World record whitetail deer 2024

With 2024 coming to a close, it's time to look back at the year in big deer. And what a year it's been. We kicked off this season-long report of top-end whitetails with a batch of impressive early-season bucks, and as we wrap it up by adding the latest late-season giants, it becomes clear as a bell just how good 2024 has been for world-class whitetails.

In all the years we've been reporting on huge bucks taken by hunters all around the country, I can't remember another when we've featured so many 200-plus-inch nontypicals or so many near-200-inch typicals. While there are plenty of things we could improve about modern deer hunting, when it comes to producing and tagging enormous whitetail bucks, we are living in the good old days. So, why not celebrate and take stock of another banner year in the whitetail woods by gawking at all the incredible specimens below?

Biggest Bucks of the 2024 Late Season

This group of monsters includes bucks taken after the rut and into winter, as well as any buck taken earlier in the year that we just learned about. Stay tuned, as we will continue to add any additional whoppers we get wind of.

Record-Busting Cactus Buck


The Wilderness Whitetails Experience







Ben Carter, Executive Director of the Dallas Safari Club, is on location with Keith Warren’s “The High Road” TV crew, hunting huge Northern Whitetails at Wilderness Whitetails, DSC Exhibitor), in Central Wisconsin with legendary Brock Lesnar, world champion MMA fighter, on the Pursuit Channel Monday, July 14, 2 p.m., Wednesday July 16, 11 p.m. and Sunday, July 20, 7:30 p.m. (all times CDT).

Both Carter and Lesnar took huge 300-pound-plus main frame typical 8 point bucks scoring in the 200 inch category. Wilderness Whitetails is renown for having the best Whitetail genetics in the country plus the finest deer habitat imaginable from nearly impenetrable cedar swamps to broad stands of hardwoods. As co-owner Greg Flees points out, “Hunting big Whitetails in our dense Northern habitat is like hunting in no other place in the US.”

“This is the biggest Whitetail I have taken in my life,” said Carter. “I have never seen so many huge Whitetails!” Both Carter and Lesnar had high praise for the quality and quantity of Wilderness Whitetails deer, plus for the pristine deer hunting habitat an

The Biggest Bucks of 2024




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Hunting stories about big deer are woven deeply into the fabric of
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Some of these giant deer are destined for the record books. Others are never scored, and they’re cherished only for the memories they hold. And although every one of these bucks is as unique as the story behind it, there will always be standouts.



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As 2024 draws to a close, we’re taking a closer look at the deer that stood out. These are seven of the biggest and baddest whitetail bucks featured in
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this deer season, and ones we’ll surely remember as we head into the New Year.

A 30-Point Ohio Monster



Logan Urban, an 18-


"The white tailed deer is America’s number one game animal, so when I decided to embark on a journey to hunt the biggest one in history, I knew this would be a pretty lofty goal. I started with a look through the record books and saw half of the top 10 deer ever harvested came from Quest Haven - including the all time #1 at 727” back in 2016; so I knew the score to beat and a goal was set!


I reached out to the Walk family and began hunting with them every fall in hopes of someday breaking the record.  Over the years, we’ve been blessed to get to know the Walk’s like family, and we’ve brought many of our own family and friends to hunt there as well. In 2020, we came very close to breaking the record, with a magnificent deer that fell just slightly short, at 696,” which became the new #2 all time deer.
Then, In 2024, the magic happened!  In July, the Walk’s had two extraordinary deer that were growing strong in velvet, pushing lots and lots of inches.  We knew they were both monsters and had the potential to possibly break the record….but they were both incredible, and It was hard to tell which would be the bi