Iowa state auditor Rob Sand, a Democratic candidate for governor, entered his 'buck of a lifetime' into a big buck contest.

“What deer is that?” said Keith Chaffin, outfitter on the Junco Ranch in South Texas—the same ranch where Lyndon Johnson used to chase whitetails. He adjusted the spotting scope for a closer look. “He ...

Popular myths die hard. Bigfoot roams the woods and giant bucks move only at twilight. Well, I’m no expert on bigfoot, but I can shed some new light on the buck movement thing, and then take a ...

So, I’m counting on Snow to unite the two divided camps of deer hunters: those who hunt in the big woods with grandaddy’s old rifle vs. those who hunt in open country with the latest and greatest rig.

There’s a place in the hill country of southern Ohio, not far from the town of Beaver, that the local farmers have called Buck Hollow for as long as anybody can remember. For my money, it’s well named ...

A couple of Kansas bowhunters shot their 250-plus inch target bucks, putting those deer in a class that most hunters only dream to see and making them a couple of the biggest known deer killed in the ...

This story, “Murphy’s Pride,” originally ran in the May 1989 issue of Outdoor Life. In the fireplace, a log burned through and set off a fusillade of sparks as it plunked between the andirons. Murphy ...

Pressured deer are not mythical ghosts that vanish at the first hint of boot tracks, but a lot of hunters still treat them that way. The biggest barrier to tagging mature whitetails on crowded ground ...

This story, “The ‘Legend’ of Buck Hollow,” appeared in the January 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Veach’s buck is still one of the largest deer ever killed in Ohio, and is listed at No. 5 for the state ...