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How To Bow-Kill A Whitetail During Opening Week

Take advantage of warm weather and early-season patterns Sweating profusely, I headed for the treestand that my brother and I had hung a day prior. The setting was a timbered creek bottom with bedding to my north and a standing cornfield to my south. I climbed into my hang-on stand 50 yards north of the…

ByDarron McDougalJanuary 23, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Texas Handgun Whitetails & More

Sharing an elevated blind with Larry Weishuhn gave me the chance to catch up with an old friend, but the two of us talked and laughed so much I was afraid we’d never see any game. We were like a couple of kids in the schoolyard telling stories and making hand gestures when a thundering…

ByBrad FensonJanuary 23, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Understanding the Whitetail Rut

If you have been fortunate enough to witness the rutting chase of whitetailed deer, you can appreciate the incredible strength and stamina that these grand animals posses. A whitetail buck has his work cut out when it comes to getting the opportunity to breed. When a doe comes into estrus and locates a dominant buck,…

ByBrad FensonJanuary 16, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Winter Whitetail Management – Backyard Feeding

As a dedicated whitetail conservationist, wildlife biologist and big game hunter, I have had the pleasure of managing winter whitetails for more than 25 years. From deeryard operations in the mountains of Quebec, to counting ‘pellet groups’ in Central Ontario as part of a Fish & Wildlife program, to today managing my own backyard program…

ByNA Deer Hunter StaffJanuary 15, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Patterning Whitetails: Is it Possible to Learn and Predict Deer Movement?

The concept of patterning Whitetails is not new. Our grandfathers did it naturally as they were afield farming or logging. They observed bucks as they went about their workdays, making mental notes of where and when the Whitetails appeared. For those who farm today and who hunt on their own property, this is still the…

ByMark RaycroftJanuary 5, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Last-Minute Whitetails: Sometimes Worth the Wait

“Why did you not shoot that buck? He walked to within less than 20 feet of where you were hidden under that pile of corn stalks,” exclaimed the smiling neighboring farmer when I walked back to my pickup, which was parked at his gate. I simply shook my head. For most of the Iowa late…

ByLarry WeishuhnJanuary 5, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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10 Reasons You Aren’t A Good Shed Hunter

Identify these hinderances, and then diagnose them Throw an antler over your shoulder in the middle of a brush-covered forest and see how long it takes to find it. Go on. Give it a good chuck. Then set that timer. You might get lucky and spot it right away. Or you might not (even with…

ByNA Deer Hunter StaffJanuary 1, 2022Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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7 Tips To Hunting Dense Cover For Nocturnal Bucks

Here is your Plan of Attack! Wall know they’re out there. We capture nighttime photos of them on our trail cameras, or spot them feeding during an August evening, before they sneak back to the woods and seemingly vanish for the autumn months. Maybe they’ve been spotted as they crossed a road at night. These…

ByMark RaycroftJanuary 1, 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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Whitetail Deer: Calling Tactics To Draw In A Buck

Of all prey species, whitetail deer can be the most challenging to entice with the use of a call, be it a grunt tube, rattling call, or a doe bleat. Learn how, and when to use your calls to improve your odds in the deer woods next hunting season. The Grunt Tube Most deer hunters…

ByNoel LinseyDecember 30, 2021Share PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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