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Entries for October 2023
An Hour to Spare
By Ed Waite
Ohio’s 2016 deer season didn’t get off to a particularly good start for Adam Wells. Because of the hotter-than-usual weather, he rarely ventured outdoors except to monitor trail cameras.
Collecting photos is Adam’s favorite way of keeping tabs on the whitetails roaming the farm he’s hunted for many years. But the act itse... READ MORE
Hot Spot
By Mike Handley
The beetle man hates Josh Feldman, but at least one taxidermist near Alton, Illinois, could kiss him.
Had it not been for Josh’s shaming, Aaron Fry might’ve paid to have insects clean his 2017 buck’s skull so he could screw it to a plaque. But the cape and antlers are now with a taxidermist, soon to be Aaron’s first troph... READ MORE
Nine Years of Yesterdays... Still-hunting might be unjustly underrated.
By John E. Phillips
Nine years have passed since Kevin Cottrell of Bonnieville, Kentucky, shot his career-best whitetail. But he remembers Nov. 11, 2007, as if it were only yesterday.
The 44-year-old hunts deer on his own 31-acre farm in Hart County.
“I’d been putting out bait in front of my trail camera since before the 2007 bow season arrived. This... READ MORE