The biggest males weighed 1,500 pounds, about the same as an Alaskan moose, and they sported the largest antlers the world has ever known ... it was a giant deer, with no relation to the European ...

I don’t think anyone believed me, but nothing more was said. That night, however, just about the whole crew came to look at him, and everybody agreed that he was the biggest buck they had ever seen.

Boone & Crockett maintains meticulous records of the biggest and best-looking deer that ever hit the ground. But their best-in-class scoring system also acknowledges bucks that don’t fit ...