Superbucks

Superbucks

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Superbucks: Five Legendary Deer and How to Tag Them

Some bucks stand apart. It's not that their antlers are bigger (though they often are). It's not that they dominate the herd (because they often don't). These bucks simply don't act like other whitetails. They're loners, rarely seen, even during the rut. They're sedentary, mostly nocturnal, and hyperfocused on survival. They are superbucks. What they all have in common is old age; they've run the gauntlet of hunters, predators, disease, and weather and survived when other bucks couldn't. The good news: They are at their most vulnerable around December. The magazine Field and Stream told stories of five such bucks—and the late-season hunters who found a way to put a tag on them. Here's Senior Deputy Editor Colin Kearns: "For years we have been interviewing whitetail guides and experts. By the end of the late-season, these guys have stories of really big deer who have managed to survive."

Collin told me there are five stories as told by the expert hunters who harvested these super bucks along with the strategies and tactics they used. Great reading

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