Back before he was our hunting and conservation editor, and before he moved out west, aemckean was a kid growing up on a rural farm in North Missouri. And like a lot of us, Andrew spent a lot of time hunting with his dad, or hoping to at any rate. On this episode of the Outdoor Life podcast, we’re trying something a little different. In honor of Father’s Day, we asked Andrew to read a story he wrote a few years back about returning to that family farm for one last hunt. His father had died suddenly the previous summer, and he would carry his dad’s old rifle. We originally published this piece titled The Homecoming Buck in the November 2010 print issue. Our editors consider it to be one of the best stories to ever appear in the pages of OL. Tap the link in profile for the full podcast episode 🔗 #hunting #huntingseason #deerhunting #deerseason #FathersDay #whitetail #whitetaildeer #whitetailhunting #bigbuck #bigbucks #outdoors #nature #outdoorlife