Food Plots 101: For Best Habitat Management Planning, the First Step is Soil Testing

Deer seasons are over in some parts of the country and still going lights out in others, including the Southeast region where food plots and deer hunting go together like college football and pretty cheerleaders. If you’re not thinking about food plots for the 2015 season, well, maybe it’s time to do so. If your […]

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Maximize Your Deer Hunting Success With a Good Rangefinder, Practice

Rangefinders more than two decades ago were pretty much eyeballs and brains, hoping that your distance knowledge to the rock, tree, post or light spot in the grass was spot-on for your bow, rifle or muzzleloader. Of course, many hunters would pre-measure distances from a stand and have them in mind. They would know the […]

Higgins: Best Whitetail Deer Management Involves Hands-On Experience

With each passing season more whitetail hunters are making their sport of choice a year ‘round venture by either buying or leasing a hunting property and managing it for the best deer hunting possible. By Don Higgins This just happens to be a subject I am not only passionate about but also one that I […]

The Northern Whitetail Rut: Where We Stand

  Rut prediction analysis and hunting tips for the remainder of the season. By Charles Alsheimer   I received an email two nights ago from Wayne Laroche (he’s hunting in northern Maine) asking for my assessment of this year’s rut — specifically he wanted to know if I thought the majority of the breeding was […]

Guide To Big Bucks: Rules Of The Rut

There’s nothing quite like the whitetail rut. The crisp weather. The invigorating woodland sounds and aromas. The sight of a thick-necked buck cruising through a timbered draw. By John Trout Jr. As a diehard bow-hunter, I’ve cherished every rut-time hunt I’ve experienced for the past five-plus decades. Last year was no different … with one […]

State Offers Multiple Youth Hunts

Ohio’s youth hunters will have several opportunities to learn and improve their hunting skills this fall. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife offers many ways for families to hunt together and create lasting traditions in the state’s outdoors. White-tailed deer: A youth deer-gun season will be open statewide, Nov. 17-18. Hunters holding […]