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Entries for December 2015
Driving Mr. Lee
By Jill J. Easton
Not every good deed goes punished. Being neighborly has its advantages. Tom Ross helps “Mr. Lee” Simms, an older across-the-road neighbor, with his hay, cows and fences, and he even takes him to the doctor. In return for his kindness, he gets to hunt the 40-acre pasture a mere 560 yards from his front door. The pasture, ringed by trees,... READ MORE
Grunting Counteracts ‘Tink’ and Miss
By Rory Leszczynski
I’d planned to go hunting after work on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. I had three spots in mind: where I’d found a beautiful 2-year-old, 8-point set of sheds the previous spring (about a 110-inch buck), a place that required a 35-minute drive and a 45-minute walk, and public ground where three nice bucks were rumored to be living. Wind direc... READ MORE
Not a Trace
By Mike Handley
Scavengers don’t always win scavenger hunts. When 12-year-old Joshua Poland squeezed his .270’s trigger on Dec. 28, 2011, the gratification came much later. Unlike the targets he and his dad, Terry, plink with a .22 rimfire back home near Delhi, La., the buck did not twirl in the air. In this case, the palmettos swallowed it. Fifteen mi... READ MORE
To MAAAAH or Not to MAAAAH?
By T. J. Pugh
Missouri bowhunter has only seconds to contemplate which card to play. It might’ve been dark when I headed out with my bow on Oct. 30, the first day of the 2010 youth firearms season, but I still felt like a giant pumpkin. As required during any of Missouri’s firearms seasons, I was wearing an orange vest en route to my stand near the s... READ MORE
Night of the Living Dead
By Ed Waite
Chris Miraglia’s Stark County 18-pointer is No. 7 among Ohio’s bow-taken Semi-irregulars. Chris Miraglia looked like one of George Romero’s zombies when he staggered into his suburban Ohio home on Oct. 24, 2011. Had it not been for the goofy grin underneath his bloody and creviced brow, his wife might’ve screamed. She almost... READ MORE