Entries Tagged From BW magazine

Tips for using scents, calls and decoys to fool rutting whitetail bucks.

The rut is a highly anticipated event in every whitetail hunter’s schedule. As you prepare, remember to consider these three sometimes overlooked potential problem areas.

Make sure you’re dressed to kill this fall by wearing the best in bowhunting apparel.

Rutting whitetails typically don’t stand around and give you lots of time to aim and shoot. To prep for the rut, practice for a shot opportunity of no more than 5 seconds.

Here’s how to make the most of your next DIY Hawkeye State bowhunting adventure.

The Ravin LR crossbow eliminates the guesswork and delivers to-the-yard precision out to surplus distances.

Insightful tips for choosing a deadly broadhead while the opinions wage all around you.

The author has guided big game hunters around the world, and along the way she’s learned the best ways to pack out animals.

Trekking across remote mountain country with your camp on your back offers a serious hunting edge. Here are some tips for planning a successful bivy adventure.

Insanely lightweight, unfathomably quiet and vibration-free, and lethal beyond a doubt.

The author and his two brothers head deep into the mountains of New Mexico for a lengthy DIY elk bowhunt, enduring tough terrain, sporadic action and finally an opportunity with the bull of a lifetime.

A large deer population, high success rates, and the region’s Old West history makes this one of the author’s favorite bowhunting road trips.

Tips for planning DIY bowhunts for spring black bears, early fall mule deer, late-season elk and winter Coues deer.