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Entries for February 2021
When a Camera Hog Disappears, Move the Camera!
By Mike Handley
If you’re looking for an opportunity at a giant whitetail, the odds are far more favorable where the genes are good and the animals reach their prime, testament to both trigger restraint and, often, one-buck limits.
Ohio ticks all those boxes.
Josh Harsh hunts his uncle’s 60 acres in Champaign County. After seeing a monstrous deer the... READ MORE
How to Trick a Trickster
By Mike Handley
Justin Candido’s 2019 deer season ended on opening day. It took him a little longer and required more creativity last year. Before the tow truck driver from Somerset, Kentucky, punched his ’19 tag by shooting a nice buck the first evening, a much bigger one with drop tines was photographed for the first time near his stand. The buck did... READ MORE
New Hampshire’s No. 2 Whitetail
By Mike Handley
Chances are, Dan Blanchette wouldn’t have driven into New Hampshire last September if the state of Maine allowed Sunday hunting. While scouting public land on Sept. 16, the 46-year-old and a lifelong friend, Jerry Lanoie, found the mother lode of buck sign. The most exciting was a very fresh and very large ravaged tree. “We both stood t... READ MORE
Photoshopped? Nope.
By Mike Handley
The New Year’s Eve (2019) arrest of four poachers near the Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama, opened doors for B.J. Davis.
After the incident with the illegal aliens from El Salvador, one of whom had been previously deported, the Alabamian acquired permission to hunt several small tracts close to his home.
“A friend of mine owned 50 ac... READ MORE