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Entries for March 2019
World’s Largest 10-pointer
By Mike Handley
The new world-record, 48-pointer taken last season by Luke Brewster generated more saliva than a blind squirrel at a dog park. But the Illinois giant wasn’t the only whitetail dropping the jaws of deer hunters in 2018. Another tongue-wagger wore only 10 points, and no deer was attached. The “Indiana Legend” sheds stole some of the... READ MORE
Good Things Come …
By Mike Handley
His name is Keith Szablewski, but he’s called Ski. Much to his chagrin, the Johnston City man spent Illinois’ 2018 firearms opener on the job. He didn’t manage to take his year-old 20 gauge afield until 2:30 p.m. on the second of the three-day season. Ski went with his buddy, Steve Malroy, to a private 20-acre tract in Williamson ... READ MORE
Wide Thing
By Mike Handley
Prior to 2018, only four bucks with 30-plus-inch inside spreads were listed in Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy Records. Now there’s a fifth, and it’s wider than all of them. Isaac Yoder, a 25-year-old Amish farrier living in Bethesda, Ohio, felled the latest. It took him two seasons, two gentlemen’s agreements and two arrows to seal ... READ MORE
Breakfast of Champions?
By Mike Handley
If Kellogg’s takes a page from Wheaties’ playbook, you’ll soon see Bree Wade’s smiling face on boxes of blueberry Pop-Tarts. That’s what the 17-year-old high school senior had for breakfast on the morning of Oct. 20, 2018, the day she took down one of Oklahoma’s most impressive public-land whitetails. As is often... READ MORE