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Entries for March 2023
Retro Recurve Buck Is Ohio Runner-Up
By Patrick Dunning
Twenty-six years ago, in a world before cell cameras or cell phones with cameras, then 38-year-old Tim Ritchie harvested Ohio’s second biggest perfect buck ever taken with a recurve bow (BTR). And he had no idea about the buck’s status until March 2023. He had his mount measured by an official B&C scorer at an expo in 1998, met the ... READ MORE
Aim Small, Miss Small
By Patrick Dunning
Alexander Rahmoeller may not be old enough to drive, but he's old enough to hunt, and therefore old enough to etch his name in BTR's record book. The 14-year-old's third whitetail ever claimed Indiana's #4 spot in the semi-irregular category for centerfire rifle deer on opening weekend of his state's 2022 rifle season. And he made it happen all by ... READ MORE
A Bittersweet Ohio Deadhead
By Patrick Dunning
In January 2022, Stephanie Barber shot what would have been Ohio’s #2 overall semi-irregular in the blackpowder category, and the #1 semi-irregular felled by a female in Ohio. That is if she recovered and placed her tag on the whitetail during the state’s deer season. Stephanie got a crack at this world-class buck at 105 yards with her ... READ MORE
200-Inch State Record Taken on Fort Knox
By Patrick Dunning
For the past two years, Kentucky state trooper Colt Stumbo has tagged along with his buddies for a quota gun hunt on Fort Knox’s military reservation in Hardin County. More than half of the U.S. Treasury’s gold reserves are located on Fort Knox, so gaining access to hunt the installation involves a lot of red tape. But once you’re... READ MORE
Kansas Shed Measures 100 Inches!
By Patrick Dunning
Now is the perfect time to be in the woods scouting for next season, and while you're at it, maybe you'll come across another kind of treasure. Last month, U.S. Army Sergeant Jacob Massey found a 100-inch irregular left-side shed antler while on his lunch break on Fort Riley's military installation in Geary County, Kansas. To kill time and be produ... READ MORE