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Make Your Move
By Jeff Murray
When it’s time to make a mid-season move, it’s all about surprise. In spite of our best whitetail preparations, events sometimes conspire against us. But the main problem isn’t that setbacks occur; it’s how we react to them. A prime example is the hot stand that suddenly goes cold. Some hunters hang in there because of fond ... READ MORE
The Not-So-Perfect Spot
By Joe Blake
Despite loads of sign and tons of deer sightings, there are places on this earth that God seemingly created just to frustrate hunters. From my perch on an open ridge high above the James River valley in central North Dakota, I could see nine BTR whitetails — the same nine bucks I had glassed the week before, and the same nine bucks I had glas... READ MORE
Second Chance Dream Buck
By Travis Faulkner
Most hunters never get to see a giant buck, let alone get two chances to take one. Anyone who has ever climbed into a treestand has envisioned the ultimate buck. You know the one I am talking about. It’s the buck responsible for all those sleepless nights before the opening day of season. This buck is also the driving force behind waking up e... READ MORE
The Great Escape
By Mike Handley
For dad, it’s a break from students; for son, a break from teachers. Driving 1,200 miles through five states isn’t so bad when the destination is a long-anticipated hunt during the peak of the rut. The return trip, however, can be grueling. You can’t click the muddy heels of your camo boots together and wake up back home in Pennsy... READ MORE
Public Land Pursuits
By Travis J. Faulkner
These strategies will help you take big bucks from high-pressure areas. Most deer hunters believe it isn’t possible to regularly take trophy bucks on public land. Such results have to happen behind a high fence at some expensive hunting lodge, right? The truth is that some of the biggest bucks have been taken from areas that any of us could h... READ MORE
Mounting Up the Memories
By Gary Bellis
A father and son share the magic of their public-land trophies. I started hunting deer when I was about 35 years old and immediately got hooked on bowhunting. I took my first deer – a 5-pointer – with a used PSE compound I bought for $50. I thought there was no better kind of hunting. That was before I took my son, Kyle. After Kyle took... READ MORE
One Shot, One Kill
By Tom Fegely
Since smokepoles provide just one chance, you’d better make it count.
Over the four decades I’ve been hunting whitetails, I’ve cleanly killed perhaps a dozen fast-running deer, although none were more than 75 yards away. Some were missed cleanly. Most of the fast-movers whose overdrive had kicked in were simply watched through bi... READ MORE
Just Passing Through
By Sy Gibbs
Virginia hunter finds a permanent home for lovesick buck. I began hunting whitetails when I was about 15 in Charles City, Va., where county regulations allow the use of dogs. After graduating from high school, I went to Ferrum College in Franklin County and made friends who lived in the area. I was lucky enough to be allowed to hunt their land, but... READ MORE