Gary Gilpin's Buck

Here is Gary Gilpin with a 155" buck with a 9" drop tine.

Backyard Bobcat

David Phillips shot this bobcat wednessday morning in his backyard.

New Mexico State Record Ram

This Desert Bighorn was shot last year in the Peloncilla Mtns. and is the New Mexico state record and in the top ten in the Boone & Crockett record book scoring 190" gross and 188 2/8" net.

The Newman's Elk Hunt

Here are some really nice elk that the Newman brothers got this last year on their Idaho hunt. On the left is Micah with a 325 elk, David in the center with a 376, and Tommy on the right with a 330 bull. In the other picture is a proud Micah with his 325" bull.

The Andrew Byers Collection

Here are some of the bucks Andrew has shot over the years. Truly an awesome hunter!

More of the Byers Collection

Some More of the Andrew Byers Collection

The Knife-Handle Buck

Hanging amongst the trophy mounts at Cabela's in Hamburg, PA, is a reproduction of an amazing buck that, had both sides of its rack remaind intact, might have grossed more than 242 inches and, after deductions, scored a whopping 230 inches, easily making it the modern world-record typical whitetail. The story starts in Iowa in the 1970's, when a man stopped to ask a farmer permission to trap turtles in his ponds. While talking, he noticed that the farmer had a large pile of sheds that he had picked up from his property and asked what he planned to do with them. The farmer said the turtle trapper could have all of them-except one that was half of a matched set of 8 by 8 antlers. Seems the farmer had a relative who made knives and wanted a deer antler to use for the handles. The man compared the two beams and noted that except for a forked brow tine on the right side, they were nearly identical.
Years later, Tom Saxton, a taxidermist and sculptor, saw the half rack and heard the turtle trapper's tale. He decided to re-create the entire rack so hunters could see how one monster Iowa whitetail might have become a world record.