Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
RUSTON, La. — It’s pitch dark outside around 3:30 a.m. when Karl Malone awakes to turn on the coffee pot.
He slips on his hunting gear and heads out to the backwoods of northern Louisiana.
More than 1,500 miles away from downtown Salt Lake City, where an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of him stands, “The Mailman” is trying to beat daylight while hunting buck deer on his private property.
As Malone takes the half-mile walk to his stand, his mind is clear. He sticks around until roughly 10 a.