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Entries for July 2022
Making Lemonade
By Ed Waite
When the hunting gods start dropping lemons, grab a pitcher and start squeezing. Managing a veterinary clinic’s office leaves only evenings and weekends for Heather Sweeney to hunt deer. For the past four years, she and her husband Tim have had permission to hunt a former 80-acre nursery in southwestern Ohio. The Sweeneys have devoted many ho... READ MORE
Steve Scissorhands
By John E. Phillips
Multitasking helps Iowa bowhunter to his career-best whitetail.
When Steve Johnson reached into his fanny pack for his pruners, there were no pruners.
Worried some branches might block or affect his arrow’s flight, the bowhunter from Clarinda, Iowa, wanted to trim the new growth that had sprouted since the previous season.
Because he&rsquo... READ MORE
They Call Him King
By Lisa Price
The shortest distance to the taxidermist is the line between points A and B. A deer lease in Houston County, Texas, was the perfect gift for Mark Lee’s newly teenaged son. Two hours from their Crosby home, the tract is mostly pasture. Only 50 of the 1,000 acres are wooded, but Mark thought he and 13-year-old Cullen might have a legitimate sho... READ MORE
Sweet Spot
By Mike Handley
Seeing a buck with double drops is enough to send anyone to a plat book. Drew Miller leases 500 acres in Oklahoma, where the bucks are generally bigger. The land is less than an hour’s drive from his home in Paris, Texas. The 33-year-old owner of an oil change business also holds the deed to property south of Paris, adjacent to a dairy farm w... READ MORE