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Flint Hills King by Mike Charowhas(400kb)
Back in the summer of 1996, a Kansas dove hunter went to retrieve a dove that he had shot. When he approached the area where the bird had landed, there lay a GIANT left shed with an amazing row of typical tines. When the surprised hunter picked it up, he knew he hadn't found just any antler! He desperately looked for the other side, but the task wasn't quite that easy, and the other side wasn't found, that is, until...
King
Kong by Kara Imlach(200kb)
We first spotted this big mule deer in the fall of 2005. He wintered in the same are as my brother Kyle's Boone and Crockett moose. Due to the buck's size, we had nicknamed him "King Kong." During the 2006 hunting season, I was excited to find out I had been drawn for an elusive mule deer tag. I was sure hoping I would get the big fellow, because I was getting tired of hearing Kyle's big moose. Well, you know how brothers are.
Bit by the Antler by Jeff "The Shedhead" Waschbusch (320kb)
Ever since I was nine years old, I have followed the hunting trails of my father with big hopes of seeing him get the big one. Eleven years later, he is still my very own personal guide and I now have a new understanding of the term “buck fever.” It was September 2002 when it all started. Dad and I set out on our usual hunting trail one morning. We headed towards a nearby clover field, where we spotted a group of mule deer does feeding just outside the treeline.
November Bucks by Crystal Faessler (684kb)
Ever since I was nine years old, I have followed the hunting trails of my father with big hopes of seeing him get the big one. Eleven years later, he is still my very own personal guide and I now have a new understanding of the term “buck fever.” It was September 2002 when it all started. Dad and I set out on our usual hunting trail one morning. We headed towards a nearby clover field, where we spotted a group of mule deer does feeding just outside the treeline.
Young Andy Gets A Dandy by Andy Murrison (464kb)
It all started during the elk season. We hunt in north-central Saskatchewan, where my dad, Albert, owns some really good hunting land. I'd been hunting all bow season but didn't have any luck. With the arrival of the rifle season, I would once again be using my Grandpa Murrison's .303 British. It is the only gun I have luck with. In my first year of hunting, I got a doe with it, and my second deer was a non-typical with five points on one side and an antler that looked like an antelope's on the other side.
The Buck of My Dreams by Ernie Scheeler (684kb)
Each year my older brother Richard and I plan some vacation time together in the fall to go hunting. We had spent a week in October chasing moose and deer with our bows, but we weren't really serious about hunting and spent more time fishing and relaxing. Now that it was November, it was time to get serious about hunting whitetails. On our first morning out, Richard tagged a nice 4x4 whitetail and was left with a couple of supplemental tags in his pocket. I, on the other hand, was after a big buck, the kind you can put on your wall and admire throughout the year...
Fulton County Fantasy by Troy Spooner (604kb)
What do two guys, one farm and
three corners have in
common? The answer
is that they have all
combined two years
in a row to produce a
whopper of a
whitetail. The two
guys are Ryan
Elenbaas and Mike
Baumann, the one
farm is in Fulton
County, Illinois, and
the three corners are
where the best
treestand in the lower
48 states is located (at
least in one man's
opinion). To put it in
perspective, the odds
of a single tree
producing a Boone
and Crockett buck for
hunters in consecutive
years are
astronomically low... You may have a better chance of
getting struck by lightning twice in a row in some
Midwestern counties.
Records Are Made To Be Broken by Myra S. Smith (704kb)
This hunt actually started over two years ago. One
evening in the summer of 2004 after I had put our boys to
bed, my husband, Greg, and I were watching Bass Pro
Shop's Outdoor Adventures. They were hunting mule deer in
Sonora, Mexico. Near the end of the show, the ranch
“accommodations” were highlighted. There was a pool,
games room, and they described how the cooks made
homemade tortillas. I laughed and told my husband, who
goes hunting in Canada every year, “You are always wanting
me to go on a hunting trip with you, well, I'll go to Rancho
Grande.” Before I knew it, we were booked.
Heavy Duty: The Saga Continues by Garry Donald (648kb)
Roughly six years ago, a big whitetail doe made her way into heavy habitat. She went into labour, and soon a fawn entered the world. It was a little buck and he didn’t look any different than any of the other fawns being born that spring. However, as two years went by, a transformation began taking place. His antlers started carrying way more mass than other bucks his age. I guess you could say he was a show-off, too...
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The Boss Hill Creek Monster by Larry Warantz (552kb)
As I drove to the hilly countryside of Virden. Manitoba, the sky was grey and it looked like it could rain at any time. I pulled up to the Howell's home, which was built on the hilltop adjacent to "Boss Hill Creek." This is an unbelievable deer hunter's dream spot. When the door opened, I was greeted by Tim Howell's wife and by Brett Howell, the lucky young hunter who harvested an absolutely top-end white tail deer. Let's unravel the story of a first-time hunter who's 13 years of age.
