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The late Herman Snead harvested this 17-pointer with his .30-6 while running dogs in Nelson County. Back then, the state’s deer populations were sparse and getting your buck’s rack measured was about as uncommon as deer drives are today.

Charles Strickland harvested three deer with two bolts on the opening morning of Tennessee’s 2022 archery season during a quota hunt in Davidson County.

Twenty-six years ago, in a world before cell cameras or cell phones with cameras, then 38-year-old Tim Ritchie harvested Ohio’s second biggest perfect buck ever taken with a recurve bow (BTR). And he had no idea about the buck’s status until March 2023.

Now is the perfect time to be in the woods scouting for next season, and while you're at it, maybe you'll come across another kind of treasure.

Your first deer is often the most memorable whether it has antlers or not. You remember where you were, who was there and how excited it made you feel.

When row crop farmer Darin Williams realized he had a world-class buck passing through the back of his Coffey County farm in June 2022, he figured his best bet at harvesting the deer was if he gave it a reason to stay.

Jake Whiteman isn't out to etch his name in a record book, and until Ohio's 2022 shotgun opener he was a self-proclaimed freezer filler.

Why does the South's rut occur later than in the Midwest and Northeast, where breeding periods tend to spike in early to mid-November?

Jeff Humphrey arrowed this multiple forked-droptined beast from a 180 Realtree blind in September 2022. It's the 10th largest crossbow-felled whitetail ever taken in Kentucky, measuring 201 4/8 inches for Buckmasters Trophy Records.

Mike Beadle's South Dakota buck was one of the first to come across my radar in 2021. I had the pleasure of speaking with the 45-year-old from Aberdeen within days of the Sept. 12 harvest.