Hunter: Justin DaughtreyPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: CalhounSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryHunted a quota hunt with a group I’ve been hunting with for years. The area we normally hunt was crowded so we were in a new area to us. I actually hunted a buddy’s stand because he opted not to go that afternoon. Buck came out of…

Hunter: Corey CurlesPoints: 9 (5L, 4R)County: WorthSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryWhat a week it was leading up to this. After dealing with the game wardens for witnessing a young and dumb 16 year old kid shoot my target buck from the dirt road at 8am on a Saturday. I was kind of in a slump. I was…

Hunter: Hunter DickensPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: WaltonSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryWe’ve seen this buck on camera for a month and only at night, we’ve hunted him hard for the last month. We finally got an early morning photo a week ago. We watched 2 does running down the hill towards the blind and knew something was up.…

Hunter: Weston HarrellPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: LeeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryThe deer came out while we were watching several other small bucks and a large group of does, and snuck up to within 40 yards of the stand before we saw how big he was. We had does all around the stand including right behind it, and…

Hunter: Mike PaquinPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: FloydSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI was positioned and waiting in one of my five ladder stands placed on the property. Had not seen anything since sunrise. Had lots of activity on game camera positioned nearby feeder. This buck walked up from a hardwood bottom into the clearcut towards feeder. He stopped…

Hunter: Adrian MetzkerPoints: 9 (5L, 4R)County: JenkinsSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI’ve been after this buck all season, started getting pics of him in summer. Steady pictures of him all summer even of him shedding in late August then he disappeared. Couldn’t hunt bow season much due to Helene but hunted hard muzzleloader and first couple weeks of…

Hunter: Brian RobinsonPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: BaldwinSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryWe had been running cameras on our lease all year without any sign of a shooter—until about two weeks ago, when this 10-point buck appeared. At first, we only got a few daylight pictures before he disappeared again for several days. Determined to hunt him, I decided…

Hunter: John QuattlebaumPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: UnionSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryA friend and I went up for a weekend hunt on national forest land. We saw one spike the first day but no bigger bucks. The second day was slow and very windy. We split up for the evening hunt but around 4 o’clock I decided to…

Hunter: Jamie McGoughPoints: 9 (4L, 5R)County: CalhounSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryIt was the first afternoon on the Chickasawhatchee quota hunt. I was situated over a bed to feed trail with a ton of scrapes and rubs all around the oaks. It was getting close to five, and I had just texted my son the legal light time.…

Hunter: Joel DouglasPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: MadisonSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI am 52 years old. Bowhunting has not been a thought in 25 years. My son’s best friend and best man in his wedding talked me into breaking out a 30+ year old bow. During bow season I missed on a buck, my new buddy (son’s best…