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Local legend down: Chase for White Face ends in victory for 11-year-old Millersburg boy

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Art Holden
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Logan Horn, 13, of Millersburg, had been watching this deer, that he named White Face, for three years, and hunting it for two, and he finally harvested it on the last day of Ohio’s deer-gun season.
Logan Horn, 13, of Millersburg, had been watching this deer, that he named White Face, for three years, and hunting it for two, and he finally harvested it on the last day of Ohio’s deer-gun season.

MILLERSBURG – Three years ago, when Tom Horn and his son, Logan, started seeing a piebald buck on their trail cameras, the then 11-year-old made it a goal to harvest the unique animal.

“At first, we called it Socks, because of its white feet,” said Logan, “but then it became White Face.”

The West Holmes seventh-grader wasn’t the only one hunting White Face, though, as the deer was well-known in the area west of Millersburg, and the Horns weren’t the only hunters who had it on their trail cameras.

“It was no secret about the deer,” said Tom. “Everyone knew about it. … I ran into so many people who were after that deer. It was a neighborhood legend.”

First year out White Face escaped with a doe

Logan knew how many hunters were hoping to draw a bead on the 8-pointer with the white muzzle, and feared he’d never get the chance to take it down himself. Especially after missing out on the opportunity last year.

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“We had him pretty close a couple of times,” remembered Logan. “Last year he was coming up a hill, and dad could see him, but I was too short to see him. All I needed was for him to come a couple of steps closer. But he lifted his head, turned around and ran off with a doe.

“I was pretty upset,” Logan continued. “But after the year was over, the next year I was back at it, ready to kill him.”

Shooting bucks is nothing new for Logan Horn, who also hunts rabbits, squirrels, turkeys and traps, as he has been hunting deer since he was 6, taking five other bucks, including ones that score more than White Face. None, though, carried the allure of the elusive piebald.

“It’s just the color, and the fact that I spent so much time (hunting) him,” Logan said.

And we’re not just talking about days in the woods with bow or rifle in hand, but days leading up to hunting season.

“Every year I get after my dad and get him off his butt and get him out there getting things done,” said Logan, who instigated all the setting up of ground blinds, tree stands, clearing brush and planting food plots on their 62 acres of hunting property. “I enjoy doing it, and I make sure things are done right. I learned it all from my dad and grandpa, and from watching hunting videos.”