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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...
His Rutcation Wasn’t All That
When Brian Fultz walked into Rick Busse’s taxidermy studio in Piqua, Ohio, on Dec. 11, he was unprepared for the man’s response.
Scott County, Indiana’s Best Typical by Shotgun
Gary Cole isn’t exactly a trophy hunter, but neither is he a meat hunter. There’s no point in striving for the latter when your floor freezer is on the fritz.
Good Things Come
Travis Stites of Phillipsburg, Kansas, knew the family ground he was hunting was home to at least one great buck. He'd seen it once on the hoof and in trail...
In Praise of Grunt Calls
The third-largest whitetail felled during the 2018 season came out of Indiana.
At 254 4/8 inches, Adrian Luntzel’s buck is the Hoosier State’s new crossbow...
Teamwork
One of the biggest whitetails felled in the South in 2016 came out of the Peach State, proof that two heads (and guns) are sometimes better than one.
One of...
Why You Should Hunt Turkeys
Star-spangling a longbeard's head might have been the reason Mike Barnes went to Labette County, Kansas, in May 2014. But he also took the opportunity to...
Whac-a-Buck
Billy Graham of Arkansas was within a hair's breadth of pounding a buck that would rival his career-best when a much bigger one popped out of its hole on...
My Pronouns Are White and Tail
Justin Buchanan’s Crawford County 14-pointer made rounds in outdoor media because of the Georgia whitetail’s rack and apparent lack of male reproductive...
Chewiness is a Small Price to Pay
Phillip Pless has always considered himself a meat hunter. Last season, however, he opted for a little more gristle in his venison.
The mindset of the...
Searching for the Right Pronoun
Shawn Trull of Kennedy, Alabama, isn't quite sure whether to refer to the deer he shot in late January 2014 as a he or a she. Biologically, the antlered deer...
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