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Entries for December 2014
Hunting Elvis
By Mike Handley
Jean Marquis first saw Elvis on June 24, 2013. The king (of deer) was still in velvet, its giant and still-growing rack easy to decipher against the lush soybeans.
"After that first sighting, I looked for Elvis on a regular basis," the Kentuckian told Dale Weddle, who penned his story for Rack magazine. "I even began filming him with a telephoto l... READ MORE
Alabamian Wins Face-off in Illinois
By Mike Handley
The buck was behind, downwind of and looking at Robert Cardin. If Robert had been in a stand back home in Alabama on that day in 2013, things would not have ended well for the deer hunter. But the man was hunting in Illinois, where mature whitetails are more apt to say oops before getting out of Dodge. The face-off occurred on the last afternoon of... READ MORE
Ground Swellage
By Mike Handley
Maybe it's a good thing that Michael Schumann and his sons, Dillon and Matthew, thought they were hunting a 180-inch buck on their ground in Randolph County, Mo., in 2013. Had they known the whitetail they nicknamed The 180 would actually gross more than 200, life away from a deer stand would've been even more unbearable. They'd been watching the d... READ MORE
Never Too Late to Learn a New Trick
By Mike Handley
Aging babyboomers aren't particularly cozy with new technology, but that doesn't mean they'll always shun it.
After all, it's hard not to agree that 100 television channels is better than three, that possessing a cell phone is better than driving around and looking for a pay phone, or that today's refrigerators are far superior to yesteryear's ice... READ MORE
Whac-a-Buck
By Mike Handley
Billy Graham of Arkansas was within a hair's breadth of pounding a buck that would rival his career-best when a much bigger one popped out of its hole on Dec. 17, 2012.
The 59-year-old went out that afternoon with the intention of hunting from his wife's favorite box stand overlooking a small food plot and pecan orchard. Neither Debra Graham, nor ... READ MORE