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Entries for August 2021
No Surrender, Despite 15 Flags
By John E. Phillips
Quick thinking and topography allow farmer a second chance at dream buck. If you blow a hunt or spook a buck, you might still be able to salvage an opportunity if you know the land you’re hunting and have a good idea of where that whitetail wants to go. Terrain permitting, heading a deer off at the pass could be the second chance for which yo... READ MORE
He Couldn’t NOT Look, Right?
By Mike Handley
Cows on the lam lead man to bull of the woods. Nicholas Johnson of Coleman, Oklahoma, hadn’t planned to hunt the opening day of the 2012 rifle season, a Saturday, because he’d scheduled the next nine days off from the casino where he works. Still, the 34-year-old didn’t gain any sleep that morning. “That Friday night, Nov. ... READ MORE
Oh, Yes, He Did …
By John E. Phillips
Has leg-pulling become a cliché? Sometimes, the joke is no joke at all. A little after dark during the 2014 hunting season in November, Mike Simon of McPherson, Kansas, saw his 15-year-old son, Parker, coming down the road toward their vehicle. When he arrived, Parker said, “Dad, I saw a big buck about noon that had main beams curled a... READ MORE
Former Virginia Record Came off Dairy Farm
By Duncan Dobie
Before-school chores sometimes include collecting meat for the larder and hair-on hatracks.
Many are the stories about huge bucks being seen on or near dairy farms. Maybe it has something to do with all the great feed available. Even though most big bucks usually avoid sharing quarters with cattle, all that fresh corn might be too much to resist.
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Why Pavlov Didn’t Use Deer
By Dale Weddle
This buck’s nose saved its bacon the first time. An errant shot ensured only a headache the next.
Ol’ Two Drop came up out of the creek bed and into the food plot. Tim Hatton hadn’t recognized the distinctive deer before then, even though he’d been watching it mangle a bush on the other side of the creek for nearly half an ... READ MORE