The Haystack Buck |
By Jon Bryan
-- At 5 p.m., I had defied logic, was sitting behind a tree and scouting for deer. What’s illogical about that? The tree that I wa...
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Eastern Shore's Reputation on Target |
By Norman L. Wines
-- It was a crisp and breezy, 45-degree Nov. 26 -- three days into Maryland's 2007 season -- and I had not seen a single deer al...
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First Buck, Biggest Buck |
By Carlton Isaacs
-- Although I was 57 years old at the time and had been hunting for quite a few seasons, it looked like I would never get a buck....
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Bro Gets the Big One |
By Nathan Vlcek
-- On Oct. 6, 2007, I spotted a monstrous buck out in a neighbor’s bean field. It was walking from the river to their wooded hi...
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“You’d Better Sit in the Ladder Tonight” |
By Shannon M. Peters
-- I am a science teacher. And while I come to know many students who adore hunting as much as I do, I am reluctant to invite th...
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In Plain Sight |
By Steven Miller
-- Well it was Oct. 30, and it had been a very warm Michigan bow season. I hadn’t had much luck. In fact, I’d missed the...
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Third Meeting's a Charm, for Hunter |
By Michael S. Dunn
-- I belong to a hunting lease that has a 6-point-or-better rule. Each club member has his own area. I didn't bag a deer in 200...
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Like Father, Not Like Son |
By Robert Lang
-- I harvested this 25 2/8-inch-wide 15-pointer while hunting a 10-acre parcel of private land in Muskegon County, Mich. ...
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Rekindled, at Last! |
By Doug Hall
-- My son, Fletcher, might still be cutting his woodsman’s teeth, but he’s my best hunting buddy.
Prior to the 2007 season,...
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The One that Didn’t Get Away |
By James Wheeler, Jr.
-- My family has owned a 47-acre piece of property for years, and we’ve all hunted it at one time or another. We’ve...
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Season to Remember |
By Mac Moad
-- The first week of October 2007 was a long time coming.
I spent the first three days in my favorite stand, watching a trio of raccoon...
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Homecoming |
By Pat Mosko
-- In 2008, I made the trip back to western New York for opening week of rifle season. It’s a place I call home, even though I now...
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Birthday Party Buck Call |
By A.J. Capece
-- A front was blowing in, and to prepare for hunting in the cold weather, I went to the local outdoors store. A half-hour later I cam...
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Halloween Buck |
By Jeff Coffin
-- It was Halloween day in 2007, and I had worked until 5 p.m. I had seen a buck the night before, but it was in an area I didn’...
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Right on the Money |
By Mike Gilbert
-- My 15-year-old son shot his first whitetail on Nov. 21 in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
Not long after he’d settled into his tre...
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