This past Wednesday I posted an article discussing a recent piece I read from Bill Winke and some questions I had about his strategy (If you haven’t already, click here to read the original article). In Bill’s article he discussed how he uses trail cameras to determine whether a buck is nocturnal or not, and then makes decisions on [...]
July is coming to a close and I’m all of a sudden shocked that August is here already. I typically like to have most my prep done in August, so that I can stay out of my hunting ground for a month before the Oct 1 opener, but man am I behind on schedule! That [...]
I was 16 years old and brimming with excitement. Sweaty palms, shaking knees and full of anticipation, I went in to make my purchase. Was I about to buy my first car? No sir. Even more exciting, I was about to buy my first new bow! That fateful day at Cabelas I purchased a ready [...]
Today while perusing the local grocery store, I made my weekly pilgrimage to the magazine rack. I’m always on the prowl for the newest issue of Deer & Deer Hunting, North American Whitetail or one of the other great hunting publications that grace the shelves. Well I came upon an interesting article on hunting early [...]
As we discussed a week or two ago, surveying your local deer herd is incredibly important in any sort of managemnt plan for whitetails. And one of the mentioned techniques for surveying your herd was using observation data. Check out this quick video from wildlife biologist Brad Mormann of Growing Deer TV, as he discusses [...]
It’s definitely one of my favorite times of year as a deer hunter, as big ole velvet bucks start congregating in crops fields across the midwest. I’ve got permanent binocular rings around my eyes, my camera battery is perpetually low and I’m going through SD cards like they’re going out of style! Needless to [...]
It’s hot! But don’t let it bring you down. Plenty can be done inside to preapre for the fast approaching hunting season while still staying cool. Check over your equipment to make sure it’s in good shape, look at maps, think through approach strategies or do some reading! Speaking of reading, here are a few [...]