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Entries for August 2022
Doubling Down
By Dale Weddle
This carrier of big antlers did not walk softly. James Bishop and his son, Wyatt, knew several nice 8-pointers were roaming their Casey County, Kentucky, farm in 2016. They were not aware that a much bigger whitetail, one James might refer to as a “lottery buck,” walked those same ridges. Their enlightenment came on Nov. 12. James intro... READ MORE
Holy Grail
By Mike Handley
Missouri hunter’s makeshift ‘hillbilly castle’ puts him closer to whitetail Camelot. After 12 years of mainly collecting venison for the freezer, Jared Foster decided in 2016 to hold out for a buck worthy of the wall. It took the 34-year-old teacher and track coach eight weekends to do it. The father of two toddlers passed up a lo... READ MORE
Quality Trumps Quantity
By Mike Handley
Post-Thanksgiving, peak-rut hunt proves father knows best. When Lane Lawrimore of Hartselle, Alabama, told his 17-year-old son, Will, they stood a better chance of shooting a big buck off their land in Lawrence County, he had no idea he would soon be able to say “I told you so.” His youngest son wanted to spend the day after Thanksgivin... READ MORE
Fruition
By Dale Weddle
Typical or non, once an 8-pointer is not always an 8-pointer. Forty-three-year-old Woody Moore, a native of western Kentucky, has an impressive wall of trophies taken with bow and arrow. His best whitetail came in 2016. He first saw the buck and passed it up two years earlier. “The big velvet deer I killed in 2016 was a decent 8-pointer with ... READ MORE
Yahtzee!
By Ed Waite
Ohio hunter trades phone for crossbow when fate throws him five identical dice. Three seasons after his aging grandfather shot his last whitetail, Doug Kisamore connected with his best from the same backyard blind. “No one else ever hunted from my grandpa’s ground box blind,” Doug said. “We never knew when he might be inclin... READ MORE
Poof to Pow
By Mike Handley
Okie hunter gets a second chance to throw smoke at a whitetail on the wane. Blake Whelchel says the nearly 200-inch Oklahoma buck he shot in 2016 was between 20 and 30 inches bigger the previous season, and he has the trail camera photographs to prove it. Understandably, the 25-year-old from Ada, Oklahoma, was obsessed with the whitetail that was a... READ MORE