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Entries for March 2021
The Buck That Wasn’t
By Mike Handley
Here’s a deer. Here's its steeple. Open it up, and ... Whoa, Mama! When Doug Laird of Russellville, Missouri, talks about the deer he shot in 2014, pronouns appear to jump the tracks. “A big buck came through at 9 a.m., about an hour before I normally leave the woods,” he says. “It had a small doe with it, and an 8-pointer w... READ MORE
Tube Music
By Mike Handley
Oklahoman uses deerspeak to lure 17-pointer into the light. If four decades have taught Dean Holbrook anything about the deer hiding among the slick hills of Kiowa County, Oklahoma, it’s that the bucks are almost completely nocturnal until the very air reeks of doe. Almost. That’s why the 52-year-old farmer from Lawton rarely hunts with... READ MORE
Yes, It’s THAT Big
By Ed Waite
Bowhunting gains a new totem for its pole, another from Ohio and a new No. 2. Dan Coffman agreed to be a bowhunting mentor to his good friend, Josh Terry, in the summer of 2014. Soon afterward, Josh gained permission for them to hunt 400 acres in central Ohio. The guys devoted many hours to scouting the land and identifying potential stand sites. T... READ MORE
The Fourth R
By Mike Handley
Reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic are followed by rut in this corner of Ohio. Most teenagers who want a day off from school must feign an upset stomach, a sore throat, or devise a way to make a thermometer show a fever. Sixteen-year-old Austin Etherington of Piqua, Ohio, had merely to ask his mother. His reason – and she wanted one ... READ MORE
Mother Lode
By Ed Waite
This West Virginia coal miner found the mother lode of antler last December. Brandon Duncan wasn’t overly impressed the first time he laid eyes on the deer that landed him in this magazine. That was in 2014, when the buck was considerably smaller. The deer he wanted to kill that season was bigger, so he considered this one his second choice a... READ MORE