Category: Hunting Tips

  • Hot Gear: Protect Your Ears, Enhance Your Hearing

    Hot Gear: Protect Your Ears, Enhance Your Hearing

    The older I get the more I appreciate what’s left of my hearing. Rock concerts, power tools and repeated exposure to gunfire have taken a toll over the years. Now that I’m older and wiser, I always take measures to protect my ears while shooting and hunting. You should, too — and why not do…

  • The Best Way to Find More Shed Antlers

    The Best Way to Find More Shed Antlers

    If you want to find more shed antlers you have to search where whitetails congregate and you need to put boots on the ground. In addition to these two simple elements you can up your antler game and gain by incorporating a common piece of hunting equipment. No, it’s not an ATV to ride around…

  • How to Use a Turkey Mouth Diaphragm Call for the Beginners

    How to Use a Turkey Mouth Diaphragm Call for the Beginners

    The mouth diaphragm turkey call is one call that every turkey hunter ought to have in his or her bag of tricks each spring. But surprisingly, many would-be callers are actually scared of this particular type of call. Maybe they’ve struggled to produce the sounds, or perhaps even gagged to the point of choking while…

  • Turkey Hunting Decoy Strategies That Work All Season

    Turkey Hunting Decoy Strategies That Work All Season

    Along with good calling and proper concealment, most turkey hunters agree that employing decoys is one of the most effective strategies for coaxing a gobbler within range. But decoying a fickle longbeard isn’t as simple putting out a phony bird or two and pulling the trigger. There’s a correct time, place and way to do…

  • Awesome Tenzing TX 14 Backpack

    Awesome Tenzing TX 14 Backpack

    Well! Today, I have some awesome backpacks from Tenzing Outdoors and Alps OutdoorZ that I regularly use. They are designed for hunting and outdoors use. Check it out, below.   Here are five reasons your hunting backpack could make or break your hunt:   1. Not Enough Room Going minimal is fine, but trying to…

  • Styrka S3 Scopes Offer Plenty of Bang for the Buck

    Styrka S3 Scopes Offer Plenty of Bang for the Buck

    On the one hand, there is a quality issue. A hunter’s ultimate goal is a high-performing optic laden with the features that ensure success come deer season. On the other hand, there is the price tag. Breeze through any scope section of a local outdoors store and there’s a good likelihood some wallets will go…

  • 5 Rules For A Successful Post-Season Scouting

    5 Rules For A Successful Post-Season Scouting

    It’s not too late to get that in your mind to make plans, if you haven’t begun thinking about deer season already. The season begins in just a few months and that will fly by quickly. Florida’s southernmost zone opens in late July, along with blacktail deer season in California, parts of South Carolina in…

  • Best Optics for 2017

    Best Optics for 2017

    Optics are lighter, brighter and more durable than ever before. Many Midwest bowhunters consider optics nothing more than an accessory that they can take or leave. And today here are some of the best optics for 2017. Check them out below.   1. ALPEN TETON Alpen Optics has earned a reputation for providing great glass…

  • Mathews Launches Video Tribute to Women Bowhunters

    Mathews Launches Video Tribute to Women Bowhunters

    Mathews recently released “Drive,” a short video celebrating women bowhunters, who despite obstacles and naysayers dedicate themselves to this beloved, yet demanding, sport. The video features four women from across the country: a blacktail hunter and archery coach from northern California, a western big game hunter from Bozeman, Montana; a whitetail hunter and cattle rancher…

  • Understanding the Metabolism of the Wintering Whitetail

    Understanding the Metabolism of the Wintering Whitetail

    Winter, especially in the northern regions, is by far the cruelest few months on the whitetails’ calendar. There is no reprieve or escape. Winter’s elements are unforgiving and harsh. The numerous challenges that accompany plummeting temps can wage an all-out battle as they beat relentlessly on the physical condition of deer herds. Fortunately, there’s a…