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Entries for May 2021
Sweet Sixteen
By Mike Handley
Bow and early blackpowder seasons aren’t the only yielders of velvet bucks in Kansas. Clayton Brummer’s days of unsheathing his deer rifle in September are finished. Now that he’s 17, he’ll have to wait for December to shoulder his beloved .300 Ultra Mag, which – in his capable hands – can turn out a deer’s... READ MORE
Train Wreck
By Ed Waite
Might take only one hunter to shoot a deer, but a community is sometimes required to recover it. Chad Durfey’s story begins when he took his daughter, Julia, trail riding behind their house in late July 2015. “We were just sharing some father-daughter time,” Chad said. “As we neared the river, we saw a group of deer feeding ... READ MORE
Finally, a Buck with a Name
By John E. Phillips
Mid-November bowhunt in Toto’s Land ends with the slaying of a giant. Allen Shelton has been a fan of trail cameras for years. Even so, he was shocked to see an enormous buck among his photos in 2013. Although he lives in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, which routinely yields giant whitetails, he’d never seen a deer that big on his propert... READ MORE
Sweet Spot
By Dale Weddle
Twenty yards separates the chalk outlines of this Kentuckian’s first and best bucks. If a deer hunter is lucky, he or she has a favorite spot that produces year after year, a place so rich in memories that they sometimes blur into one big never-ending hunt. Luke Carswell was walking along in the morning fog in such a place in 2015 when he sho... READ MORE