Jim Zumbo makes the case that when whitetail deer hunters get too obsessed with antler score, we miss the point.

This season, I shot my biggest buck ever: a Kentucky main-frame 12-pointer with a couple extra points that scored 168 6/8 inches. And I shot that big sum-buck over a yellow pile of ear and ...

There’s a lot more to deer hunting than obsessing over monster bucks. But most hunters would be lying through clenched teeth if they said big deer weren’t captivating. The animals with the age, ...

Not long ago, the hardest thing about big buck hunting was simply that mature whitetails were so scarce. In most states, the vast majority of bucks were killed the first year they wore visible antlers ...

A 14-year-old girl bagged what some call the “buck of a lifetime” — one that may make her a record holder in Texas. Reili Brewer, of Avery, Texas, killed the “monster” deer Sunday, Oct. 29, on Red ...

Here’s the tale of “How the buck known as the ‘Mishicot Monster’ made his fatal mistake,” as told by Dave Paplham, of Mishicot. Nov. 3 was a very lucky day for me. My kids and I had spent uncountable ...

I WAS AT the base of the tree, adjusting my climbing stand’s platform to the perfect upward angle so that it’d level out 20 feet off the ground. The stand’s scraping against white-oak bark sounded ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – We take a special look at one big catch locally in Horseheads. Longtime hunter and local business owner, Tony Ruggiero, bagged this monster buck while hunting earlier this season ...

A young Pennsylvania hunter almost didn’t go hunting on the first day of rifle deer season, but his passion for hunting with his dad paid off with a large buck. Joah Robel, 17, of Sunbury, ...

Hunters are pros at over-preparing, which often means buying duplicates of gear “just in case.” Whether it’s an extra bottle ...

Joe Keough has made a lot of good decisions lately. Perhaps his best may have been on Oct. 19, when he decided to hang a tree stand near a swamp in the Boulder Lake area. That afternoon was at least ...