Entries Tagged deer hunting

Bullet design has come a long way from the days of the roundball. Today’s high-performance cartridges will handle just about anything you ask of them, but is all that energy really necessary on whitetails?

In Part I we told you why you need to create bedding areas for deer. Now in Part II, we’ll tell you how.

Most hunters hunt years for one chance at a trophy buck. Chris Maxwell missed his trophy three times in three days.

The pros and cons of clover, alfalfa, corn, wheat, oats, brassicas and more.

If you want to hunt places unsuitable for treestands or prefer your feet firmly planted on Mother Earth, try hunting at ground level in a blind of natural cover.

When it comes to hunting big whitetails, Southwestern Kansas isn’t on anybody’s radar — yet. But it should be.

Preliminary figures show the number of deer hunted in Illinois is down this year.

After the rut and eluding hunters, it’s all about the food.

Maine's Department of Fish and Wildlife Services says that the firearms deer season was likely the best the state has seen in recent years when it comes to the number of deer harvested and their health.

Deer hunters suffer from information overload these days — but it’s time to un-learn some of that info and break out of old habits.

State officials have been receiving reports of epizootic hemorrhagic disease deaths in the southwestern part of the state, and the 1,000 doe licenses still available will not be issued.

How can time-starved outdoorsmen scout their hunting spots more effectively? The answer is to let their game cameras do the work for them.

Here’s a batch of great gear and gadgets that will capture your imagination like the proverbial deer in the headlights.