Rack Magazine

Entries for November 2022

Dos Desparos

Dos Desparos

By Mike Handley

State-record buck offers plenty of incentive to aim high, the second time. David Lecuyer doesn’t always take 280-yard shots at deer. But when he does, he shoots twice. The first two bullets – David’s and his buddy Bobby’s – probably whizzed underneath the lovestruck buck at the opposite end of the Kansas cornfield. The... READ MORE

Rifle Season Without Bullets

Rifle Season Without Bullets

By Dale Weddle

Kentucky college student learns the worth of a climber, not to mention public land. One of the finest whitetails checked in during Kentucky’s 2014 rifle season came off a wildlife management area, but a bullet wasn’t responsible for the hole in its side. Cody Likins, a student at Eastern Kentucky University, shot the animal with his bow... READ MORE

A Deer with Two Names

A Deer with Two Names

By Ed Waite

Eighty yards from his ride home, this Indiana hunter stumbles into the ring of a whitetail circus. After tagging a 10-pointer in 2014, Jeff Berkemeier’s priority shifted from shooting a buck to collecting freezer meat. About 5:00 one cold and misty evening during Indiana’s blackpowder season, Jeff spotted a doe — venison — a... READ MORE

Daniel Gets His Groove Back

Daniel Gets His Groove Back

By Dale Weddle

This Kentucky hunter recombobulates in time to make his last bullet count. Most people who miss a buck four times would either keep their mouths shut or sing the blues. Daniel Lay is not most people. If he’d had the presence of mind to stand up and leave after firing all but one of his bullets in 2016, the hunter from Williamsburg, Kentucky,... READ MORE

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