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Entries for June 2017
Wide Load
By Mike Handley
Some deer are just too big to be trussed atop a four-wheeler. Karen Little and her husband, Allen, gave up trying on Nov. 20, 2016. No amount of lifting, pushing, pulling or clever binding put them any closer to securing the buck she'd shot to their ATV. Between the whitetail's heft and its extraordinarily wide antlers, the task was too great. Even... READ MORE
And from Public Land, No Less
By Mike Handley
Less than an hour after climbing a tree and pulling up his rifle on Dec. 13, 2016, Mississippian Josh Clark lowered it again in preparation to leave. The clock was ticking on the last day of the Canemount Wildlife Management Area's primitive weapons hunt, and Josh wanted to look at something else, preferably a deer. The hunter from Iuka had already... READ MORE
No Bangs for this Okie Buck
By Mike Handley
If Darren Ambrose had been hunting with a compound instead of a longbow on Nov. 18, 2009, chances are he wouldn’t have had an opportunity for a do-over. He was so bedazzled by the whitetail sporting a drop tine and 21 other points that he shot over its back from a mere 10 yards. Fortunately for him, the whisper of the longbow’s string w... READ MORE
Can You Hear Me Now?
By Mike Handley
Ben Humphries might not have been on a rooftop, but he did plenty of shouting on Dec. 17, 2016. The bowhunter from Ozark, Missouri, used every last lithium ion in his cell phone's battery to share the news of his good fortune that day, unaware a dead phone would prevent him from checking-in the dead whitetail. Show Me State hunters must tag deer wi... READ MORE