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The Wild Life, with Mark Taylor

Freddy McGuire puts his first EAB doe down

My buddy Freddy McGuire spent a rainy evening last week hunting in a pop-up blind overlooking a food plot. The effort paid off when this doe got to within 23 yards.

Freddy's arrow was tipped with a Rage broadhead. I assumed this was the exit whole. It was actually the entry. Wow. There's no debating that the broadhead did its job in this case.

Freddy does most of his hunting in Franklin and Bedford counties, both of which are under the earn-a-buck regulations. Getting that first doe down is always a relief. Freddy knocked down doe number two a couple days later. So he has earned his number two and three bucks should he get the chance.

If you hunt in an earn-a-buck county, it's always best to get at least one doe out of the way as soon as possible.

2 Comments »

  1. Congrats Freddy, you and the deer look soaked! Good luck on getting your buck now.

    Comment by Jason — November 3, 2009 @ 8:01 pm

  2. Way to go Freddy, was wondering when your picture would appear!

    Finally got my EAB doe Saturday so if I see horns.....it's on.

    Good job dude and looking forward to seeing more of your harvests on here in the weeks to come.

    Comment by J.R. — November 4, 2009 @ 3:07 am

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Mark Taylor.

While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.

Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.

After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.

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