Chris Roades tagged a huge 10-pointer with a flintlock rifle on Jan. 1. The estimated 170-inch buck should be a new state ...
The story below is an updated version of a story that originally published in 2024. Pennsylvania buck have been growing older and bigger for most of the 21st century, allowing more hunters to join the ...
A hunter in Mississippi first saw a buck with promise in 2022 and by 2025 it had become a trophy, 180-class giant.
The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club is the official state record-keeper for big-game hunting. It keeps the trophy records for whitetail deer, black bears, elk and gray wolves – each in several categories.
A cultural shift among hunters to pass on younger deer has led to an older buck population. Antler point restrictions, in place for over 20 years, are credited with the increase in larger bucks. The ...
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 ...
Mississippi's deer population is increasing, leading to a record number of deer on the landscape. The average weight of mature bucks has decreased significantly in some areas over the past few decades ...