FOR WHITETAIL HUNTERS

Adam Heggenstaller

I had just finished settling into my stand when the ruckus started in the cedar thicket off to my right. Though it was still dark and I couldn’t see what was causing the racket, I just knew the breaking branches and hollow thuds had to be coming from a buck chasing a doe. It was, after all, the second week of November in Virginia, and the rut was cranking. The noise continued intermittently for the next 10 minutes before the cool woods went silent and the darkness turned to gray. When it was light enough for me to clearly see the iron sights on my flintlock, I issued a few grunts from the tube that hung around my neck. Moments later, I heard him coming. The buck, a wide 8-point, sauntered out of…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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