Entries Tagged Field Guide to Hunting

Mesoamerican cultures first began raising turkeys between 2,000 and 3,000 years, not only for the meat but for other tools essential to survival.

Infected deer begin to show symptoms within a week of being bitten by a midge carrying the virus. They develop a high fever, one reason many dead deer are found in or near water.

Here are four subtle, but different colors of blood. Each one has a message. Learn how blood color helps hunters track animals.

Meet several parameters on any broadside shot and you can expect to cleanly take down a whitetail deer in a matter of seconds. Of course, there's a catch: a broadside shot may not materialize.

If you’re an elk hunter or plan to eventually hunt the great wapiti, here are some elk basics that cover the animal’s origins, body language and the rut.

Here's a basic guide to how deer respond to the heat, along with a broader look at weather patterns and deer behavior.

Elk eat trees, shrubs and other plant-based foods. They're big fans of wild mushrooms and they love the licks. Licks, you say? Plus, any idea how many pounds of food an 800-pound elk eats in a day?

One forage type will pull whitetails away from all others. Here's how to win when acorns and other mast food sources are beating you up.

Chestnut facts reinforce what food-plot evangelists have come to know about the American Chestnut: it’s a deer superfood.

Do deer prefer some species of acorns over others? If so, which ones? And what about humans? Have they ever depended on acorns as a critical food source?

According to a recent study from Penn State University, fawn survival comes down to where predators hunt best and how savvy does are when choosing where to have their fawns.

Unless checked, the spread of CWD will significantly impact whitetail hunting's future. Here are the facts.

University of Wyoming documents “epic” migration of mule deer No. 255. After a 150-mile trek, this doe didn't settle down with the rest of her herd. She marched on, covering nearly 100 more miles.

Based on laboratory analysis of 136 hunter-harvested Dall rams from Alaska, four rams tested positive for M.ovi DNA, while two mountain goats showed antibodies indicating past exposure to M.ovi.