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JoAnne HernbergIt Happens Just Like That by JoAnne Hernberg

There's a song that says, "The things you think could never happen, happen JUST LIKE THAT." Well, in the hunting world, it has happened to me twice in basically the same spot! The first buck, now known as "Triceridrops," came along on the first day of my ladies-only whitetail camp. We had just gotten back from picking up the ladies and getting their tags. It was too late in the day to set up camp, so we decided to hunt around home....


Melissa SmylieWindow Shopping by Melissa Smylie

On November 21, 2005, we heard from some neighbours that a big buck had been seen near our home in 150 Mile House, British Columbia. My husband, Jim, was on day shift at the local mill, so he told me to keep an eye out for it. Two days later, I was up early, getting my two youngest daughters, Emma and Laura, ready for school. Our oldest daughter, Katie, was away at university. I was at the kitchen sink and happened to look up and see the largest live deer I have ever seen, standing in the front yard.....


Bit by the AntlerNever Signed an Autograph by Cody Robbins

Five miles down the road from my family farm in Saskatchewan, in a little town called Tessier, lives Mr. Bentley Coben. This very accomplished fellow has been producing hunting videos for the last 20 years and is known for having the largest shed antler collection in North America. Since the time I was barely old enough to hunt, this man was a 10,000- pound statue of solid gold in my eyes. Someday, I wanted to be just like him. ......


Heavy Duty, the final chapterHeavy Duty, The Final Chapter by Garry Donald

This pdf is a photo essay of the life of Heavy Duty. To read the rest of the story,
check out the Spring 2009 editorial.


Whitetail Buck Photos - Page One, and Sheds - Page Two

Page one shows photos of this big whitetail while page two shows the sheds that were picked up from the same buck. Garry Donald says, "One afternoon I parked my Toyota Tacoma, then grabbed my camera and rattling antlers. With any luck at all, I was hoping to photograph a decent whitetail. When closing in on my chosen area, I decided to walk through a small bluff and set up on the edge of it. Suddenly I heard a crash and a mule deer doe bounced out in front of me, followed by a huge buck. At about 60 yards, he pulled up and looked back towards me. I knew I had only seconds, so I took two photos before he fled the scene. Bill Longman and I managed to see him once again while snowmobiling in the winter. We figured he should net 195 inches. One amazing Wednesday morning, I couldn't believe it when I spotted his right side shed on the crest of a hill where he had been feeding the night before. Exactly one week later, I picked up the mate a half a mile away. He had held on to that antler for some time."

Two Days With A Princess by Cody Robbins (348kb)

The lady on the loudspeaker called all passengers to now board the flight. I was leaving Montreal on my way home to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, from a pretty long and wet Quebec Labrador caribou hunt. The muzzleloader mule deer season had started on October 1st, and it was now already the 12th and I hadn't even been out scouting yet! I'm sure the mule deer gods were not very proud of me at this point. My phone started vibrating, so I reached down and yoinked it out of my pocket. It was Mr. Shockey...



Where's the Lucky Horseshoe? by Jeff Schlachter (456kb)

As the morning sun slowly began to rise, casting a gorgeous pink hue onto the high peaks of the Alberta Rockies, my dad rode his horse up ahead on the first day of a week-long hunt. He stopped on a high mountain trail, and as I rode up beside him, he pointed down to a horseshoe lying on the ground. He said, “Well, Jeff, there's your horseshoe and it's pointing lucky side up.”



The Lloyd Smith Bucks by Larry Warantz (328kb)

In 2007, Lloyd Smith of Riding Mountain, Manitoba, harvested his biggest whitetail. The massive 5x5 has an inside spread of only 15 3/8 inches, but long tine length and massive 26 4/8 inch beams make up the difference.With circumferences ranging from 4 2/8 to 5 1/8 inches, tines from 5 4/8 up to 13 4/8 inches, and brow-tines of 7 4/8 and 7 1/8 inches, you end up with 177 1/8 net typical Boone and Crockett points.



Big John by Mike Charowhas (228kb)

An incredible event happened on February 1, 2008. A farmer who lives in the Midwest United States was just pulling out of his driveway to do his morning duties. As he glanced to his left, he spotted a gigantic antler lying points up. As he pulled over, it sure didn't take long before he reached the shed antler. The farmer couldn't believe the size of it, and wondered how a deer like this could have eluded all the hunters during the 2007 hunting season...


Bit by the AntlerThe Flint Hills King by Mike Charowhas (400kb)

Back in the summer of 1996, a Kansas dove hunter went to retrieve a dove that he had shot. When he approached the area where the bird had landed, there lay a GIANT left shed with an amazing row of typical tines. When the surprised hunter picked it up, he knew he hadn't found just any antler! He desperately looked for the other side, but the task wasn't quite that easy, and the other side wasn't found, that is, until... 


Bit by the AntlerKing Kong by Kara Imlach (200kb)

We first spotted this big mule deer in the fall of 2005. He wintered in the same are as my brother Kyle's Boone and Crockett moose. Due to the buck's size, we had nicknamed him "King Kong." During the 2006 hunting season, I was excited to find out I had been drawn for an elusive mule deer tag. I was sure hoping I would get the big fellow, because I was getting tired of hearing about Kyle's big moose. Well, you know how brothers are...


Bit by the AntlerBit by the Antler by Jeff "The Shedhead" Waschbusch (320kb)

Ever since I was nine years old, I have followed the hunting trails of my father with big hopes of seeing him get the big one. Eleven years later, he is still my very own personal guide and I now have a new understanding of the term “buck fever.” It was September 2002 when it all started. Dad and I set out on our usual hunting trail one morning. We headed towards a nearby clover field, where we spotted a group of mule deer does feeding just outside the treeline.


November BucksNovember Bucks by Crystal Faessler (684kb)

Ever since I was nine years old, I have followed the hunting trails of my father with big hopes of seeing him get the big one. Eleven years later, he is still my very own personal guide and I now have a new understanding of the term “buck fever.” It was September 2002 when it all started. Dad and I set out on our usual hunting trail one morning. We headed towards a nearby clover field, where we spotted a group of mule deer does feeding just outside the treeline.

Records Are Made To Be Broken by Myra S. Smith (704kb)

This hunt actually started over two years ago. One evening in the summer of 2004 after I had put our boys to bed, my husband, Greg, and I were watching Bass Pro Shop's Outdoor Adventures. They were hunting mule deer in Sonora, Mexico. Near the end of the show, the ranch “accommodations” were highlighted. There was a pool, games room, and they described how the cooks made homemade tortillas. I laughed and told my husband, who goes hunting in Canada every year, “You are always wanting me to go on a hunting trip with you, well, I'll go to Rancho Grande.” Before I knew it, we were booked.