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Entries for March 2020
Fool Me Thrice …
By Rusty Johnson
This Arkansas buck wasn’t the sharpest broadhead in the quiver. Because he has access to a friend’s 40 acres, Aaron Jolliff doesn’t have to travel far from home to hunt. He spotted a tremendous buck working a scrape in mid-October, 2011, well beyond bow range. The next week, he borrowed a friend’s muzzleloader, one he’d actu... READ MORE
Ode to a Little Brown Bottle
By Ed Waite
Still think laying down a scent trail is a waste of time? Mike Mallory has no qualms about stinking up his boots. As far as he’s concerned, drag rags are for wusses. The old trick of dousing his boots with doe-in-heat scent paid off handsomely last year for the bowhunter from Akron, Ohio. Going into the season, he might’ve known the pla... READ MORE
Bossier Behemoth Reshuffles Records
By Mike Handley
Here’s why Jon Black is a staunch believer in trail cameras. Going into Louisiana’s 2013 deer season, Jon Black and his son, Hunter, had a couple of bucks on their wish lists. They’d combed through thousands of trail camera photographs, and those two towered above the rest. Hunter wound up taking one of the 1,200-acre farm’s... READ MORE
Joy in Mudville
By Dale Weddle
Kentucky bowhunter avoids strikeout by whacking a home run on his third and final pitch. David Howard had a small window, the last three days in October, to bowhunt his lease in Todd County. He couldn't have chosen a better time. Not only were bucks chasing does, but they were also fighting for the privilege. It wasn't until David had reluctantly d... READ MORE
Driver’s Seat
By John E. Phillips
If you pay attention to deer tracks on dirt roads, you might see their makers. Bobby Cook’s days of shedding boot leather to look for buck sign are long gone, but that doesn’t seem to have hindered the 66-year-old deer hunter from Carbon Hill, Ala. Ever since he and his motorcycle were struck by a hit-and-run driver in 1974, Bobby - par... READ MORE
Sure Thing
By Dale Weddle
There’s a reason “location-location-location” has become a cliché among deer hunters. Unless they happen to stumble through when the brushed-in pop-up blind is in place, most deer hunters would walk right on past Greg Reinhardt’s honey hole, forfeiting what the man from Alexandria, Ky., says is a sure shot at a deer. ... READ MORE