knowing if the deer’s mugging for the len...

Mike Handley | Big Buck 411 Blog Editor

Mike Handley has decades of experience measuring, researching and writing about monster bucks. Each week, Mike will update everyone in the Big Buck 411 Blog on giant whitetail news from across North America. When a new record falls, you will be one of the first to know about it.

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Double the Trouble

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Benny Bell wasn’t surprised when the come-help-me message lit up his phone. His buddy, Brian Cobb, had shot about 7:45 a.m., and the text came afterward. The two men, along with Benny’s son, Joey, were at the DeSoto Parish hunti... READ MORE

Worth the Wait

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Two seasons of saying “One more year” were the most Ohio deer hunter Benjamin Seabolt could manage. The first time Benjamin said it was in 2015, when he retrieved trail camera photographs of a 130-ish 10-pointer he decided was o... READ MORE

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