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Alone in the Backcountry

Here’s Why Everyone Should Spend a Night Solo in the Wilderness I spent four nights in bear country alone, and it changed me. That sounds corny, I know, but experiences like these do change a person. I believe that’s why we chase these adventures so tenaciously and sometimes quite blindly. Now, this isn’t your average “Here’s…

ByDarren CheverieJanuary 4, 2023Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Aggressive Archery Tactics for Rutting Mule Deer

For the time of your bowhunting life, get aggressive with these big-eared deer It was now or never. I charged ahead through the scattered junipers, disregarding the bedded fawn watching me make the maneuver. My focus was on the grunts emitting from an old buck I’d first encountered one year earlier. He’d also been taunting…

ByDarron McDougalNovember 26, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Skin, debone and process your own deer

Kip Adams form National Deer Association demonstrates how easy it is to skin, debone and process your deer to get the maximum amount of meat and ensure it is safe to travel. Watch this and you decide if you can process your own deer.

ByNA Deer Hunter StaffOctober 21, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Find the Dominant Buck in October Bachelor Groups

On the back deck of our condo that overlooked Table Rock Lake, my wife, son, and I sat around the patio table as we enjoyed our dinner. It was the last weekend in September, and our family had decided to relish a weekend getaway before cooler weather arrived. The plan for the weekend was simple,…

ByHeath WoodSeptember 21, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Bow Hunting Blood Trails

Here are some strategies to effectively track the game animal you just arrowed We owe it to the game animals we hunt to follow up on the shots we take as best we can. There are rarely second shots with bowhunting, so making the first one count, and following up with a solid tracking routine,…

ByGord NuttallJuly 12, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Low Light Whitetails

Before the rut occurs in November the first and final fifteen minutes of shooting light is prime time for whitetail deer movement towards feeding areas. You do not need to be a wildlife biologist to know that white tail deer prefer the safety of feeding in open crop fields under the cover of darkness. On…

ByGord NuttallDecember 30, 2021Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Snowbird Bucks

Head south to extend your deer-hunting season! Now that I live in northern Idaho I miss the late seasons of the Southwest I once took for granted. Today taking advantage of those opportunities requires packing up and in investing in two-day marathon drives, which I do happily. By the time December, and especially January, rolls…

ByNA Deer Hunter StaffDecember 30, 2021Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Data After The Shot

Not many of us like to focus on much other than the spoils after the hunt, and that may be okay. But those that want to step up their game and think beyond the outcome of the hunt and focus on the future may think about the factors that indicate progress or change in their…

ByNA Deer Hunter StaffDecember 30, 2021Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Muleys Without Mountains

Mountains and mule deer seem synonymous, yet the Midwest and Great Plains offer excellent hunting for giant bucks without the climb. Think attitude, not altitude. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation spans nearly 2,000,000 acres and Neil Davies and I each had a deer tag. Shortly after noon, we met Travis Brave Bird, our Sioux guide…

ByNA Deer Hunter StaffDecember 30, 2021Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Trail Cameras: Are they hurting or helping your hunting strategy?

Don’t grow discouraged when a big buck doesn’t walk by your trail camera. Remember, a cam-era doesn’t capture everything that happens in your hunting area. (Photo courtesy of Bowtech Archery) We discuss whether trail cameras should be part of your hunting program. Trail cameras. They provide definitive edges to modern hunters. They provide key details to…

ByDarron McDougalDecember 28, 2021Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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