Robbie Flint tagged a giant non-typical buck while hunting a low-lying swamp in Maine. He fired just one shot from 10 yards.

The fact that numbers were down from a year ago might have fostered the notion that hunters or Ohio’s whitetails have been slouching.

In America’s swamps, two apex predators define two very distinct paydays: alligators in Louisiana and pythons in Florida. Both are dangerous to catch, regulated by the states to preserve the ecosystem ...