Buckmasters Magazine

Entries for April 2022

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!

By Bob Humphrey

An inside look at the Whitetail Fighting Federation. Ladies and gentlemen: Welcome to tonight's main event. In the blue corner, weighing 248 pounds, sporting 8 points and heavy mass, the challenger: Bruiser McBuck. And in the red corner weighing 257 pounds and sporting 10 tall tines, the reigning heavyweight champion, Old Mossy Horns. Let’s G... READ MORE

Know When to Hold ’Em

Know When to Hold ’Em

By Bob Humphrey

How to tell when it’s time to go all-in while hunting out of state. It’s the first sit on the first day of a five-day hunt in a place you’ve never been. The sun has yet to rise above the treetops, but the surrounding forest is coming alive. Woodpeckers bark their scratchy calls, and the first squirrel stirs from its slumber and sc... READ MORE

Weather Gone Wild

Weather Gone Wild

By David Hart

How do whitetails cope with extreme weather events? Ice-covered branches crashed to the ground like chandeliers falling on a marble foyer. With each passing minute, the limbs in the forest in front of me grew heavier as rain fell and then froze on everything it touched. By 4 p.m., a half inch of ice coated the southwestern Missouri landscape. I was... READ MORE

Right or Left

Right or Left

By Rodney Bryson

It pays to practice gun shooting from both sides. My first rifle was a .35-caliber Marlin, and I couldn’t wait to take it to the range. There, I met June Harrill, who watched me before asking if I wanted to learn how to shoot. I must have been really bad. I was able to swallow my pride and accept the offer, and June and I became good friends.... READ MORE

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