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Still on the Hoof!
By Patrick Dunning
Jim Lauchard’s son found matching sheds of a suspected 230-class phantom buck while scouting a field before planting season last spring in the Buckeye State.
He told his dad he wasn’t interested in keeping the antlers and gave the set to Jim, who forwarded photos to his taxidermist and later had the sheds mounted.
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190” felled in Scioto County
By Patrick Dunning
Meghan Hill was beginning to believe harvesting a mature buck wasn’t in the cards for 2023. She passed on three 130-class bucks with her compound bow earlier in the season and had a couple shooters on camera for a stint, but they disappeared once the rut commenced.
The 24-year-old still held a tag after Ohio’s initial rut phase but h... READ MORE
Freak Buck in Okie
By Patrick Dunning
Al Shene sent a bolt through this 31-pointer, nicknamed Stickers, on opening day of Oklahoma’s 2023 rifle season in Pottawatomie County. The 61-year-old had a four-year history with this irregular bruiser on his 82-acre slice of Sooner State heaven, and doubled-lunged the specimen with a crossbow his first sit of the season.
“I... READ MORE
Bow Buck Top 10 in Buckeye State
By Patrick Dunning
Corey Myers broke Ohio’s top 10 in BTR’s perfect category for compound bow with his early October harvest in Columbiana County. His personal best buck measured 188 4/8 inches as a 13-pointer and is #8 in the state.
“We played cat and mouse for three years; I think he hunted me just as hard as I hunted him,” Corey to... READ MORE
200” Triple-Beam Buck in KS
By Patrick Dunning
Jerame Hugunin was living every construction worker’s dream on opening day of the Kansas 2023 muzzleloader season. He let both of his concrete pouring crews go home early due to rain and headed afield on the heels of a 200” triple-beam buck daylighting consistently since July.
“It’s every construction worker&rsquo... READ MORE
228” on KS Public Land
By Patrick Dunning
Buckmasters scorer Kenneth Forbus harvested Kansas’ fourth largest whitetail in BTR’s crossbow category on public land last month, thanks to some effective scouting and a strong west wind.
The mainframe 7x7 holds 197 inches of bone before any irregular points were tallied and 31 scorable points in total. Kenneth measured his own buck... READ MORE
200" KY Buck in Velvet
By Patrick Dunning
More important than Steve McMichael harvesting BTR’s fifth largest velvet buck in Kentucky with a compound bow, was the fact that he got to share the hunt with his stepson Acts, a true deer magnet.
“We nicknamed him Lucky,” Steve told Buckmasters. “Wherever he’s at, the deer are there.”
Steve says thi... READ MORE
Another 200” Falls in Kansas
By Patrick Dunning
Chadd Lemaster could barely make out the silhouette of this 19-pointer at last light of Kansas’ 2023 muzzleloader opener, despite the 9X10 standing at 15 yards, but knew it was a mature buck with a wide frame worth harvesting.
By the time Chadd even realized the deer was there it had winded him and blew three times before disap... READ MORE
New Women’s XBow World Record
By Patrick Dunning
Trisha Lucius was introduced to whitetail hunting three years ago by her husband and harvested her first deer, a spike, and a doe during Ohio’s 2020 season.
“The first deer I ever shot was a spike with my crossbow,” Trisha said. “After feeling that adrenaline rush, I told my husband I’d never get mad at him fo... READ MORE
Early October 190” in OH
By Patrick Dunning
Tyler Stein had a three-year history with this Ohio 21-pointer and a hunch it was bedded on an adjacent property in Tuscarawas County.
He got permission from the landowner to hunt the 40-acre tract, hung a cell camera in early September and got a photo of the 12x9 the first night.
The 30-year-old waited until Oct. 8 and the first major cold f... READ MORE
World Record Typical Emerges After 32 Years
By Patrick Dunning
This 6x7 from November 1991 resurfaced for the first time in 32 years and is the new world record typical in Buckmaster’s shotgun category. The 13-point buck from LaSalle County, Illinois, features 208 6/8 inches of headgear, a 20 4/8-inch inside spread, and officially measured 229 2/8 inches for Buckmasters Trophy Records.
The then ... READ MORE
State Trooper Fells 190” in MO
By Patrick Dunning
I can’t say I’ve ever had a story fall right into my lap like this one did.
I was in Missouri last week visiting my mom and sister’s family and was fortunate to sneak in a couple hunts on public land while I was there. I didn’t have any luck but got to bear the heat and bugs and see plenty of deer.
About th... READ MORE
The Early Bird Gets the Buck!
By Patrick Dunning
Buckmasters Master Scorer Lori Hughes is already tagged out for Ohio’s 2023-24 season, having just taken the state’s #4 spot among women in BTR’s semi-irregular category for crossbow after harvesting this 15-point stud in Marion County.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife named Wyandot, Hardin and Marion counties as CWD surveil... READ MORE
2023 Velvet Stud on KY Public Ground
By Patrick Dunning
Jake’s Kentucky buck is the first deer of the Big Buck 411 Blog’s 2023-2024 season, and rightfully so. He’s a self-taught, self-proclaimed newbie in the dark arts of bow hunting with just two years of experience under his belt. Jake must be living right, because he’s managed to find success lately and has two trophies to be ... READ MORE
200” Bama Buck Biggest at Buckmasters’ 2023 Expo
By Patrick Dunning
Joey Towers almost didn’t pack his deer mount in the truck before driving to the Buckmasters Expo last month, but we’re sure glad he did. BTR Director Emeritus Mike Handley measured 194 2/8 inches of antler and 25 scoreable points on this freak of a buck from Chilton County, Alabama, which drew a lot of eyes after it was displayed ... READ MORE