Rack Magazine

Entries for December 2021

No Fair-weather Hunter

No Fair-weather Hunter

By Mike Handley

A repurposed turkey blind becomes the perfect stand for a rainy Sunday. The likelihood of hunting in wet clothes in 33-degree weather wasn’t enough to keep Corey Urban indoors on Dec. 13, 2015, the last day of the Kansas rifle season. The Dodge City hunter might have planned to spend the afternoon inside a pop-up blind, safe from the elements... READ MORE

East Carroll Giant

East Carroll Giant

By John E. Phillips

Public tracts along Louisiana’s eastern border are known for producing jaw-dropping bucks. Thirty-year-old Dusty Myers of Oak Grove, Louisiana, donned his hip waders last January to hike to a stand deep within a wildlife management area. With a rifle in one hand and a climbing stand in the other, Dusty traveled 3/4 mile through flooded timber... READ MORE

Do-over

Do-over

By Dale Weddle

Two years after his arrow shaved hairs off an impressive whitetail’s belly, this Kentuckian tasted déjà vu. Dave Morgan might dine regularly on venison, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t heard the scrape of a fork across an empty plate or the soft non-thud of an arrow hitting nothing but ground. The last time the Kentu... READ MORE

Throwback

Throwback

By Dale Weddle

The rain in Woodford County, Kentucky, falls mainly on the mane, or it once did. Whitetail aficionados often speak of trophy-sized bucks as being different animals altogether. Their primary reasoning is: A mature white-tailed buck, having survived multiple hunting seasons, is much more wary and harder to hunt than the average doe or young buck. A s... READ MORE

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