NAME: David Powell SADDLE GEAR: Phantom, Predator Platform, Tethrd One Sticks AGE: LOCATION: Kansas I will begin by apologizing in advance for my lack of brevity in recounting the following events. I first saw this deer in the summer of 2017. It had a very unusual...
NAME: Bransen Shelton SADDLE GEAR: Tethrd Phantom, Predator Platform AGE: 31 LOCATION: Oklahoma The hunt for the buck that would turn out to be my largest ever officially started in February 2021 during a quail/shed hunt on a large swathe of public land. I was...
NAME: Joshua Trolinger SADDLE GEAR: Phantom XL, One Sticks, Predator AGE: 39 LOCATION: Kansas “Pops’ Final Season” This year has been a roller coaster of life for me. Lots of changes within our family, work demanding some extensive travel & very little opportunity...
NAME: Austin Cole SADDLE GEAR: Phantom Saddle kit, Predator Platform AGE: 30 LOCATION: Illinois I started the year 2022 off by not only preparing for my 1st big Illinois trip but also trying for a baby with my wife. We secured our 300-acre lease in Calhoun County, IL...
NAME: Kiley Harpster SADDLE GEAR: Tethrd Phantom saddle, Tethrd Skeletor sticks, Latitude X-wing platform AGE: 39 LOCATION: Missouri, Iowa Deer season 2022, like all of them, starts in the Spring/Early Summer time for most of us hardcore hunters. Coming off of a...
NAME: Dane Driscoll SADDLE GEAR: Phantom, ONE sticks, LWCG .5 platform AGE: 39 LOCATION: Kentucky We got our first picture of this deer in January of 2021. My friend Andy and myself spent that winter/spring scouting and looking for his sheds. Honestly we didn't find...
NAME: James R. Cornelius IV (J.R.) SADDLE GEAR: Phantom saddle, Predator XL platform, Gen 1 One sticks AGE: 52 LOCATION: Kentucky This story really starts on July 7, 2022, with me placing a cell camera in a small field on the top of a hill in the middle of an 800-acre...
NAME: Mike Haydo SADDLE GEAR: Tethrd Phantom, Predator Platform AGE: 35 LOCATION: Michigan Every year I travel from Wisconsin to go hunt in lower Michigan, for a 7-9 day hunt during the rut. This year I was on my 7th day of the hunt when I spotted this giant....
NAME: Justin Reineke SADDLE GEAR: Tethrd Mantis, predator, muddy sticks AGE: 31 LOCATION: South Dakota Rutcation 2022 brought me back to SD for the 2nd year in a row chasing public land whitetails in hill country. On the 5th day of our trip, November 9th, I...
NAME: Nolan Taylor SADDLE GEAR: Mantis Saddle, Predator Platform AGE: 28 LOCATION: Montana This story starts in a coffee shop, over 2000 miles away from the tree I would arrow this buck from. In the slow winter months of 2021, my plans for the next season were already...