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Entries for January 2019
Handlebars
By Mike Handley
Three times in 2017, windows of opportunity slammed shut before Randall Oliver could even attempt shooting at the drop-tined buck he desperately wanted. He had much better luck in 2018, however, and he didn’t have to give away his eyeteeth. The 52-year-old heavy equipment operator has prowled the same land in Miami County, Kansas, since 2000,... READ MORE
Forked Eyeguards, Plural
By Mike Handley
If you don’t believe a completely run-of-the-mill whitetail can become a centerfold buck in a mere two years, just ask Scott Meyer. The 38-year-old from Crystal City, Missouri, will soon screw a hanger into the back of all the proof he’ll ever need. Scott’s father bought a Clark County farm – in the state’s northeaster... READ MORE
Father-Son Double
By Mike Handley
While turkey hunting in the spring of 2018, Shawn Durben saw a buck with huge velvet-covered knobs. Trail cam photos documented the deer’s meteoric growth throughout the summer months, and Shawn also got a glimpse of it while bush-hogging a dense crabapple thicket. With that deer in mind, Shawn brushed-in a new double blind beside a food plo... READ MORE
Coyotes vs. Deranged Deer Hunter
By Mike Handley
When Ohio bowhunter Jeremy Conrad began trailing the giant, opening-day whitetail he’d arrowed 45 minutes earlier, he soon realized he wasn’t alone. Jeremy heard them before he saw the four coyotes fighting – more like arguing – over his dead deer. So busy trying to establish who was at the top of the food chain, they paid t... READ MORE
Fringe Benefits
By Mike Handley
Nolan Johnson can thank his buddy and fellow weed-killing, crop-fertilizing co-worker, Earl, for telling him about the monstrous whitetail he wound up arrowing in 2018. He can also tip his hat to a farmer who gave him a key to a seldom-used gate. “Earl jumped a really big buck while spraying soybeans in the spring,” Nolan told John Phil... READ MORE