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Entries for December 2018
Who Needs Fanfare?
By Tom Hough
Here’s the buck nobody saw at the Iowa Deer Classic. When I first heard about Jason Chase’s buck, I was ogling several other world-class whitetails being measured behind the curtain at the 2013 Iowa Deer Classic. It seemed inconceivable that another deer of that caliber wasn’t even at the show (that it was hanging inside the Schee... READ MORE
Twice Aloft
By Dale Weddle
You’re either a deer hunter or a Soprano if your brother-in-law calls to say he killed Dave, and all you can say is “Woohoo!” It’s a good thing Nathaniel Yoder was sitting down when he viewed the images captured by his trail camera in August 2012. The Kentucky native had strapped the camera to a tree near a new mineral lick ... READ MORE
Term of EnDEERment
By Rusty Johnson
In a perfect world, we’d all have plenty of time to evaluate antlers. But is there such a place? Alberta deer guide Aaron Franklin will never forget the week he spent trying to make an Oklahoma hunter’s dream come true. The moment Devin Moore told Aaron, “Let’s go find a big ol’ buck,” the pace for the next six d... READ MORE
Trip Wire
By Ed Waite
If the llama’s looking, you’d better have more than a hammer in hand. After three years of playing cat and mouse with a warhorse of a buck, ’twas Gary Hornbeck who wore the Cheshire grin in 2012. Had it not been for an old wire fence, however, the normally surefooted whitetail might have won the day. At the very least, the deer hu... READ MORE