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Entries for July 2020
Reaping What You Sow
By Mike Handley
Before Brook Current created food plots on the land that sucked up his life’s savings, he was fretting and worried his “piece of heaven” was more like a revolving door for wildlife. He’d ponied up with his mother and brother to buy the 118-acre farm in Lucas County, Iowa, in 2017, and his prospects seemed marvelous at the ti... READ MORE
Low-odds Setup
By Mike Handley
New to the surveillance game, Brad VanderEspt put out two trail cameras in the fall of 2019, one monitoring a very deery location, and the other in a not-so-deery spot. The Kentucky bowhunter thought the latter was likely a waste of time, but he did it anyway. You can guess which one photographed the behemoth that’ll soon be hanging on his wa... READ MORE
Do I Stay, or Do I Go?
By Mike Handley
For 20 minutes on Oct. 4, Chris Kelly thought about trading his box stand for a ringside seat to a buck fight. He knows warring whitetails can get so wound up that they’d allow a Macy’s Thanksgiving parade to pass. The continuous, metronomic clashing of antlers told him the bucks weren’t going to stop until one or both collapsed. ... READ MORE
Luke’s Pinup Buck
By Mike Handley
From the 1940s through the 1980s, guys and gals taped or pinned posters on their walls to gaze at and fantasize about their hearts’ desires. The practice pushed the word “pinup” into dictionaries. Now, computer wallpaper has pretty much replaced paper versions. And soon, smart phones and tablets could replace desktop computers. It... READ MORE
Click Your Boots Together Three Times ...
By Mike Handley
The fifth time Harold Jones drove from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Kansas, he wasn’t headed for public land or to hunt with an outfitter. He’d done each twice, so he was looking forward to christening a new lease of his own. Harold took an unconventional approach to acquiring the property he, son Brandon and two friends would hunt in 2019... READ MORE