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Entries for January 2022
Runner-up to World Recurve Record
By Ed Waite
Pennsylvania forester Cory Gulvas is as passionate about hunting shed antlers as he is about traipsing across the mountains in search of their former wearers. "I found 102 sheds the year I shot this deer. They've helped me learn about bucks and their core areas," Cory said. He first became aware of his 2020 whitetail through a nighttime trail camer... READ MORE
Check This Out
By Dale Weddle
Forty-six years after checking out library books about deer hunting, this Kentuckian learns the most invaluable tool is perseverance. White-tailed deer sightings were rare in south-central Kentucky in the 1960s. William Branscum’s father didn’t hunt deer because there were none. The elder Branscum taught his son valuable outdoors skills... READ MORE
Charmed
By John E. Phillips
Virginia teen’s self-customized rifle gains its first notch during the 2016 youth season. Thirteen-year-old Tyler Fewell of Esmont, Virginia, will always remember the stories his granddad, Peter Britton, told him about big bucks he’d seen. The man didn’t hunt, but he encouraged his grandson to do it by whetting his appetite with t... READ MORE
Bookends
By John E. Phillips
This bowhunter’s 2015 buck is a quarter-inch bigger than the one he arrowed in 2013. David Wagler never thought he’d top the buck he arrowed in 2013. But it took only two seasons for him to find the bookend to his previous best whitetail. “My heart was broken when the landowner sold the 60-acre tract where I took my big CRP buck (... READ MORE
Who Needs More Than Five Hours Sleep Anyway?
By John E. Phillips
Arkansas gains a new No. 5 Typical in the BTR’s rifle category, and it’s the largest ever recorded from Jefferson County. Then-16-year-old Kristian Vargas hadn’t planned to go deer hunting on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. “I’d gone to one of my school friends’ Sweet 16 party Saturday night and didn’t get home unti... READ MORE