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Entries for March 2021
Kansas Youth Benefits from Little Brother’s Ethics
By Mike Handley
When Beau Hammon and his oldest son Preston arrived home about 10 p.m. on Labor Day, his youngest son was lying on the sofa, barely awake. Had they entered the house a few minutes later, 12-year-old Braxton would’ve been in bed. Job No. 1 was to console the kid who had to spend the afternoon at football practice instead of hunting. “My ... READ MORE
Ohio Public Land Bruiser
By Mike Handley
Chris Richardson had a rough year in 2019, but he was on top of the world last season. The Tennessean has traveled to Ohio to hunt deer for nearly 20 years. In 2019, he shot the biggest whitetail he’d seen to that point, but he didn’t recover it. His search was cut short when he had to return home to be with family and his grandmother, ... READ MORE
Early Christmas
By Mike Handley
Ten-year-old Kendel Sobek isn’t a southpaw, but she proved last fall she’s ambidextrous, at least when shooting at a deer. Drew Sobek’s little girl got a crash course in left-handed marksmanship the day before Iowa’s Sept. 19 youth opener. Because her right arm had been in a cast for a week, her daddy took her out to shoot a... READ MORE
Wham, Bam … Thank You, Mams
By Mike Handley
Had it not been for a couple of sharp-eyed nannies, the Hoosier buck Ian Denu shot last year might still be alive and kicking. The hunter from Dubois had no idea the buck of his dreams was hiding in a briar patch 80 yards from his stand until two does spotted it. Even then, he might've never bothered to pick up his binoculars if they hadn’t c... READ MORE