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Entries for November 2015
Bullet-worthy
By Mike Handley
Perry Richardson doesn't spend a lot on broadheads or bullets. He could easily punch his Kentucky buck tag every season, since the Meade County farm he hunts is crawling with whitetails. But the 29-year-old generally holds out for really good ones. Perry says being picky means he might go two or three seasons between deer, though that wasn't the ca... READ MORE
Shooting is Often the Easy Part
By Mike Handley
There was no sliding, at first. With every heave-ho, the dead buck's considerable front end seemed fused to the tailgate, and the brothers Swinford felt as if they'd bitten off more than they could possibly chew. Rob was the heaver, on the ground with the bulk of the deer his older brother had shot. Richard, hoing from the truck's bed, had the buck... READ MORE
Not the 5x5 He Expected
By Mike Handley
Steven Lynn of Junction City, Kentucky, spends more time harvesting beans and cutting hay than he sets aside for hunting whitetails. I'm not sure how the 33-year-old farmer fared with the former in 2014, but he sure collected a bumper crop of antlers. Steven didn't know that when he squeezed the trigger, however. He thought he'd shot the big 10-poi... READ MORE
Don’t Beg This Guy to Play Poker with You
By Mike Handley
Three days before Oklahoma's 2014 bow season opened, Joel Clark called his friend, Eric Rosser, to see if he wanted to join a hunting lease. Eric declined, at first, because he'd just chipped in on another lease in the western part of the state. But Joel was persistent. Having a place to hunt in Lincoln County, within an hour of his home, was what ... READ MORE
The Last Tag-Holder
By Mike Handley
Pennsylvania hunter Jason Kornbau's first impression of a buck his trail camera photographed in the summer of 2014 was that its rack was goofy. The deer was thusly named. "It was early. We couldn't tell what it was (point-wise), but there were massive main beams and many places where points could develop," he told Lisa Price, who wrote the story fo... READ MORE