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181. For the Record: Matt Lecon
     Ralph Scherder
     "My dad and I had seen this buck on and off the year before," Matt Lecon said of his 2004 record book buck. "The place we were hunting is just a hit or miss spot. Fence lines, wood lines, no real hardwoods." Knowing the buck was on the property, though, they could now focus on getting the deer within range. Not an easy task considering the buck had made it through several seasons and knew how not to be seen. "My wife's uncle, who owns the property, had seen the deer several times while chopping corn. The buck . . . more
     
     
182. Kathleen's Buck
     Ralph Scherder
     The first deer I saw during the 2000 West Virginia hunting season was a nice spike. He came feeding through a low gap on the ridge at nine-thirty in the morning. The snow fell and my tree stand swayed in the wind as I shouldered the rifle and centered the cross-hairs on the deer's chest. My finger touched the trigger, but I didn't shoot. . . . more
     
     
183. For the Record: Matt Gayheart
     Ralph Scherder
     "Some people call hunting a passion, an obsession, a living. But I just think it's fun," says Matt Gayheart. "In the winter, I spend every possible minute in the woods. Right now, I'm having the time of my life." Matt has every reason to be happy, especially after harvesting a 150-class buck in 2005 with his muzzleloader. Matt comes from a family strong in the hunting tradition. "When I first started hunting, I was pretty much the brush dog until I knew what I was doing. I got my first gun when I was thirteen, and got my first buck a few years after that." . . . more
     
     

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