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Entries for December 2021
The Third Hail Mary
By Mike Handley
A city ordinance almost prevented Randy Kukral from scoring his career-best whitetail last month. The desperate - and now smiling - man's Hail Marys involved talking to a police chief and knocking on two doors. Where Randy lives and hunts in Portage County, Ohio, a hunter isn't allowed to shoot a deer off any property with fewer than 8 acres. While... READ MORE
Cardio, Oklahoma-style
By Mike Handley
Does an explosive covey rise provide as much cardio as staring down a world-class whitetail with only a bow in hand? Perkins, Oklahoma, gym owner Justin Kimmel says no, and he should know. The 32-year-old fitness wiz with six-pack abs didn't always feel this way. He was a devout bird hunter until he was lured into the bowhunting fold five years ago... READ MORE
Shades of Gray
By Mike Handley
Because most measuring systems do not differentiate between bucks and does, keeping only records of the racks they wear, declaring a state- or world-record antlered doe often comes down to what scorers and administrators can remember. To make things easier, at least for the sake of quick reference, Buckmasters' scoresheet now has a BUCK-or-DOE box.... READ MORE
On Top of the World, at Age 10
By Mike Handley
How many 10-year-olds manage to tick off two bucket-list items in a span of one second? Ella Perkins did it — taking her first buck AND breaking the 200-inch mark — while hunting with her dad, Cody, last September. Cody says the whitetail they’d nicknamed Big Boy was bedding on the adjacent property, near a lake that serves as the... READ MORE