College senior Micah Belt spent an extra day visiting his family in the town of McAlester, Oklahoma. That’s because his dad, Lloyd, had convinced him to try for a massive whitetail buck he’d recently ...

CORRECTION: A wrong version of this story was published last week. They say life comes in threes. Halley McDonald proved an exception during deer season when life came in twos for him and his family.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A gigantic buck shot Dec. 10, 2025, in Dane County could rank among the top whitetail deer of its kind ever killed in Wisconsin. Steven Loomans of Madison shot the buck on the final day of the metro ...

I had my rifle loaded by 5:45 a.m. on Wisconsin’s opening morning. I was warm from the walk in, and my feet were still on fire from the HotHands I’d stuck in my boots, but I knew the drill: Cool down ...