Tactics For Hunting Locked-Down Bucks
In early November deer hunting, those just-out-of-bow-range bucks seem to be everywhere—and you just know you’re going to kill one as soon as you can carry a gun to your stand. Then dawn breaks on opening day of firearms season, and you can’t spot a rutting buck to save your life.
When (and How) to Use a Bleat Call to Stop a Buck
Sometimes bleating to stop a moving deer can actually be disastrous, turning a makeable shot opportunity into a spooked buck bounding out of your life forever. Nobody is saying you should abandon the bleat call altogether, but you do need to learn to use it wisely.
Deer Hunting Mistakes Guaranteed to Ruin the Rut
The rut is the Super Bowl of whitetail hunting. Bucks that typically behave like ghosts are suddenly vulnerable, and your chances of tagging a wall-hanger are at their highest. But whitetails are still whitetails—always cautious and rarely pushovers. So there are plenty of ways you can go wrong. Here are ways you can turn the annual breeding season into a surefire flop.
Tips for Tracking Deer When the Blood Trail Ends
If the obvious blood trail ends after you shoot a deer, don’t give up hope. Trailing may become tougher but you can still find the deer with determination and understanding why the blood stopped.
Dream Hunts You Can Really Afford
Quit wishing and start planning. We asked our experts to pick the best big-game hunts in North America that the average hunter can actually pull off. From Canada moose to monster desert muleys, here are ways to plan your greatest outdoor adventure ever.
A Guide to Butchering Your Own Whitetail Deer This Season
Why be your own butcher? Because the venison will taste so much sweeter. Professional butchers need to profit from their efforts, and that’s fine. But since time is money, most of them can’t afford to put the time and care into the job that you can to get the absolute best-tasting meat
Make the Most of Your Warm or Cool Season Deer Hunting Food Plots
Warm season food plots, which are extremely attractive to deer, are part of superior management programs for serious hunters.
When Should You Hang Treestands for Whitetail? Now!
It’s hard to think about hunting whitetail right now. Even harder in the middle of August. During the month precedes the bow opener the buzz around whitetails reaches a fever pitch.