Bucks I have known: Part X This is the latest in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. The Crooked Tree Buck 1986 was a good year for me as a young hunter. I had been at my first long-term job[Read More…]
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Everyday Outdoors: Bucks I have known, Part VIII
This is the latest in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. Thread the Needle Buck The year was 1983. It was opening day of West Virginia deer firearms season. I was perched in a favorite tree in a remote area[Read More…]
Bucks I have known: Part VII — The Disappearing Buck
This is the latest in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. The Disappearing Buck One fall, many years ago, I had been squirrel and turkey hunting on a friend’s property on the west end of Morgan County. Of course, while[Read More…]
Bucks I have known: Part VI
This is the sixth in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. The Welcome Home Buck October 2013 was a busy month. I had driven to New Mexico for an elk hunt on my buddy’s ranch. It was a fantastic hunt.[Read More…]
Everyday Outdoors: Bucks I have known, Part V
This is the fifth in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. The Next Ridge Buck In the early 1990’s, Austin “Dump” Brown, Phil Guard, and I were bowhunting on a friend’s property that was made up of three separate ridges.[Read More…]
Everyday Outdoors: Bucks I have known, Part IV
This is the fourth in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. Chief In October 2019, I was bow hunting on a friend’s property in Morgan County, near the town of Paw Paw. I had several deer pass by me, along[Read More…]
Everyday Outdoors: Bucks I Have Known, Part II
Bucks I have known: Part II This is the second in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. The Battle Buck If a person hunts long enough, they will experience some unbelievable things involving wild animals. Some true stories are crazier[Read More…]
Hunter encounters tangled-up buck
Local deer hunter Danae McBee had an unusual buck story from this year’s rifle season, which she shared with The Morgan Messenger. Her photos show up close what she first noticed while watching nearby fields and woods. November 29, 2022 I always watch for wildlife out my window and this[Read More…]
Everyday Outdoors: Slow down to “woods time”
Slow down to “woods time” It was West Virginia “Buck Season” — 1986. I didn’t know it, but I was about to learn a valuable lesson. I was sitting on steeply-leaning tree, which jutted out from an even steeper hillside, simply straddling the tree, as if riding a horse. A[Read More…]
