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LatestHunting StrategyOct 13, 2026 · 4 min read6 Tips to Becoming a Better Deer HunterSix proven tips to help you kill bigger bucks this season, from finding the right property to hunting the wind, weather fronts and hunting pressure. They work in every state, with a gun or…Read article
Hunting StrategyOct 17, 2022 · 9 min readThe Rut StuffAs bowhunter Alan Foster stepped from the house in the predawn darkness to check the direction of the morning’s wind, a sly…Read article Food Plots & HabitatOct 6, 2022 · 5 min readHow to Avoid Winter Kill in Deer Management Tree Plantings!Most of us know the disappointment and frustration felt when a food plot fails for whatever reason. If it happens to be…Read article Property & Deer ManagementJul 8, 2022 · 10 min readDIY Quality Deer Management (QDM)The string of bucks waltzing past my stand was incredible on this late-season hunt. A snow storm was forecast for overnight and…Read article Whitetail SpotlightJul 8, 2022 · 12 min readChasing a LegendProbably the most admired record amongst today’s bowhunters is Mel Johnson’s world-record typical whitetail which was killed over 50 years ago. On…Read article Hunting StrategyJul 8, 2022 · 12 min readBucks in the Tall GrassThe ride on the ATV to my hunting area was brutal, to put it mildly. Just being outside in temperatures that are…Read article Food Plots & HabitatJul 8, 2022 · 5 min readA Beginners Guide to Food PlotsThe food plot craze has caught on in the whitetail hunting community in a big way. It seems as if almost everyone…Read article Property & Deer ManagementMay 13, 2022 · 9 min readBuild an Invisible Fence Around Your Deer Hunting Property“If I don’t shoot him, the neighbors will!” How many times have you heard this from someone who just shot a buck…Read article Hunting StrategyMay 13, 2022 · 12 min readHarvesting Big Bucks on Small Hunting PropertiesThe clock was ticking down on the 2007 archery whitetail season, so with an unfilled buck tag in my pocket, my efforts…Read article Hunting StrategyMay 13, 2022 · 8 min readHunting Big Bucks After the Gun Season!With the early Illinois firearms season ending the day before, I headed to my afternoon stand with the discouragement borne from years…Read article Hunting StrategyMay 9, 2022 · 9 min readAccess to your Deer Stand is EverythingIf there was ever a time I needed for the stars to align, it was on this hunt. I was taking my…Read article Whitetail SpotlightJan 8, 2022 · 6 min readSmokey – From 2-Year Old to 200″This story actually begins back in 2004 when I shot a buck scoring 214” that quickly became surrounded in controversy. After shooting…Read article
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