From North Carolina Sportsman: Over the past 10 years, Patrick Williams of Belews Creek has passed on hundreds of smaller bucks in hopes of killing one for the record books, and his persistence paid off on Nov. 22 (2015) with a dream buck that will almost certainly qualify for the Boone & Crockett Club’s all-time record book and rank among the top five non-typical bucks in state history. Patrick’s 22-pointer, shot in Rockingham County in north-central North Carolina, green scored 208. He shot the great buck out of a ground blind with a .300 Win. Mag. Way to go man.  

From Louisiana Sportsman: Crowville’s Garry Ward has hunted the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge property since he was 6 years old — and at 58 he scored what has been green scored as the largest buck ever taken with a crossbow in Louisiana. “It took me 52 years to do this deal,” Ward laughed. One of the green-scorers put the rack 213 7/8 inches, while another got 192 5/8 inches. No matter the final net, this massive, palmated giant will be the new Louisiana crossbow record. Louisiana is one of the relatively few states where I have not hunted whitetails, but I sure want to and intend to someday. Read the full story here.

From Nathan G.: This is my son, Nathan, he is 6 years old. He has hunted with me since he was 4, but this was his first kill. We hunted in Mason Co., Texas over Thanksgiving weekend. I grunted up this buck late in the evening after a rainy day. Look at that face, a hunter for life now. Way to go guys, awesome buck.