ALTHOUGH RESEARCH CONFIRMS that the whitetail rut takes place at almost the exact same time every year, most hunters know that the rut’s intensity varies from day to day. As much as your head spins with the mental images of scrapes, full moons, rubs, monster bucks, and rut-crazed chase scenes, the best times to be in the woods will rarely coincide with calendar anniversaries. Through years of personal experience and research gathered from other hunters, Cory Wiedel is one of the most accomplished whitetail hunters. He has taken 11 Boone and Crockett– class bucks in the past six years, and he places a priority on going after his scouted target bucks only when he recognizes that the conditions are favorable. “There are certain weather-related…
As a Georgia native you can imagine my shock when I found out Georgia has it’s very own loch ness monster! The monster’s name is Altamaha-ha, it was given to him by the Creek Indians that lived near the Altamaha-ha river. The monster has been spotted in Darien and Butler Island, Georgia. The Altamaha River is a beautiful place. It’s known for it’s vast marshes and 18th/19th century rice fields and canals.…
Up in the North woods, where the wolves howl and the bucks run wild, there lives a man who devotes his life to living off the land. This man, Jerry Saum, a crude and renegade type character, has lived in Saum, Minnesota for his whole life. Saum, MN lies 45 miles directly North of Bemidji, and two miles East of the Red Lake Indian Reservation. I have known Jerry Saum for five years, due to my deer hunting shack that sits four miles South of Saum. In my early years deer hunting up North, Jerry would frequently come down to the cabin, always wearing a Busch Light sweatshirt or the local Saum Fire Department crewneck.…
It was 4:22 a.m June 6, 1944, everyone in the camp was woken up by sirens. We were 20 miles out from Normandy beach. Sargent had not told us what was going on yet, we were just told to suit up and get to the boats. I heard a quiet buzz around the compound from various soldiers of various ranks that we were going to Normandy Germany and I knew this meant war. We loaded up the boats with around 16 per boat.…
Each step is precise, each movement fluid, and every sense awake, ready. The hunter is alive, adrenaline coursing through his blood. Rustling leaves scream his prey’s hiding place. His body moves without thought, instincts becoming all that he knows. The hunted recognizes this rhythm of feet pounding the ground, knows it better than his own heartbeat.…
We saw a dead rabbit I believe in the middle of the road and I saw the Red-tailed Hawk, I believe but I know it was a hawk. The hawks back was like a golden brown with some black on the feathers and of course the back. When we got closer…
After all the tragic had happen Curley and Carlson invited George to go get a drink. We were walking and saw them two guys were just sitting down and eating. Everything in that moment seem strange because of what had just happen and I was all scared and nervous for everything that would be coming more ahead after me killing someone important in my life. I decided to call Curley and Carlson to get closer to me. “Can we get out of here” I whispered.…
Rough Draft-Application Essay Ever since I was a little kid my family has been hunting and going out into the whitetail woods in hopes of getting a nice buck. I remember going out to my grandparents and seeing the deer my family had harvested that fall, and wondering when I could finally get to go and experience what it was like myself. I always watched my dDad come home and have a little buck in the bed of his truck and I thought how come it wasn’t like in the hunting shows where they go out and shoot a massive buck.…
My family and I started out the weekend by going fishing. We fished many hours and we hooked into some nice crappies. Our family’s seasonal camper on Lake Shamineau is where we spent most of our time fishing. Routinely spotted were large northern pike and muskies all while looking for schools of crappies and walleyes. Quietly trolling for walleyes, I happened to snag a small fishing rod.…
Watching “Bigfoot Videos”, during my lunch hours, rekindled curiosity concerning the Bigfoot. Researching the subject, I found several accounts that claimed the Bigfoot would sometimes make what is known as a “whoop call.” Visiting Bigfoot research websites that contained alleged recordings of the “whoop call” , I said to myself, “next time I go out in the woods, I might try to imitate this call to see what might occur.” I did not think I would ever receive a response, but what the heck, it never hurts to try.…
Over the summer I went to Kentucky ,Missouri Arkansas and Texas. When I went to Arkansas I saw the old spanish cave. I got to crawl around the cave it was really cold I was 59 degrees. I had to sleep in the cave and i got wet because water leaked through the ceiling.…
As we were leaving Independence, Marvin started to groan very loudly. I shuffled to the corner of the wagon where he was sleeping and saw blood covering his button up plaid shirt. I searched through the trunk and found the first aid kit. I popped open the kit and grabbed the alcohol. There was a small wrap that I used to keep the blood in.…
Deer hunting with my dad always brings joy to my life. He has taught me everything I know about shooting a gun, and being able to patiently wait for the animal. My dad is a great teacher and super supportive if I miss a shot. Instead of getting enraged, he encourages me try again. Deer hunting is one of the many events my dad and I can do to bond, and strengthen our father and daughter relationship.…
In late September of 2014, my freshman year, I was at my FFA district trap shoot. This shoot was a 100-bird shoot, meaning we would go up to the line four times, shoot twenty-five shells spread out upon five stations, to shoot one hundred shells total. It was the third time to the line and I was on station three and my vision was gradually getting worse, causing me to miss more birds. But I continued to go up to the line and shoot.…
Night time in the woods can be eerie. It was the night of the opening of trapping season and I was on my way to my friend’s house in Dundee. I decided to stop and check my traps because they are in a timber just off of highway 13. So, I pulled into the parking spot and started to gather my supplies.…