I knew this was the biggest buck I’d ever seen. It was thick-necked, and its rack was tremendous. I guessed the buck was at least a 10-pointer, but I had no idea how big it really was.

After Wisconsin hunter Jim Jordan shot a 200-plus-inch buck in 1914, his taxidermist vanished — along with the massive antlers. Six decades later, the buck was finally recognized as the largest ...

She not only verbally confirmed it but also provided a photo. Lunders shot the buck with his Remington .30-06 pump with a Leupold scope while at work on a lunch break near Kamiah, Idaho, in 1955.

After Wisconsin hunter Jim Jordan shot a 200-plus-inch buck in 1914, his taxidermist vanished — along with the massive antlers. Six decades later, the buck was finally recognized as the largest ...