While filming for the outdoor television program “Predator Pursuit” in search of an elusive mako shark with bow fishing gear, the show’s host Jeff Thomason got the surprise of his life. He didn’t just take your average apex predator - he took a new world
BREAKING NEWS! In what a saga that rivals that of many Hollywood break ups, it appears that the Johnny King buck is finally going to get it's due. In a story that's been in development for over 6 years, it looks like this buck will officially make the re
Some records just aren't meant to be broken. Michael Phelp's record of 22 Olympic medals seems untouchable at this point. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak has stood strong since 1941. However, a long a standing Boone and Crockett world record griz
Last month during the Kansas Mossy Oak Monster Buck Classic held in Topeka, wildlife authorities got suspicious of one of the entrants for the Big Buck Contest - a giant 14-point buck that threatened the state record which has stood for more than 35 years
During the second weekend of the 2011 Illinois deer shotgun season, hunter Jason Sanders connected on an eight-point buck so big that it may be the largest the world’s ever seen. The typical eight-point frame reportedly grosses 192 3/8-inches, netting 184
Now officially scored, the new giant shatters the current world record 274 7/8-inch buck taken from Colorado in 1987 by hunter Kenneth Plank. However, it’s not a world record – at least not yet.
Pennsylvania deer hunter Dave Altman is just a few days away from knowing what many already believe to be true. The Jefferson County native took a buck so big last November that it may break records. In fact, it may become the Keystone state’s new number
When 16-year old bowhunter Seth Bisbee set out on the first day of the 2011 North Dakota deer season, he probably never imagined how it would unfold. Just a few short days ago, this young man’s incredible bow-kill officially became the state’s NEW greates
The 60-day drying period for the incredible 8-point buck taken by Ohio hunter Mike Kemble has come and gone. The great buck that was thought to be the world’s NEW undisputed king of eight’s has fallen less than one-inch from taking that illustrious top sp
The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) keeps a detailed record book of all whitetail taken through fair chase within the state. The list, which includes more than 2,700 entries, represents a detailed hunting history of the state and its deer herd.
West Virginia hunter David Miller has had much success over the course of his hunting life, taking 10 Pope and Young whitetail leading up to the 2011 season. But it’s his 11th that’s getting all the attention. It could challenge the state’s top spot for t
Each year nearly 8,000 deer hunters flood the rough and rugged hillsides of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, in search of Booner whitetail. And the county produces – over the last decade hunters have annually taken an average of seven trophy bucks worthy of Boo
Kiernan (along with two other men) has been charged with 41 counts of criminal complaint, which includes the aforementioned whitetail buck. It seems Kiernan had trespassed on land owned by the Material Service Corporation
If there’s one thing we never get tired of looking at its BIG antlers. After all, that’s what makes whitetail hunting so unique. These mega deer frequent nearly every state in the U.S., reaching as far north as Canada and south through Mexico. From each r
If there is one thing the good people of the Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin area know, it’s how to grow big deer. Earlier this week a magnum 15-point buck was taken that could shatter the always teetering Wisconsin record book.
We don’t know the name of the bowhunter who shot the buck in the picture below and we cannot tell you the exact date it was taken. However, what we do know is this, the monstrous buck didn’t fall to a hunter from Wisconsin, Minnesota, or even Illinois - i
Last weekend (July 16-17) at the Bowfishing Association of Illinois’ second-annual Director’s Shoot, bowfisherman Robb Kemper shattered the previous state record bighead Asian carp with a 59 lb. 4 oz. brute. The previous record was a 43 lb. 5.6 oz. fish
On May 12, 2011, Akron Ohio resident, Zachary Jared was bowfishing at night on Turkeyfoot Lake in Summit County. It was there were he would arrow a record setting longnose gar that broke the tape at over 53 inches in length, weighing in at 19.21 pounds!
Last month you may remember the Hunting Network, along with several other websites and publications including the originator of the story of the Johnny King buck, Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine, let the cat out of the bag on the most controversial G-3 in
Just a few days ago Hunting Network, along with many other websites, forums, and of course the originator of the story, Deer and Deer Hunting magazine, introduced to many of us the Johnny King buck. The significance of this buck being that it may presentl
On November 18th, 2006, while hunting the gun opener in Wisconsin, an avid whitetail hunter from Mt. Horeb shot an incredible buck with a rack that would gross more than 220 inches. The significance of this remarkable animal is that it may be the greatest
This past March a captive Pennsylvanian whitetail buck had its antlers officially measured to the tune of 528 3/8 inches by Safari Club International (SCI).
The Giant mule deer buck that was made famous last summer by the good folks at Field & Stream actually lived through the Colorado hunting season. Not only that, he made it through winter, shedding his antlers recently and propelling the shed hunter who fo
Bowhunter, Will Rives, took this remarkable Mississippi whitetail on private land in mid-December, 2010. Will was hunting over a scrape line that he had just found hours before.
Despite the weapon used in this bucks last breaths of fresh air, the story of any typical whitetail who nets over 200 inches just begs to be told. A buck like this doesn’t show himself to often.Taken on November 19th, 2010, following a hastily put togethe
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