by Jerald Kopp
I sprayed down, grabbed my binoculars, backpack, and bow and quietly closed the truck door. It was mid-October and the warm humid air was changing. I hadn’t expected the mild cool front to arrive before dark. I was wrong. I made the 200-yard walk and entered the...
by Jerald Kopp
Imposing. Synonyms include impressive, impactful, and awe-inspiring. At around 4′ 2″, Kameron Hagler of Lake City, Florida hardly towers over you. That is until you spend any time around him and get to know him. At age 2, Kameron was diagnosed with...
by Jerald Kopp
As I sat overlooking the eastern edge of our family farm and beyond, I couldn’t help but notice that conditions couldn’t have been much better for deer hunting. Temperatures were in the mid-forties, there was just a slight breeze, and I was downwind of the...
by Jerald Kopp
Move over chicken. There’s a new and unique way to prepare the traditional Italian scaloppine dish, Chicken Marsala. In the homes of many a sportsman, venison rules – and as it turns out, it makes for a fantastic Marsala dish. Like with its domestic...
by Jerald Kopp
There is something special about hunting with stick and string. The encounters with whitetails and other game and feeling of gratification for outsmarting them in close quarters is palpable. Though I had long since wanted to take up archery and bow hunting, it took me...
by Brad Clay
Hunters that think of big whitetails dream of the Midwest. States like Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Kentucky come to mind, as they have rightfully earned the title of big buck states. They have continually produced big deer and have become hot spots...
