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Tuesday, November 10, 2026Nov 10

Case: Deer season is a great time to open the mailbag again

AP file photo by Al Maglio / A frigid Thanksgiving weekend for much of the country won't keep "Guns & Cornbread" columnist Larry Case from answering a few questions from readers in his latest "Letters to the Outdoors Writer" entry.
AP file photo by Al Maglio / A frigid Thanksgiving weekend for much of the country won't keep "Guns & Cornbread" columnist Larry Case from answering a few questions from readers in his latest "Letters to the Outdoors Writer" entry. AP file photo by Al Maglio / A frigid Thanksgiving weekend for much of the country won't keep "Guns & Cornbread" columnist Larry Case from answering a few questions from readers in his latest "Letters to the Outdoors Writer" entry.

Yes, friends and neighbors, it is finally here.

What is here, you may ask?

Well, it is your long anticipated and highly informative deer season edition of “Letters to the Outdoors Writer” in “Guns & Cornbread.” This beloved series has been by read by hundreds … well, dozens … OK, at least four or five sportsmen across the country.

When we say that deer season is about to happen, we are speaking about the greatest show on earth for the hunting year, and that is what is usually known as the rifle buck season.

As we have talked about here many times, all of the other seasons pale when it comes to the firearms season for antlered deer. This is the hunting season that puts the most boots on the ground and causes all sorts of storms on the sea of matrimony.