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By Kelsey Flowers In the few years since I started hunting, I have learned that deer hunters seldom get second chances, but when I got a second chance to shoot my first buck, I did my best to not let history repeat itself. The first opportunity came on opening day in October 2016 when I…
By Brandy Sanders My husband Nathan loves hunting. In 2015, he wanted me to go hunting with him, but with a broken foot, I could not go. As soon as the 2015 deer hunting season ended, my sweet husband started getting ready for the next hunting season. He worked hard building a two-person blind where…
By Robert Gossett My father Keith Gossett and I love hunting Hannahatchee WMA. We have one corner of the WMA we like to hunt and have just about always stayed in that area. My recent 10-pointer marks the fourth big buck taken from Hannahatchee between the two of us. The first came in 2002 when…
By Johnnie Thompson & Brittany Reid Anderson A school teacher prepares his/her students for learning by first writing a lesson plan with objectives or standards, and each student is graded on knowledge retained based on a test. Likewise, parents teach from the knowledge of their own experiences that were handed down to them or from…
By Pat Womack This hunting adventure all started when I met John Seabolt after becoming a police officer in Covington in 1995. During my first couple of years there, I’d heard the guys talking about turkey hunting, and I was clueless because I had never been. I would listen to their stories and mishaps in…
By Franz Menge Jr. The following story is a hunting experience told by me. I shared it with my great friend Troy Van Every, who wrote it since I have become very sick with cancer since the following hunt took place. The memories of hunting still always carry on no matter what life brings. Always…
By Scott Priester It was an April morning that most hunters dream of here in the South. The truck dashboard read 70 degrees as we arrived at the hunting land. This was a special hunting day as I looked at my dad and good friend Rich Mix. It was my Dad’s first time turkey hunting.…
By Charmayne Chadwick It was a Thursday afternoon hunt on Oct. 22, 2015. My son, John, and I planned on taking my grandkids hunting that afternoon. My son called and said that he may have to work late, so the hunt was off. Then at 1 p.m. the hunt was back on. Then at 1:30 the hunt was…
By Sam Klement “Dad,” Cannon whispered. “What is it?” I asked. “That buck fever is coming on me again,” he said. About that time, the stand started to shake like an earthquake was just moments from happening. “Try to control it, son. The does are looking at us,” I said. With a deep breath of cold…
By Mark Wiley My wife and I have been avid hunters for 15 years and knew our kids would have no choice but to follow in our footsteps. We have two children together, Madeline, 11, and Olivia, 9. Before they could even walk, the kids were in the woods hunting with their parents. Kids are…
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