Dinging and Coughing Fool 20-pointer |
By Josh Spencer
-- On Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, I woke up at 5 a.m. and went outside to see what the weather was like in Mt. Sterling, Ky. It wa...
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Redemption Wore Eight Points |
By Bill LeConey
-- Hunting state woods in southern New Jersey isn’t the “ideal” hunting conditions. The whitetails receive a lot of pressure. There...
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Driving in the Thick Stuff |
By Caleb Lyon
-- During the late muzzleloader season in central Iowa, Pete Lyon took this 141 5/8-inch 11-point buck on a deer drive. We were pushing...
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A Trophy Forgotten |
By Robert Gratson
-- We’ve all heard tales of a hunter shooting a deer and then someone taking it from them. This is one of those stories. It happene...
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I Wish He Had a Doe With Him |
By John Fritz
-- We have a relatively short firearms season here in Indiana (it's 15 days beginning Nov. 15) so the anticipation really starts to bu...
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My Buck of a Lifetime |
By Paul Daman
-- It was a cold, crisp November morning in Aberdeen, Ohio, the peak of the rut during the archery season. I had been on the stand for ...
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My Unbelievable Dream Season |
By Dr. Michael Tveraas
-- It was early October 2006 when my unbelievable dream season began. My 81-year-old friend Walter Senn had helped me bu...
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If You Can’t Beat ’Em ... |
By Carey M. Hibbs
-- My husband has been hunting throughout the 10 years we’ve been married, but he really got serious about it over the last four ye...
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Homework Pays Off With an A+ Trophy |
By Steve Lamb
-- August 2006 was slow in arriving, and the September archery elk season was just handful of days away. Haunted by the mental images o...
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At the Center of the Action |
By Mark Gregor
-- It was Oct. 30, 2008, and the rut was just starting where I hunt in Wisconsin. It was a warm and windy day, so I was not too excite...
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Making Up for Lost Time |
By Marty Plunk
-- My 2004 bow season was cut short following a doctor’s visit. A blood clot had settled on my artificial heart valve, requiring immed...
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The Worst of Times, the Best of Bucks |
By Bill Hoffman
-- Oct. 26, 2008, was a very blustery day in the middle of the South Dakota archery season. With wind gusts of up to 50 mph, I was v...
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Setting Goals and Shooting Bucks |
By Sue Griffin
-- My father taught me to hunt and fish when I was really young, which cemented the bond between us. Being a girl was never an obstacl...
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Long Wait for His First Buck |
By John Everett
-- My grandfather, Hubert Myers, passed away on May 16, 2006.
He was my best friend, hunting partner and mentor – the coolest 89-y...
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Mosquitoes Stole My Blood Trail |
By Darin Wiley
-- Kansas bowhunters got an early start in 2008, but the price was having to deal with the heat and bugs. I was out there on Sept. 25,...
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