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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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