Indiana’s biggest buck scored 303 7/8 inches. Learn how the legendary Beck buck compares to other record whitetails.

This story, “The All-Time No. 1 Whitetail,” appeared in the November 1979 issue of Outdoor Life. The Jordan buck remains the No. 1 largest typical ever taken by a hunter in the U.S., and the second ...

Gerad Dowty with the massive, 18-point buck he tagged in Oklahoma. Veteran bowhunter Gerad Dowty has taken countless deer over the years, many of them with close friends and family. And a buck he ...

WITH HIS ANTLERS FLASHING in the sun­ light, the buck bounded out of the hemlocks. I pulled the longbow to full draw as the deer ran broadside to me, 35 yards away, but a brush pile between us blocked ...

Even after the deer broke into the open, l still couldn't believe my eyes. There’s a place in the hill country of southern Ohio, not far from the town of Beaver, that the local farmers have called ...

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 ...

Joe Moore has been my hunting buddy since high school. I killed my first deer with a bow out of one of his treestands in 1996. Last week, Joe killed the biggest buck of his life with a bow. He’s been ...

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 ...

Jim Jordan stared at the fresh deer tracks in the snow. Three, maybe four deer had recently shuffled by, he figured. But one set of hoof marks caught his eye. The snow­ molded hoofs were huge; the ...

This story, “The Rack Was No Phantom,” appeared in the May 1968 issue of Outdoor Life. WITH HIS ANTLERS FLASHING in the sun­ light, the buck bounded out of the hemlocks. I pulled the longbow to full ...

Joe Moore has been my hunting buddy since high school. I killed my first deer with a bow out of one of his treestands in 1996. Last week, Joe killed the biggest buck of his life with a bow. He’s been ...