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The Poor Man’s Food Plot

Every year I think about what I can do hold more deer on my property. I have tried mock scrapes, mineral sites, deer attractants, and more. Do they work? The short answer is yes. Mineral sites will hold deer in the spring while mock scrapes will funnel deer your way in the fall, mostly after…

ByRyan FairJuly 16, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Tips & Tactics

Elk Scouting In The Summer: Time Well Invested

When we opened the tent to three feet of fresh snow, my buddies insisted we get off the mountain. It was mid-October, the third day of the Rocky Mountain elk rifle season, we’d yet to see a single elk, and the snow was coming down hard. Packing up camp, we traveled 18 miles on horseback,…

ByScott HaugenJuly 14, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Hunting Tips & Tactics

How to Still Hunt

These Age-Old Hunting Tactics Require You To Be Both Slow And Quick On Your Feet Soft snowflakes flutter from the sky and land on your face. Time stands still as you slowly place one foot in front of the other, taking long pauses between each minuscule move. Hours of this monotonous activity goes on, but…

ByJosh HoneycuttJuly 7, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Why Have A Mineral Site?

Here are some Key Reasons Spring is a magical time in the outdoors, with many fun things to do. If you are anything like me, you’ll be spending a lot of time in the woods chasing those long beards, looking for morels, or in a boat fishing for crappie or spawning bass. But now is…

ByRyan FairMay 5, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Hunting Tips & Tactics Whitetail

How To Hunt Mountain Bucks

Things to Learn and Keep in Mind Before Hunting High-Country Whitetails As a Central Kentucky native, I don’t live in the mountains. Eastern Kentucky has plenty of mountains, but they’re not located here. In this part of the world, the landscape is intermittent timber with open areas along rolling hills. One of the best things…

ByJosh HoneycuttMay 5, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Big Game Hunting Tips & Tactics

Good Planning

It’s Essential for a Successful Out-of-State Hunt Every spring I wait anxiously to see if I draw that coveted tag I’ve been applying for in the far-away West. The spring when that letter finally arrived, I tore into it and saw that after six years of applying, I finally drew my tag. Living in South Carolina,…

ByPete RogersMay 4, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Hunting Tips & Tactics

Planting Big In A Tiny Food Plot

Big Acreage and Big Equipment Aren’t Required for an Effective Plot We’d all love to own hundreds or even housands of acres of land to specifically manage for deer hunting. Just imagine cruising along in that big John Deere tractor and letting the expensive implements do all of the dirty work! And then comes Fall;…

ByDarron McDougalMay 3, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Grounded Hunting

and Seeing Targets from Their Level These were the directions from my Alabama host: “Position your feet so you can raise the lower platform of the crawler, raise the platform, then stand on it. Next, use the upper part of the platform where the seat is to pull yourself up the tree. Then, repeat the…

ByLarry WeishuhnMay 3, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Teaching the Next Generation of Deer Hunters

Deer hunting might be an endangered outdoor sport. According to the North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources, the hunting industry appears to have peaked in 1982. In the intervening decades, the participation of hunters has dropped by about 18 million. These statistics are tracked according to the hunting licenses being sold nationwide. If…

ByKat StevensMay 1, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Field to Table Tips & Tactics

Field Dressing

The Key To Tasty Venison When I hear someone say their venison tastes bad, wild, or gamey, I will often start a conversation with them to find out more about why their taste buds find the venison offensive. Within short order, it becomes clear that they delayed or neglected important field-dressing tasks after their deer,…

ByMike HungleMay 1, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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