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Entries for September 2022
CCTV
By Mike Handley
This Kansas bowhunter is a believer in trail cameras. He also knows a year can turn a good buck into a great one. Ethan Lorance knows the value of eyes in the sky, or at least on the ground. The 25-year-old pipefitter from Bonner Springs, Kansas, employed several trail cameras to learn as much as he could about the buck that made him a social media... READ MORE
Nobody Would Hunt Here
By John E. Phillips
The best stand is sometimes no stand at all, if you can handle long shots. Robbie O’Bryan says he hunts 365 days a year. The 53-year-old hunts 20 small properties, the farthest only 15 miles from his home in Marshall, Missouri. The proximity of these 16- to 200-acre parcels allows him to hunt both before and after work. “I’m eithe... READ MORE
Towering Tines
By Mike Handley
Former Alabama coal hole yields tall-racked whitetail worthy of a long-naked wall. Randy Hayes of Peterson, Alabama, never expected to take another whitetail to a taxidermist, not after a tornado gutted his home and carried 15 irreplaceable mounts to Oz in 2011. The 57-year-old, semi-retired welder now realizes he was too pessimistic. He’s no... READ MORE
First Impression: Too Small
By John E. Philllips
A wild-eyed buck with attitude trips this Iowan’s trigger. For the past 12 years, five friends have burned off-days the first week of November to take advantage of Iowa’s whitetail rut. The group includes Mark Brownfield, Vick Bycroft and three Steves: Johnson, Lastine and Morris. They have 40 stands in two counties – a total of 1... READ MORE