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BY: MIKE HANDLEY
But When the School Bell Rings
Danny Scott struck a deal with his grandson, Ben Turner, when they retrieved trail camera photographs of an enormous buck with an unusual buck. First, they...
BY: PATRICK DUNNING
202 Reasons to Smile
Your first deer is often the most memorable whether it has antlers or not. You remember where you were, who was there and how excited it made you feel. It's...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Worth the Hike, Even in the Dark
Less than a year away from a college degree in land surveying and mapping sciences, Leo Van Beck learned one of his most useful lessons off campus last fall.
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Antique Store Buck Cracks Top-10 List of Typicals
If the telegraph were still in use today, the nation’s deer sleuths would be slinging a lot of clicks about an old mount recently rescued from a Pennsylvania...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Despite the Near-70-degree Weather
The beetle man hates Josh Feldman, but at least one taxidermist near Alton, Illinois, could kiss him.
Had it not been for Josh’s shaming, Aaron Fry might’ve...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Father-Son Double
While turkey hunting in the spring of 2018, Shawn Durben saw a buck with huge velvet-covered knobs.
Trail cam photos documented the deer’s meteoric growth...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Do I Stay, or Do I Go?
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...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Change of Scenery Just the Ticket
The next time someone asks Daniel Montgomery to sit in his treestand, the retired sheriff from Mt. Vernon, Indiana, will not be able to say YES quickly...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Mid-September on Public Land
David Ramey of Cartersville, Georgia, doesn’t mind breaking a sweat while deer hunting, as long as he’s in Kansas with a bug machine. The roughly $555...
BY: MIKE HANDLEY
Bullet-worthy
Perry Richardson doesn't spend a lot on broadheads or bullets.
He could easily punch his Kentucky buck tag every season, since the Meade County farm he hunts...
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