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Looking for the inside scoop on a rumored record whitetail? Just how big was that buck your favorite pro-staffer killed last week? Did you shoot a big buck yourself, and want to share the story? Then you've come to the right place: Welcome to the Rack Report.

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Kyle Olson’s North Dakota Opening Day Buck

September 16, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

Kyle Olson knew the buck he was looking at on his trail camera. He had several photos of him from the previous year. “The first thing I thought is that he really blew up this year. I bet he put on 40 inches of antler,” Olson said. The buck was...

Flip of a Coin Pays off with Mega Opening Day 8-Pointer

September 9, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

As a taxidermist, Kenneth Martin recognizes a big buck when he sees one. When he and his cousin Eli first checked their trail cameras on a new piece of property acquired just two months before the start of archery season, they knew immediately that the giant-framed 8-point was a buck...

Exclusive Video: Dustin Huff Buck Ranked as No. 2 Typical

March 24, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

March 24, 2022 Update: We posted the story of Dustin Huff's giant Indiana typical to the Realtree Rack Report back in mid-February. Yesterday, the Huff Buck's net entry score of 211 4/8 was officially accepted by the Boone & Crockett Club's Big Game Records, according to North American Whitetail ...

A 3-Year Pursuit Ends with a Massive Nontypical

January 24, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

Chris Dussold is one of many Midwest Whitetail field staffers who produce quality hunts each year. This season was no different, and he connected on a huge deer he’d been hunting for multiple seasons. “Deer hunting is my absolute favorite thing to do,” Dussold said. “It’s about much more than...

Hunter Tags an Oklahoma Buck with Double Drop Tines

January 20, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

Whitney Reed and her husband, Cody, spend a lot of time hunting big Oklahoma bucks. As part of the Buckventures field staff, they understand whitetails. So it’s no surprise that this 5½-year-old deer fell to a Reed. “We got permission on a new property in early July of 2021, and...

The North Carolina Milesville Monster

January 19, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

North Carolina isn’t a traditional big-buck state, but it’s been cranking them out this season, including the huge, heavy-beamed buck Preston Allred shot in early December 2022. The deer carries mass from its bases to its beam tips, and the buck came to be known as the “Milesville Monster.” Allred...

Kentucky Hunter Takes Mega 8-Pointer on Second-to-Last Day of Season

January 18, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

Glen Yazell Jr. first saw this giant 8-point buck back in early October of 2021. “My wife and I were out riding around the farm and putting out some corn at some camera sites when we popped over the hill and saw the buck drinking out of a stream," Yazell...

Sleeping In Leads to Surprise Encounter with Iowa Booner

January 17, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

In an age where just about everyone uses trail cameras, it’s hard for big whitetails to go unnoticed. But if it can happen anywhere, it’s in the Hawkeye State. This season, Zach Mixer had the opportunity to hunt a 5 ½-year-old buck of a lifetime that he didn’t know existed...

Midday Chance at a Big Iowa Buck

January 17, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

Art Helin, co-host of Own the Season, arrowed a great Wisconsin buck early in 2021. He followed that up in grand fashion by tagging an awesome buck in Iowa. Being a non-resident, it took Helin four years to draw that tag and plenty of scouting to dial in on a...

New Yorker Tags Buckeye State Booner

January 16, 2022   |  From Rack Reports

Jack Coad has hunted whitetails since 1974. He’s been bowhunting since 1992. Hailing from the Buffalo, New York, area, he’s part of a rich hunting heritage. But Coad had a stressful career, and hunting has always been a way for him to overcome that. Today, understanding the power of the...

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