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Zach Singler’s 203-Inch ‘Out of Nowhere’ Buck
The unlikely events that led me to a 200-inch Ohio whitetail in 2014 actually began back in 2012, with another deer — in another county. Driving home from work one evening in late December of that...
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Jim Thome’s 193-Inch ‘Major League’ Buck
Jim Thome had a Hall of Fame-worthy career playing Major League Baseball, thanks in large part to an unrelenting work ethic that made the most of his natural talent. Upon retirement, the man with 612...
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Stuart Everett’s 240-Inch “Cactus” Buck
Way back in 2012, Stuart Everett was relaxing in his pickup truck under an old cedar on his family’s third-generation cattle ranch. While pleasantly overlooking the 1500 acres of land he’s known...
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Andy Bledsoe’s 177-Inch Tennessee State-Record
If success is a product of hard work meeting opportunity, the story of Tennessee’s new No. 1 archery typical is a great example. Day-to-day responsibilities often get in the way of our hunting goals,...
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Steve Whitelock’s 211-Inch Eastern Shore Giant
Captain Steve Whitelock spends much of his time guiding folks on the waters off Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The area offers more than 55 species of fish, but Steve places a special emphasis on catching...
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Committed to Keeping It Real
Whatever your line of work, holding a position of responsibility means making tough choices. It’s for sure that way in magazine editing. What should we print? That’s the most obvious question facing...
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Jacob Ayecock’s 195-Inch Southern Smoker
Today a giant whitetail can show up just about anywhere in deer country. We see them often in the pages of North American Whitetail, sometimes taken by first-time hunters who hit a stroke of luck....
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Georgia Double
Unlike most other hunting stories that begin in the woods, mine starts in my basement with a few cedar boards and a wood burner. During the summer of 2015, one of my to-dos before deer season was to...
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Grant Garber’s 211-Inch Ohio “Goliath”
When Ohio’s Grant Garber solicited the assistance of local outfitter Eric Ashcraft with Close Encounter Whitetails, he was looking for guidance on how to establish a food plot to entice mature bucks...
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Ben Thibodeau’s 189-Inch Millvale Monster
You might think the state of Maine is loaded with giant whitetails. In reality, it isn’t. Midwestern states harbor greater numbers of big bucks, for sure. But the buck killed last season by Ben...
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