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It may be the “off season”, but is there really ever such a thing? Even though most of us aren’t able to shoot deer right now, the work being done at this very moment could help you close the deal next fall. So with that being said, what are you waiting for? It’s time to [...]
Late Season Tactics: The Ideal Setup
21, Dec 2011Continuing with the series of videos we’ve shared from Bill Winke’s Whitetail Watch, this week late season setups are covered in detail. In past episodes Bill discussed key tactics to consider in the late season and how to determine which areas to hunt, but in this video he dives more specifically into how to actually [...]
One thing I love about deer hunting is that you can always, always learn something new. And despite hunting for about 20 years so far, I’ve certainly still learned more than my fair share this season! Now that being said, one thing I’m trying to do a better job of is taking these lessons learned, [...]
Late Season Tactics: How To Choose Where To Hunt
13, Dec 2011In continuing our focus on late season tactics, I again wanted to share with you another helpful video from Bill Winke’s Whitetail Watch series. In the previous video we shared, Bill discussed the keys to late season succcess being finding food soures and hunting them only when you had good entry/exit strategies. Now, in this [...]
3 Simple Tips for Second Rut Success
9, Dec 2011I sat stock still in the tree as she bounded towards me, steam blowing out of her nostrils and tail held high. Above the bristle of the few remaining leaves, I heard a steady and ever loudening “urp, urp, urp”. Twenty yards behind the doe, a tall and wide rack burst from the thick swamp [...]
With the rut squarely behind us and the late season staring us in the face, it seems that we ought to now turn our attention to how success can still be found in the later weeks/months of the season. Big bucks can definitely be killed in the latter part of the year, but mistakes aren’t [...]
Four Can’t Miss Tips for Your Whitetail Gun Season
23, Nov 2011With gun seasons popping up across the country, including here in my home state of Michigan, I figured now is the perfect time to examine a few helpful tips for using the boom stick in the whitetail woods. I actually just picked up a new Thompson Center muzzle loader, seen above, so I’m particularly excited [...]
Rut Hunting Tips: Hunting the Lockdown
17, Nov 2011While rutting/chasing activity may be pretty hot still in some areas, in others you may begin to see a decline in visible action and thats because we’re entering the lockdown phase. The dreaded period of the rut when bucks actually have found receptive does and have begun to breed. At this point bucks will typically [...]
Rut Hunting Tips: Hunt Natural Funnels
8, Nov 2011I’m on my sixth and final day of bowhunting in Michigan during my rut vacation before I head to Ohio. While I’ve seen a lot of deer, the lack of mature buck sightings has been frustrating. So with just two days left, I decided it was time to focus on the absolute core truth of [...]
