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Looking away

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

The whitetail doe and her twin fawns served as a distraction, a decoy, that made me neglect the primary objective of my evening hunt. Apparently, as I get older, my focus on the task at hand is more easily diverted. … Continue reading →

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Best birthday present ever

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Autumn of 1987. A stressful time of my life. Work issues. We have all been there. I was in desperate need of something to lift my spirits. Lunch hour, as I was walking to the weight training room on campus … Continue reading →

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July practice

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Two days ago, after a week of rainstorms and high winds, a 10-point buck and an 8-point buck, both with antlers still in velvet, were eating blown-down apples under our apple tree. In the middle of the afternoon. Fifty feet … Continue reading →

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Broken arrow

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Hunting success should not be gratuitous. If you do not earn it, you should take no pride in it. Broken arrow Seeing the broken-shafted arrow at the side of the game trail sparked a memory: for the Plains Indians the … Continue reading →

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The vagaries of scent

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Any information presented here about the phenomenon of scent and the ability of whitetail deer to detect and respond to it is strictly anecdotal, a compilation of my observations and conjecture, not the result of a disciplined scientific study. The … Continue reading →

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Killing dragons

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

…after the recoil, all I could see past the muzzle was a perfect halo of feathers… Ratnose says there is beauty in killing, and of course he’s right.    – from the novel Blood Sport – A Journey up the … Continue reading →

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It’s a drag

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

After an hour’s labor and a gallon of sweat, I had reached a profound and intimate understanding of the roots and derivation of that oft-used phrase, “My butt is dragging.” It’s a drag Standing silhouetted on the edge of the … Continue reading →

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Shoulder to the wheel

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

I did not mind killing anything, any animal, if I killed it cleanly. They all had to die and my interference with the nightly and seasonal killing that went on all the time was very minute and I had no … Continue reading →

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