Hunter: Austin BrubakerPoints: 9 (5L, 4R)County: PikeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryThere’s no better feeling than when your plan comes together for that single moment. He first showed up on my cameras in late September on my mock scrape. I knew right away he was going to be my number one target, and so the chess match began.…

Hunter: Harrell HerndonPoints: 11 (6L, 5R)County: BartowSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI saw a doe running and looked back behind the doe about 70 yards and shot him while he was running. I called my son Blake to help me track him as he ran onto a neighbor’s property, and while tracking the deer Blake saw a 8-point…

Hunter: Maggie Jo StandridgePoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: PikeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryAfter months of trail camera photos, this buck finally daylights, so we knew with the cold front and northwest wind we had a good chance of having him show up, and we were right. The evening of November 23rd he showed up with numerous other deer,…

Hunter: Jenn LindseyPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: JohnsonSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryWe spotted this buck on trail cams in the summer of 2022 and immediately noted that he would be nice in a few years and that his brow tines were abnormally respectable. He had good mass and great tine length. We hoped he would hang around and…

Hunter: Ken McCallumPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: PikeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI arrived at my climbing stand about 45 minutes before daylight. It was cold and very windy. First deer I saw was a small 4-point buck, just watched him. The next deer was a doe, watched her in food plot. Then I saw a small 8-point buck.…

Hunter: Evie CorbettPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: BrooksSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryHe was zigzagging and coming in fast. I didn’t know if he would stop and my dad said “I’ll stop him”. My dad whistled at him and he stopped and I shot him. Then he ran a little way and my dad and I watched him fall.Return…

Hunter: Chad LawPoints: 9 (5L, 4R)County: HoustonSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryChasing two does right past my stand and shot him at 22 yards.Return to List

Hunter: Ryan AchordPoints: 8 (3L, 5R)County: LeeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI got a pic and a half of him this year. There was a big 8 in the same spot last year, so I assumed it was him but who really knows. On the first morning hunt for him, just as the sun crested the trees, he…

Hunter: Jo Ann BickleyPoints: 9 (4L, 5R)County: WorthSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryMy son and I went to our stands around 2. I was sitting facing a 300 yard food plot. I had watched several does feed and actually bed down in the food plot. I was perched almost at the top of the hill in a tripod…

Hunter: Coach Mike SimpsonPoints: 9 (5L, 4R)County: MitchellSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryAt 74 yrs old, I have really been enjoying this deer season and looking forward to every hunt, especially when so much of my time is devoted to coaching young shotgun athletes. I got settled into the stand a little later than normal at around 5:45…