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Entries for October 2022
The 10th Camera
By John E. Phillips
You’ll always find what you’re seeking in the last place you look. The day after the 2015 deer season ended, one of Jamie Barnette’s trail cameras photographed the biggest – if not, certainly the most unique – whitetail he’d seen in eight years of hunting Kansas. He and his buddies pegged it as a 3-year-old weari... READ MORE
A Series of Fortunate Events
By Mike Handley
Any number of factors could’ve altered this tale of whoa to one of woe. If Darren Ambrose had been hunting with a compound instead of a longbow in 2009, chances are he wouldn’t have had an opportunity for a do-over. He was so bedazzled by the whitetail sporting a drop tine and 21 other points that he shot over its back from a mere 10 ya... READ MORE
Nearly Point-Blank
By John E. Phillips
Ohio man learns not to dismiss his wife’s intuition. Although Charles Gerken was sitting beside his wife, Fabiola, on Oct. 9, 2016, he didn’t see the buck she shot at nearly point-blank range until afterward “I tried to wake my husband, but he was so sound asleep he wouldn’t wake up,” Fabiola said. “The buck was ... READ MORE
We Three Kings
By Richard P. Smith
Three of four Michigan crossbow records are toppled during the 2016 season. Editor’s Note: Wondering how Michigan could gain three new state records in one season without one cancelling out another? Under Buckmasters’ system, every weapon category has No. 1 spots for the four types of racks we recognize: typical, perfect, semi-irregular... READ MORE