IT WAS LIKE the buck fell from the sky. I’d glassed the wooded creekbottom to my left only minutes before. Then I scanned the opposite timber, stared at my boots for a few seconds, and heard the ...

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Suttles with the buck taken on the farm where his family has hunted for three generations. Photo courtesy Barry Suttles Jr. Barry Suttles Jr. is plenty familiar with an 80-acre farm outside Columbus, ...

Hunting season started in August for some big game species but the heart of the annual event, the major rifle seasons for deer and elk, are still to come. The buck deer season for most units runs from ...

A tall and heavy 8-point buck pushed a doe up the open ridge and directly toward my tree stand. Three satellite bucks circled and sniffed the air, but couldn’t get within 20 yards of the doe due to ...

This story, “A Deer of Thanksgiving,” originally ran in the November 1964 issue of Outdoor Life. THE SHOT CAME just as I was easing into position by a dead oak snag. With head down and eyes scanning ...