Category: Hunting Tips

  • Diversity is Your Best Food Plot Plan for Year-Round Forage

    Diversity is Your Best Food Plot Plan for Year-Round Forage

    As I walked down the trail enclosed overhead by bare oak branches, I crept past several green fields full of clovers and other growing plants. Farther down the trail, I stop at a secluded brown food plot that appeared to have been abandoned long ago. The lush, green soybeans from summer were now thin-stalked skeletons,…

  • Hot Gear: Whitetail Hunter Series Gets Updates, Adds Women’s Model

    Hot Gear: Whitetail Hunter Series Gets Updates, Adds Women’s Model

    For 55 years, hunters have turned to Barnett for the very best in durability, dependability and performance. Why? Because excellence has never been considered optional by the brand that pioneered the modern crossbow. For 2017, Barnett announces the release of its upgraded Whitetail Hunter Series of compound crossbows – three new high performance models designed…

  • FeraDyne Wins Sweeping Ban on Imports of Rage Broadhead Knock-Offs

    FeraDyne Wins Sweeping Ban on Imports of Rage Broadhead Knock-Offs

    The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a powerful General Exclusion Order (GEO) protecting the FeraDyne Outdoors popular and innovative Rage line of broadheads from foreign patent and trademark infringers. The GEO, which takes effect immediately, empowers more than 20,000 Customs & Border Protection Officers at more than 300 U.S. ports of entry to…

  • Jason Aldean to Perform for Hunters, Anglers After CMT Awards

    Jason Aldean to Perform for Hunters, Anglers After CMT Awards

    Country music star Jason Aldean will give a pop-up concert after the 2017 CMA Awards in Nashville and perform some of his biggest hits for fans. Exclusive! Deer & Deer Hunting has learned that Field & Stream, the outdoor specialty product and retail brand owned and operated by DICK’S Sporting Goods, in partnership with its brand…

  • Deer Rut Calendar Pays Off With Public Land Giant

    Deer Rut Calendar Pays Off With Public Land Giant

    Steve Kress with his Pennsylvania public land buck, which scored 140 inches. Kress is a devoted follower of the DDH annual calendar that includes the lunar and rut forecasts. Each year D&DH publishes a Whitetails Wall Calendar that includes predictions from deer researchers Charlie Alsheimer and Wayne Laroche for when the seeking, chasing and tending…

  • 5 Great Deer Hunting Gifts for Father’s Day

    5 Great Deer Hunting Gifts for Father’s Day

    If you’re hard pressed coming up with an idea for a Father’s Day present, we can help with these five great deer hunting gifts from ShopDeerHunting.com. Father’s Day is right around the corner, so it’s time to get that formative figure in your life something he’s been dying to put in the back of his…

  • 6 Top New Deer Rifles for 2017

    6 Top New Deer Rifles for 2017

    Hunters in the market for a new rifle have ample choices with the release of plenty of capable firearms this year. Here are six top deer rifles that caught our eye and are more than ready to chase whitetails. The curtains have been drawn on the outdoor shows and, expect for stragglers, pretty much all…

  • Great Father’s Day Gifts That Don’t Suck for Your Deer Hunting Dad

    Great Father’s Day Gifts That Don’t Suck for Your Deer Hunting Dad

    You’ve waited again until the last minute to get a Father’s Day gift and now you’re scrambling for something cool to slide to daddyo next weekend, right? It’s OK to admit that you are in hair-on-fire mode. Dad isn’t one to give a list of things he wants or needs. Truth be told, he probably has…

  • Where Are You Among the Five Stages of a Hunter?

    Where Are You Among the Five Stages of a Hunter?

    While doing a little poking aroundfor an upcoming story, I needed to find the information below and after doing so realized it’s always a good idea for a refresher. Hunters typically go through different stages during their lives, from wanting to shoot just about anything to mellowing out and enjoying the experience. This “Five Stages…

  • Hot Gear: Sig Sauer Adds SIG HT in Ammo Lineup

    Hot Gear: Sig Sauer Adds SIG HT in Ammo Lineup

    Sig Sauer continues to expand its SIG HT line of premium-grade rifle ammunition with the addition of 223 Rem. This supremely accurate hunting round features an all-copper bullet that delivers deep penetration and consistent 1.8x diameter expansion. The 60gr 223 Rem bullet has a muzzle velocity of 3,100 fps and muzzle energy of 1,280 foot-pounds making it…