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By Cliff Odum We first got this buck on camera three years ago when he was a very nice 9-pointer. He had a clean rack with a non-matching G4 on his left side. I had harvested a 10-point opening weekend of the 2023 season and had committed to my brother and father that I would…
Chase Collins spent a little time deer hunting in California where he lived, but California isn’t exactly the deer hunting capital of the world. Chase knew where he needed to be. In October, he moved to Eastman in Dodge County to be closer to family. The fact that family members owned a farm in Pulaski…
Christy Nash, of Gay, is one of those blessed hunters able to hunt a piece of property that hasn’t been hunted in more than two decades. It’s a 275-acre piece of Lamar County dirt that’s been in her daddy’s family for more than 100 years. Her daddy is 88 years old, and he now gets…
Stan Mask, of Woodbury, was hunting 3 miles from his home on opening morning of rifle season when he heard at least two coyotes attack and kill a perfectly healthy buck that he just watched feed on acorns and ease out of sight. “At 9:50 a.m. a 6-point buck shows up feeding on acorns and…
The story of Lefty started during the 2017 rut on a family farm in Macon County. Drake Rye had just turned 4 years old and was checking trail-camera pictures with his dad, Brandon Rye, when they saw an up-and-coming buck with a lot of potential. Macon County requires at least a 15-inch outside spread, and…
Below is a list of certified scorers you can contact to have your rack officially scored for GON’s County-by-County and WMA records, and also for the all-time records of the Boone & Crockett Club or the Pope & Young Club if your buck meets the minimums for those national organizations. Please always keep in mind…
Cody Gay, 16, of Nicholls, recently made his trip to Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s 2023 Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out at GON’s Outdoor Blast at the end of July. Cody’s highlight from his grand-prize $3,000 shopping spree was a Browning .270 deer rifle topped with a Leupold scope. In addition to his new deer rifle, Cody…
Duncan Dobie’s new book Dawn of American Deer Hunting, Volume III, is just off the press. The 256-page, 8 1/2 x 11-inch hardback contains more than 300 vintage black-and-white photos and dozens of fascinating stories. The book retails for $40. With the amazing success of Duncan Dobie’s first two volumes of the “Dawn” series published…
Adam Grant thought it would be only fitting if he were to finally take the mysterious buck that he calls Ghost on Halloween. That unfortunately was not in the cards, but he did score on Ghost’s running buddy, Spook. “The last two seasons I’ve been after a really big buck on my Big Rock Hunting…
Deer hunting in the rain can be a lot of fun, if you do it right. Precipitation from either rain, sleet or snow in the right amounts can get deer moving and help you have a great hunt. I have had some of my best hunts on the worst weather days. While some people are inside…
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