While the Hill Country and borderland get most of the attention, the northern stretches of the Lone Star State are ripe for trophy bucks. (Shutterstock image)
Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Rodrigs missed the buck of his life last year.
The young hunter had set up a deer stand along a creek bed on his grandmother’s 600-acre ranch in Montague County in north Texas. He hadn’t seen any monsters on the trail cams, but he knew the deer used the creek as a thoroughfare and he thought he was ready when a 10-pointer walked out at 250 yards.
But a miscalculation sent his shot flying past...