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Entries for May 2022
Bulletproof ... NOT!
By Dale Weddle
Four misses in three years not enough to send this buck packing. Seventeen-year-old Jacob Murphy made his second shot count, even if he had to wait a year and change weapons to do it. The Kentucky teenager took his first poke at the enormous 6x6 during the 2015 muzzleloading season. His second chance came during the next year’s modern rifle s... READ MORE
Wake-Up Call
By Mike Handley
Missouri girl’s first deer will require a load-bearing wall. Had it not been for her older brother Chase’s coaxing, 12-year-old Brit Looney would’ve gladly let the curtain drop on Missouri’s late-October youth season without firing a shot. Now the sixth-grader from Higginsville, Missouri, has one less bullet for her .243. &l... READ MORE
Deer... Buck... SHOOTER!
By Mike Handley
Arkansas man didn’t need to look at this buck’s chest, back or belly before squeezing the trigger. The seven members of Ryan Keeter’s hunting club decided a long time ago to pass up young bucks. As a result, they not only see more deer, but they have also become adept at spotting the differences between juvenile and mature whiteta... READ MORE
Deer in the Drink
By Ed Waite
Don’t listen to people who say scrape hunting is overrated. Even if you have to build it, they will come. Three days into his state’s 2016 archery season, Arthur Zerbe of Denver, Pennsylvania, refused to let the thermometer keep him from deer hunting. He’d decided to spend the afternoon of Sept. 20 on a 500-acre estate in deer-ric... READ MORE