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#5 – Nathan Hicks
2021

#5 – Nathan Hicks

My grandpa was the person in my life who introduced me to hunting. I shot my first deer with him when I was 12 years old. He had forty acres in mid-Michigan, and I can so clearly remember hunting b...
#6 – Daniel Vines
2021

#6 – Daniel Vines

So, my brother-in-law Zack Davis makes the trip up to Ohio annually to hunt, and he graciously invited me to come along this year. I had never gone hunting anywhere other than western North Carolin...
#7 – Preston Bagley
2021

#7 – Preston Bagley

So my buddy Dylan Hazen started his brand in season and had gotten his buck in mid-September, so I reached out and said “hey care if I come to hunt some public over the weekend and just meet some o...
#8 – Derick Carlisle
2021

#8 – Derick Carlisle

As September hit I was ready to hit the woods just to be out there. Between trade school and work it was hard to find time to get out and scout. I had very little expectations for the season as I w...
#9 – Graham Helwig
2021

#9 – Graham Helwig

This was my first season saddle hunting, and it’s my favorite way to hunt now. I first saw him in mid-October walking out of the woods. Hunting the Laurel Highlands mountains in SW PA. He was on th...
#10 – Eric Loso
2021

#10 – Eric Loso

Have been hunting a big block of public for 2 weeks, seen multiple shooters but no shot on any, had a group of guys move in, accessing with a duck boat, I’ve been kayaking back 1.25 miles to the ar...
#1 – Rendell Erik Rhoderick
2020

#1 – Rendell Erik Rhoderick

My rookie saddle season in 2020 will forever live in my memory. It started back in 2019 when I was tired of carrying heavy mobile tree stands every year. I watch The Hunting Public all the time and...
#2 – Ryan Cady
2020

#2 – Ryan Cady

As October came to a close in New York State, myself and my buddies made our annual trip west to Ohio in search of dream public land bucks. We towed our camper for 9 hours and set up camp in a loca...
#3 – Dustin Moll
2020

#3 – Dustin Moll

It was October 13th and I was driving west to Montana, head-on into a monster of a low-pressure system forecasted to last 4-5 days. This system was hauling snow and temperature drops of 40+ degree...
#4 – Chris Coon
2020

#4 – Chris Coon

Man, where do I start? I am from Michigan. Shot my first buck at 14 with a compound bow and have been hooked ever since. Hunting in Michigan is very, very challenging. I have never really had priva...
#5 – Justin Ramsdorfer
2020

#5 – Justin Ramsdorfer

This story begins from a mapping standpoint, I am a huge public access/public land archery hunting fanatic around the Johnstown Pennsylvania area (WMU’s 2C & 2E) and have been blessed over 16 s...
#6 – Cullen Downing
2020

#6 – Cullen Downing

It was the late summer of 2020 when I purchased my mantis saddle, and with the season fast approaching I was ambitious to get in it and start shooting. I practiced weekly taking multiple strong and...

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