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Entries for October 2017
Dorothy I’m Not
By Jay Hickey
There’s no place like home and home wasn’t Kansas. Deer hunters with unfilled tags and two days left to fill them aren’t especially eager to see the great state of Kansas in their rearview mirrors. But when I realized southwest Arkansas was about to be hit by a rare southerly breeze, I couldn’t pack for home fast enough. Not... READ MORE
Phoning Ethan
By Mike Handley
Ethan Vinson might forever rue the day he chose not to sit in a ladder stand behind his father’s house in south Georgia. He suspected it the moment the telephone rang — too early on a Sunday morning to be a casual call and hello. He knew it the moment he heard the smile in the voice on the other end of the line. “How’s your ... READ MORE
No Glasses Required
By Lisa Price
Louisiana bowhunter Rusty Thompson rubbed his eyes, shook his head, and then trudged to the swiss-cheesed target to pull out the spray of arrows. He couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t getting consistent groups. Almost halfway into his fifth decade on the planet, four of those as an archery addict, he’d never had setup problems like... READ MORE
The One That Didn’t Get Away
By Rob Meade
Jerrode Jones and his fiancée, Kayla, like to spend summer evenings videotaping bucks in the bean fields of southern Ohio. In August 2011, the couple was sitting in a fencerow at dusk. They had just recorded several minutes of footage of a 150- to 160-class buck, and it was almost time to go. Jerrode was putting up the camera, when his sweet... READ MORE