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Entries for January 2018
There’s No Place Like Home
By Lisa L. Price
After a quarter-century hiatus from hunting, following a move from his native Kansas to California, Phil Ryan was eager to rediscover the thrill when he moved back home in 2011. And thanks to a church buddy and his brother, Alan, he did just that. Phil might not have climbed any trees while living on the west coast, but he never forgot how much he&... READ MORE
Breaking — In Excellently
By Larry Jones
Before last October, this Arkansas hunter had a never pointed a crossbow at a living, breathing target. Like the frog that refuses to let go and be swallowed by a heron, 41-year-old Mike Miller of Marion, Ark., will not go gently into that abyss. Mike learned in 2002 that he has leukemia. After struggling through treatment and three relapses during... READ MORE
One Million
By Joe Godar
Each year, my longtime friend, Don, and I manage to block off a few days away from work and family to bowhunt together. In 2012, we found three days in November. Our destination was some property in Highland County, Ohio, I’d purchased five or six years earlier, though I’d hunted the place far longer. My family has had several cabins th... READ MORE
One More Time
By Steve Shaw
Never Write Off a Stand Until the Day After You Decide to Do it. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the small 40-acre tract I leased in 2011. I signed the dotted line because I’d heard some big deer were seen in that corner of Alamance County, N.C., and it was close to home. I hadn’t seen anything special, but I was hopeful. A frie... READ MORE
Kabobs with 19 Skewers
By Dale Weddle
Even with a forked tree as a rest, it took every ounce of George Morrison’s willpower to steady his .30-06 long enough to bring the crosshairs to rest on the huge whitetail’s neck. With adrenalin coursing through his body, he took one last deep breath, locked in and slowly squeezed the trigger. A lifetime of hunting, much of it with a ... READ MORE