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Entries for December 2022
Pennsylvania Crossbow Record
By Eric Carns
One hunter’s loss leads to another’s gain. One gets the photos; the other gets the buck. My story begins weeks before Pennsylvania’s 2016 archery season even started, when my brother-in-law sent me pictures of a massive buck in velvet. One of my parents’ neighbors, a kid, was sharing trail camera photographs with him. Little... READ MORE
Piano Man
By Mike Handley
This Richland Parish bruiser, or at least its buddy, couldn’t resist the tickling of ivories. The rattling bag Geoffrey Henry bought just prior to the Oct. 1, 2017, bow opener was worth every penny. The deer hunter from Start, Louisiana, picked it up at Simmons’ Sporting Goods in Bastrop, after a couple of buddies in the store’s a... READ MORE
No Joke
By Mike Handley
Arkansas naysayer has a little crow to go along with his venison. When Chris Cypert saw the 2016 trail camera photograph of a buck with an extra beam, reportedly within 30 miles of his home in Searcy, Arkansas, he refused to take it seriously. He’d seen plenty of big buck photographs passed around from phone to phone, shared on Facebook, and ... READ MORE
WMA Monster
By Mike Handley
Breaking a sweat to escape well beaten paths puts this Oklahoman in the record books. Grunting at noises helped. One of the finest whitetails to fall in Oklahoma in 2016 came off land open to all. Ross Fenley, a 26-year-old mechanical engineer for International Paper Co., shot it while hunting with friends at the Three Rivers Wildlife Management Ar... READ MORE