From the diversity of the dirt one yelps on, to the numbers of birds on each property, all the way back to home cooked meals and a relaxing camp that allows a hunter to 'Recharge his batteries', 180 Outdoors has perfected the meaning of paying attention to detail. The Mossy Oak Turkey THUG's Production team did just that, we packed our bags, loaded up the camera gear and headed to 180 Outdoors in Southeast Kansas to meet up with Matt and Devin in pursuit of a few lonely Long beards. Have a story idea? Contact him at or on Twitter Support his work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today.'Anytime your profession involves chasing critters for a living, choosing an outfitter that takes the meaning of success to the next level is a big deal. Be it news, outdoors, sports - you name it, he wants to report it. Reporter Ed Godfrey looks for stories that impact your life. To register or buy raffle ticket items, visit Deadline is Dec. It also will be a memorial for the late Ronald Fulkerson, a supporter of the OK Kids Korral along with his sons: Scott, Shawn and Steve.Д®ntry fee is $600 for a four-man team or $150 for an individual spot. All money raised from the event at Silverleaf will go to the OK Kids Korral. The Toby Keith Foundation opened the doors of the OK Kids Korral in 2014 to families whose children are receiving cancer treatment in Oklahoma City. The first annual OK Kids Korral Sporting Clay Classic will be Dec.11 at Silverleaf Shotgun Sports in Guthrie. 'I never would have imagined that I would get the chance to even hunt a deer of that size, let alone harvest one that size.' Sporting Clay Classic to raise money for Toby Keith's OK Kids Korral 'I feel extremely lucky and blessed,' he said. 'It's in a really good location, right by campus,' he said. Oklahoma's 16-day deer gun season opened Saturday, but with a huge buck already bagged in muzzleloader season, Travis said he will be mostly duck hunting the rest of the year.ДЄ junior at OSU, Travis and his roommate have already told their landlord that they plan on leasing her house for another year. Travis is having the buck mounted at Terry's Taxidermy in Oklahoma City. OSU student Cort Travis killed this nontypical white-tailed deer during the muzzleloader season less than three miles from campus. More: 'We really don't know how they got it': Some Oklahoma deer have coronavirus antibodies He wanted to get his hands on the deer just to see him. 'He just wanted someone to shoot him that he knew. 'He was very, very nice about it,' Travis said. Travis said the neighbor was OK to learn that another hunter had harvested the buck. 'Apparently, the buck had put on roughly 50 or so inches from last year,' Travis said. The age of the deer was estimated to be 4 ВЅ years old, and the buck had a significant jump in antler growth in the past year. Pretty lucky.'ДЄfter taking the buck, Travis learned a neighbor had been watching the buck and seeing it on his trail cameras for two years. 'It just so happens I was in the right place at the right time.

'I wish I could say I patterned this deer and did all the right stuff and it was all because of everything I've done, but that's not exactly how it happened,' he said. He passed on many bucks with his muzzleloader in hopes that the monster buck he saw on the trail camera would show up. 29, two days before the muzzleloader season ended. Travis was able to shoot the buck on Oct. More: 'My joy is in the flight': Falconers convene in southwest Oklahoma for national meet 'Pretty lucky' 'By then, it was just about muzzleloader season and I'm hunting almost every single day for him,' he said. Then the buck disappeared from the trail camera photos for about a week, so Travis switched locations of the camera and started getting more pictures of the animal. Travis started seeing the big buck in trail camera photos every night for two weeks. 'I couldn't even believe we were getting pictures of a deer that size.' 'Within two weeks of having the camera out, I got about 12 to 15 bucks on camera, and he (the big nontypical) just showed up out of nowhere. 'Little did I know the amount of deer that were there or the caliber of deer,' he said. The property has not been managed for deer hunting, but deer often travel through it, as Travis discovered. Winter wheat is planted on one pasture on the land, primarily for cattle. He went dove hunting on the property in September and received permission to put a trail camera on the land for the upcoming deer seasons. Travis and his roommate both were given permission by their landlord to hunt on the 80-acre tract.

OSU student Cort Travis shot this giant nontypical white-tailed buck during the muzzleloader season less than three miles from campus.

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