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Entries for February 2021
Become a Buck Profiler
By Darren Warner
Because good deer hunters don’t have to be politically correct. Ask any researcher who’s spent a lot of time around whitetails, and they’ll tell you that deer, just like our pets, have distinct personalities. “I think there’s a lot of collateral research that supports the belief that bucks have different personality ty... READ MORE
It’s in the Genes
By Bob Humphrey
Are whitetails from Florida really the same as those from Saskatchewan? Sheep hunters first procured the term Grand Slam from baseball to recognize those who had taken each of the North American sheep species recognized by the Boone and Crockett Club: Dall’s, Rocky Mountain bighorn, desert bighorn and Stone’s. Turkey hunters later follo... READ MORE
Surviving Lockdown
By P.J. Reilly
When the bucks won’t come to you, it’s time to go to them. Lockdown. It’s like deer season constipation. After several weeks of steady deer sightings, they suddenly just disappear. Hunters sit in their stands and hope and pray things will shake loose, but often all they experience is frustration. Lockdown is that difficult period ... READ MORE
Here Comes the Bride
By Mike Handley
Giant Indiana buck isn’t second place in everything. The year Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking Major League Baseball’s five-decade color barrier, a doctor from Natchez, Miss., shot a Louisiana buck that would not be seriously challenged for 66 years. The gnarly whitetail taken in 1947 by the late Dr. Joseph Shi... READ MORE