RECENT EDITIONS

Success was in the wind
Determined teen arrows Lapeer County monster expected to score 140-plus Austin Roy has a deep love and appreciation for the outdoors. His family recognized Austin’s love for the outdoors early on and extended their arm of knowledge and provided opportunity....

A three-season quest
The Nickname ‘Beams’ just made sense! Like every year during the warm summer months, anticipation was high to get back into the woods, chasing whitetails. The fall of 2020 is special, although this story starts back in September of 2018 when I put my cameras...

Cover Buck – Easton Lovell
Easton Lovell had been hunting the 11-point buck (photo right) since he had trail cam photos of him in velvet and began his attack plan in August. His dad named him “The Kash Buck” after Easton’s son, born on the turkey season’s opening day this year. Easton felt...

Cover Bucks
Tyler Schneider Tyler Schneider got into his tree stand later than normal because of the traffic on October 16. It was cold and quiet; he hadn’t seen much the past few nights. After a couple of hours, it was close to dark when he saw a doe running toward him....

Venison – From the field to the table
Here in the agriculture-rich Thumb, it is pretty easy to say our local whitetails can be considered as being “farm-fed.” The deer in these parts feed pretty good, which means their venison is of the highest quality when everything is properly done from the field to...

ICE FISHING:
Cover All The Bases... I used to tell my kids, “The secret to fishing is to keep your line in the water.” The tip stated the obvious, but the intent was to convince them that they had a much better chance of catching a fish if they let their bobber sit instead...