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Entries for April 2019
Deer Dementia?
By Rob Meade
Even smart, nocturnal bucks can forget everything they’ve learned. As a timber buyer in the logging industry, Chad McCoy of Peebles, Ohio, spends a lot of time in the woods. Even when he’s not working, he’s often still looking at trees from a deer stand. In the fall of 2010, while appraising property in Adams County, he came acros... READ MORE
The Perfect Garnish for Backstrap
By Dale Weddle
Bluegrass doctor makes up for lost time in a span of five minutes. Patrick Williams would’ve been happy just to be far removed from a waiting room full of patients. He’d have been ecstatic if he’d also managed to carry home some meat for the larder. On Nov. 11, 2012, the physician from Prospect, Ky., experienced quite another mood... READ MORE
Weak Knees
By Mike Handley
Louisiana northpaw learns the advantages of being a switch-shooter. Jason Archer’s 2013 hunt in Concordia Parish could’ve been a DIRECTV commercial. When you look at your watch and realize a few hours remain in the day, you go hunting. When you go hunting in hog-infested woods, you might expect to shoot a pig. When you choose where to g... READ MORE
Say Cheese!
By Terry Rathman
Justin Newsome’s trail cam setup was like a free photo booth without a curtain. The buck Justin Newsome smoked last September was drawn to a trail camera like a moth to a bug zapper. Justin, a 34-year-old power plant employee who decided Butler, Mo., is a greener pasture than his native Florida, lives about 16 miles from the Kansas state line... READ MORE