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Mark Kayser Articles

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Plan a Smart Seasonal Menu for Whitetails

Create a whitetail feed and forage plan with each season in mind, and then set the table for the deer on your property.
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Place Your Whitetail Ambush During Preseason

Don’t wait until whitetail season to prep treestands and ground blinds. Do it now and deer will forget the intrusion.
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Mouth Calls = More Coyotes

Stuck in an e-caller rut? Give mouth calls a try.
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Making Sense of Coyote Scents

If you’re not using attractant and cover scents to get an edge on wind-walking coyotes maybe it’s time you did.
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Food Plots vs Cover: What’s the Best Balance for Whitetail Habitat?

Too little of a good thing is a bad thing. Concerning whitetail habitat, is more of a good thing better?
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Stack the Deck for Pre-Rut Whitetails

5 proven pre-rut tactics for winning the whitetails game this October.
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Coyote Bait Station Basics

Baiting is a tactic that should be considered if dense cover defines your hunting environment. Luring coyotes from heavy cover with some tasty treats placed upwind of your hiding place makes sense, particularly when coyotes might have been exposed to excessive hunting pressure. Adding scents, such as coyote urine, to the bait area completes the hoax.
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Sig Sauer Electro-Optics BDX System

Wireless Bluetooth technology enables optics to communicate with each other.
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Coyote Hunting is for the Birds

Consider adding bird sounds to increase close encounters of the coyote kind.
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How to Target Whitetail Bucks During the Rut’s Lockdown

Create a strategy to take advantage of love-sick whitetail bucks.
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Make Your Deer Stand Invisible

The key to a successful whitetail ambush is not showing your deer stand.
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Hunt Small Cover for Big Bucks

Hunting small cover for big bucks requires deer hunters to take a fresh look at their situation and use tactics outside of the whitetail norm. Here's how.
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Make the Most of Your Whitetail Stands

Not all whitetail stands — ground blinds and treestands — are created equal. Now is the time to review past deer hunts to optimize the plan for your next sit.