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Entries for May 2019
No. 1501
By Gita M. Smith
After pining for time to go hunting, this Ohio man was only too happy to end his season the first time he climbed into a stand. First, Harry Boyd misplaced his truck keys. He searched for hours, systematically going through every pocket of every piece of clothing he owned. He pillaged the laundry, both clean and dirty. He tore the house up, sank hi... READ MORE
A 10 on the Sphincter Scale
By Jill J. Easton
When a man’s tectonic plates shift, only a giant whitetail can stop the quake. It was a predicament that, sooner or later, everyone who spends time hunting will face. Jason McKenzie’s brush with it came on Dec. 1, 2012. We’re talking the call of nature. Jason had crawled into his blind before sunup that morning. It was one of thos... READ MORE
Meeting the Lumberjack
By Ed Waite
This Ohio bowhunter gains everything from an impromptu, nothing-to-lose hunt. Justin Pandorf’s 2012 deer season could’ve ended differently. Had his bowstring not snapped, the archer from Manchester, Ohio, would’ve had his compound when an 8-pointer gave him what should’ve been a slam-dunk shot. Had the scope on his back-up c... READ MORE
Saw it Through the Grapevine
By Dale Weddle
Patient Kentuckian finally collects the venison and skull plate to go along with the sheds. Jim Hill of Hebron, Ky., takes shed hunting seriously. Every nook and cranny in his home seems to hold half a deer rack. There’s also the big box in the basement, which is overflowing with discarded bone. You would expect a guy like this to have some i... READ MORE
Rock Star
By Lisa Price
You know that awkward moment when you realize, hey, those ARE antlers? This guy does. Although Jerry Watt is a self-professed “man cave kind of guy,” that doesn’t mean he leaves the rest of the house — or the chores — to the missus. He’s also the kind of guy who’ll cut short a deer hunt in order to help his... READ MORE
Where Calendar Trumps Thermometer
By Lisa Price
Whether hunter or hunted, if you live in the sauna known as southwestern Georgia, you’re going to break a sweat. Deer hunters in the Midwest complain loudly whenever the temperature climbs into the 60s in November. Farther north, they’d consider it justification for staying indoors and watching hunters on television whispering into the ... READ MORE