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Tips for Cape a Deer
The taxidermist wants it caped out before you bring the deer to them though you’ve just shot the buck of a lifetime and you want to preserve that memory by having the deer mounted. How is it done? What are the proper procedures to caping a deer? What do you do? Follow these steps and…
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A Series Of Lures For Deer Hunting And Trapping Tips
If you’ve ever wondered how to make the best mock scrapes even better so curious bucks get fired up about them, then take a look at this cool video. Jeremy James hunts in southeast Pennsylvania and sent this video to our good pal Smokey McNicholas, a professional trapper and veteran deer hunter in West Virginia.…
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Hunting Tips: 7 Times You Must Be On Stand During The Rut
It’s complex for deer hunting. There’s nothing easy about it. It’s hard to kill a deer — especially mature ones. Old bucks and does alike are completely different creatures than their younger counterparts. That’s why it takes serious preparation and well-thought-out plans to succeed in filling tags. I’ve noticed there are certain factors that seem…
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One Easy Way to Bring Big Bucks To You!
Mature whitetails are secretive, nocturnal creatures. Fortunately, you can break them of that “annoying” habit with this simple strategy. Probably three styles of deer hunters—those who hunt over food sources and take whatever comes their way, those who hunt the transitional routes between feeding and bedding areas and take whatever comes their way, and those…
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Anti Hunting: Arguments Made to Support States’ Rights in Wolf Case
The Great Lakes Wolf situation has taken numerous twists and turns, capturing the attention of hunters, anti-hunters, enviro-supporters, the judiciary, legislators and even Joe Lunchbucket folks as it wends its way through the court system. Neither side — the one for states’ rights and the protect-the-wolves side — are budging. After several rulings, the latest…
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2016 Hot Gear: Easton 6mm FMJ Available in Retro XX75 Autumn Orange
Return back to the dark ages when we had landline telephones, vehicles with triangular windows for air vents and high-low clicker buttons on the floor and three television networks (four if you counted PBS), we had orange arrows. Its about the late 1970s, my father started doing a little bowhunting and then I got one…
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New ‘Poach and Pay’ Program Getting Strong Support
MISSOULA, Mont. – Poaching is a crime committed by thieves — not hunters. Those who share in the Boone and Crockett Club’s long support of sustainable-use conservation want those thieves punished accordingly. A 2015 research study by the Boone and Crockett Club found that 92.6 percent of sportsmen support higher fines for those convicted of…
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EXCLUSIVE: Peak Rut Forecast for Southern Deer Hunters
It seemed odd to be so excited about deer hunting at this time of year as Christmas lights were the only glow during the dark early morning drive to the stand. Growing up in the Northeast. My entire life had revolved around November as the “days to hunt.” But there I was, heading to a…
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The Life Of Cabin Woodside
There is always a certain level of heightened anticipation when that Thursday morning rolls around, the Thursday morning before the Wisconsin gun deer season. I’ve spent the last several days putting all my hunting gear together (of course, most of it last night). The past three days were spent shopping for the food for all…
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How To Do a European Deer Mount
If you’re like me, you hate to pay somebody to do something you can do yourself. European deer mounts are one of those chores. Sure, the job can be messy. But apart from the mess, the task is really quite simple. And you’ll save roughly $85-$150 by doing the job yourself. Plus you’ll have the sense…