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December 2008

	December 30 - Jaclyn Lindsey Shaw Animal: 169" Whitetail Location: Iowa Weapon: Thompson Center Muzzleloader The holidays are truly the most wonderful time of the year but I had been looking especially forward to Christmas this year. It was going to be my baby girl Elizabeth�s first Christmas and right... View
	December 16 - Mark Drury Animal: 190 2/8" Whitetail Location: Iowa Weapon: Thompson Center Endevour I look forward to late season hunting probably as much as any other phase of deer season. No longer are the bucks distracted by every single doe that walks by and its much easier to pattern mature... View
	December 13 - Evan Shults Animal: 150 7/8" Whitetail Location: Illinois Weapon: Thompson Center Omega .50 Cal It was time for Evan and my annual father-son hunt. It is the hunt that I look forward to the most each and every year. Evan finished with his final exams on the 10th and we loaded up and was on... View
	December 12 - Jim Thome Animal: 171" Whitetail Location: Illinois Weapon: Thompson Center In mid Oct. the Chiago Whitesox's own Jim Thome gave me a call and asked if I would be willing to come up and join him on an early season "doe" hunt.Well as any baseball fan would do I thought... View
	December 6 - Jacob Eugster Animal: 115" 8 Point Whitetail Location: Wisconsin Weapon: T/C Encore With wind chills around zero, Jacob and Joe head out to a small bean field bordered by some standing field corn. Joe and Eric had set up an Ameristep blind a couple days earlier. The wind was... View
	December 6 - Mike Klemmensen Animal: 141" Whitetail Location: Iowa Weapon: Thompson Center Omega .50 Cal My best friend and hunting partner, Tom Ware coined the phrase �patience of a spider� some time ago when describing the fortitude needed to chase big bucks. It has become one of our mantras. Well,... View
	December 6 - Taylor Drury Animal: 136" 8 Point Mature Whitetail Location: Illinois Weapon: Thompson Center Contender .50 Cal I was lucky enough to draw a full-season Illinois gun tag this year. After the success I had experienced last season at Hadley Creek, I could not wait to get back to Pike County, Illinois for gun... View
	December 5 - Joe Shults Animal: 130" Whitetail Location: Illinois Weapon: Thompson Center Omega .50 Cal If you look up the word frozen in the dictionary, you�ll see a picture of Joe Shults and Steve �Coon Dog� Coon. Extremely cold weather was waiting for them as they returned to Illinois for the... View
	December 4 - Kyle Lamore Animal: 126 3/8" Whitetail Location: Illinois Weapon: Thompson Center Encore Endeavor Illinois 2nd gun season was here and I still had two buck tags in my pocket. We were only going to have one quick evening hunt back home before we were packing up for Hadley Creek to hunt the... View
	December 1 - Terry Drury Animal: 156 1/8" Whitetail Location: Missouri Weapon: PSE X-Force Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! For an entire lifetime, it seems we have studied deer behavior and movement patterns. If there is one constant throughout the test of time, it is the fact... View