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Entries for January 2022
Should We Fear EHD?
By David Hart
Outbreaks seem to be more frequent and devastating. Around mid-November last year, social media sites started buzzing about what seemed like a sudden decline in Virginia’s deer population. Some members of the hunting community dismissed the claims as a result of the bumper crop of acorns. After all, when mast is abundant, the deer harvest dec... READ MORE
Give Fawns a Chance
By David Hart
Fawns are under intense pressure these days. Here’s how to help. Shoot a coyote, save a fawn. What deer hunter hasn’t heard that phrase in recent years? It’s an especially common theme in much of the Southeast, where coyote numbers have skyrocketed in the last decade. With that spike in predator numbers comes a considerably higher... READ MORE
Cold Hands, Warm Heart
By P.J. Reilly
Tips for staying warm in a freezing deer stand. Talk about a quintessential catch-22. Some of North America’s best deer hunting occurs when the mercury is in the basement. Add a little wind and maybe some snow, and you end up with miserable conditions. It’s hard to sit still, and it’s even harder not to heed the beckoning warmth o... READ MORE
The Day Chad Clark Lied
By Dale Weddle
What’s the world coming to when you can’t trust the word of your hunting buddies? When Chad Clark split off from his buddies on opening day of Kentucky’s 2013 rifle season, he told them that if they heard him shoot, he was going to be standing over a 10-pointer his trail cameras had photographed earlier in the fall. He lied. The 1... READ MORE
Buckeye Bookends
By Mike Handley
Lightning strikes twice in 13 days for this father-daughter duo in Ohio. The Ross family in St. Paris, Ohio, would prefer not to believe in coincidences. Crediting happenstance doesn’t seem to do justice to what happened to them during the 2013 shotgun season. That father and daughter wound up with bookend trophies might simply be the result ... READ MORE