Bragging Rights… - The Jena Times

Ava Clayton Poole, 13-year-old daughter of Clay and Brandi Pugh Poole, of Portland, Arkansas, proudly displays two deer she killed this season. On her first hunt on Harwood Hunting Lease near Eudora, Arkansas, she killed a 7-point buck. On her second hunt the following day, she killed an 8-point buck that scored 129 on Boone and Crockett. Ava is a 7th grade student at Hamburg (Arkansas) Middle School.

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January 18, 2022

Bragging Rights…

Webster Parish resident, Chad Allison, has a proven record of being able to waylay trophy bucks. Visit his Shongaloo home and you’ll see proof; he has 21 trophy mounts hanging on the walls of his home.

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