A gigantic buck shot Dec. 10, 2025, in Dane County could rank among the top whitetail deer of its kind ever killed in Wisconsin. Steven Loomans of Madison shot the buck on the final day of the metro ...

For deer, the records as of Dec. 2, 2025, included typical deer numbering 2,582 shot in archery and 1,861 shot by a firearm, in addition to 27 pickup deer that can mean an entire deer rack from a ...

The author with her Wisconsin buck; Morgan Altfillisch, a 10-year-old hunter, puts her hands on her first deer. I had my rifle loaded by 5:45 a.m. on Wisconsin’s opening morning. I was warm from the ...

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 ...