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Entries for June 2016
A Rare Twofer in Kentucky
By Mike Handley
You can shoot and tag only one buck a year in Kentucky, except when you can shoot and tag two. Jeffrey Byrd was among the latter in 2015. He shot his first buck on opening day of the state's rifle season, while hunting his father-in-law's 109 gnarly acres in Hart County. He's hunted that brush-choked farm for 14 years. Jeffrey saw a lot of action f... READ MORE
Plan B
By Mike Handley
Logan Wilson of Decatur, Texas, had never hunted with a muzzleloader before 2015. And he might not have tried it then if he'd drawn the nonresident rifle tag he wanted. He and brothers David, Rick and Randy usually drive up to Kansas in December to take advantage of rifle season. They've hunted the same half section - 320 acres - for five years. Wh... READ MORE
Cody and the Double Pitchfork Buck
By Mike Handley
With an unfavorable wind and forecast of 65 degrees, Cody Cutler hadn't planned to spend any part of Nov. 14, 2015, in his favorite deer stand. But when he and a friend began clicking through trail camera images from cards they pulled that morning, they came across a daytime photo of an A-list buck, along with what appeared to be a hot doe. It was,... READ MORE
Tennessee has a New No. 3 Blackpowder Buck
By Mike Handley
Chris Fowler apparently knows how to keep his powder dry. He hadn't planned on doing it; ordinarily wouldn't consider it. But when the veteran deer hunter headed out on opening day of Tennessee's 2015 muzzleloader season, his rifle was still stoked with the two pellets and .45-caliber sabot he'd stuffed down the barrel in 2014. Chris had originally... READ MORE
Transplanted Bowhunter Discovers Kansas Hype is True
By Mike Handley
When Chad Carney's job took him from North Carolina to Kansas, he immediately started searching for places to hunt. Knowing only that the Sunflower State grows big whitetails, he turned to leasing agencies and land auctions and found a farm with potential - which means trees - within little more than an hour's drive of his new home in Olathe. He an... READ MORE