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Entries for February 2021
Missouri Mood Changer
By Mike Handley
Self-proclaimed grumpy old man forgets how to frown, if only for a day. Except for a half-hour during the morning of Nov. 10, the 2014 bow season wasn’t particularly memorable for Tom Ciak, the graying and bearded proprietor of Big Bird’s Bait and Bows in Maryville, Missouri. His customers don’t call him Tom. To them, he’s B... READ MORE
Field Goal
By Mike Handley
Sometimes the best nickname for a buck is staring you in the face. Strong brow tines (or eye guards) are the exception rather than the rule on the 100 acres William Bidwell owns and hunts in northern Cherokee County, Oklahoma. So it was a big deal when, in June 2014, he retrieved trail camera photographs of a buck wearing twin P1s that looked every... READ MORE
Out of the Mist
By Ken Kastely
Nonresident’s nearly 400-inch bull one of two that scramble Pennsylvania’s elk records in 2011. After seven years of throwing my name in the hat, I finally drew one of 18 coveted Pennsylvania bull elk tags in 2011. Almost 19,000 people had put in for it. In their attempt to notify me, wildlife officials found my father Bela’s tele... READ MORE
One Man’s Trash
By Lisa Price
A $65 pawnshop bow, a determined nephew and a missed shot at an 8-pointer combine for a life-changing buck.
It’s said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and this old adage was never truer than it’s been for Jim Hohensee of Abilene, Kansas.
One man’s trash was an old compound bow.
“I work for a big... READ MORE