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Entries for June 2021
Nine Days in October
By Mike Handley
A forward shift in season dates makes choosing easier for this Iowa hunter. For the first time since he began hunting in Iowa, Joe Daubner bought a deer permit for the early blackpowder season last year. “I wasn’t keen on getting an early muzzleloader tag, at first,” he said. “I really had to think about it.” For start... READ MORE
More Than Meat
By Duncan Dobie
Somebody’s dog missed out on two really GREAT chew toys.
Being raised on the family farm in west-central Minnesota during the war years of the 1940s, Jim Matter grew strong and resourceful trapping muskrats near the Buffalo River in sub-freezing temperatures and hunting prairie chickens with his dad whenever the two could slip away from thei... READ MORE
Roadside Attraction
By Mike Handley
The road to this Oklahoma behemoth was paved with Rice Krispies. Both whitetails and wapiti were fair game on private lands during Oklahoma’s 2015 rifle season, which spanned Nov. 21 through Dec. 6. While elk roam 30 of the state’s 77 counties, they’re more plentiful in the southwestern counties. Even where they’re thickest,... READ MORE
Where the Tractors Don’t Go
By John E. Phillips
This Kansas deer hunter knows the value of untilled ‘scrap’ land. When looking for deer hunting ground, David Yutzy of Nickerson, Kansas, doesn’t seek out traditional blocks or farms. He’s not interested in leasing land he can’t hunt in order to have a sliver he can. “I hunt the scraps,” he says, “sma... READ MORE
Three Do-overs
By John E. Phillips
It took five bullets in five years for this Mississippian to find a cure for insomnia. Eddie Harrell of Lena, Mississippi, had a five-year history with the whitetail he shot in December 2015. “I called him Phantom, and I dreamed about that deer at night. A day never passed that I didn’t think about him,” Eddie said. “He was ... READ MORE