Jim Bianchi, a Deer & Deer Hunting reader from Rochester, N.Y., wrote in to ask a few hunting-related questions after reading Steve Bartylla’s story about scent control in the October issue of D&DH. They were good questions, so we thought we’d pass along Bartylla’s answers. Getting the straight dope right from the source always...
You can take a deer out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of deer management – the two are too closely linked. Forests provide food and cover for deer and other wildlife. And deer, as primary consumers of forest plants, can impact forest health and, thus, their own habitat and...
Pennsylvania’s official all-time ranking of trophy big-game animals has been updated for 2013 and is available for sale from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The new edition of the Pennsylvania Big Game Records book includes nearly 200 new entries. To make them easier to identify, and to show where they stack up historically, entries from...
The traditional image of men escaping for the weekend to experience the thrill and challenge of outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing and shooting may be as antiquated as the gender make-up in the boardroom in scenes from television’s Mad Men. Annie, it seems, definitely has her gun, and a hunting license and fishing...
Keeping your frozen venison tasting fresh is a key to great meals, whether you’re eating it a month from now or late next summer. Improper packaging and freezing may not yield the best results, though, leaving you irritated and frustrated. Want to learn how to freeze food with one of the best vacuum sealers...
Vermont’s youth deer hunting weekend is Nov. 9-10, the Saturday and Sunday before the rifle deer season opens. “Vermont’s special youth deer hunting weekend helps ensure that young hunters get the quality training and experiences they need for lifelong participation,” said Fish & Wildlife Hunter Education Coordinator Chris Saunders. “By design, the youth weekend...
Destination Whitetail returns to the mysterious paradise that is Quebec’s Anticosti Island in the latest episode, airing on the Sportsman Channel this Wednesday night. After last week’s history lesson in part one of Destination Whitetail’s “Anticosti Island Adventure,” the team continues the journey with two lifelong visitors to the island. Recognized as one of...
More than 100,000 whitetails roam over 800 square miles of unique territory where no natural predators exist. Some call it paradise, Quebec calls it Anticosti Island. In this week’s episode of Destination Whitetail – the first of a two part series which airs tonight on the Sportsman Channel – cameras follow two veterans of...
President Nugent wants you! Wouldn’t that be something? President Nugent … President Ted Nugent, outfitting the White House formal dinners with camouflage napkins and venison backstraps on the fine china, putting up some Block targets on the Rose Garden lawn to practice on from the Truman Balcony, going to the portico to shake the...
By Charles J. Alsheimer Food still consumes the bulk of a whitetail’s day, though the urge to leave scent and determine dominance is on the rise. By the second week in October sparring matches between bucks becomes more intense. Though most sparring matches will not turn ugly in early October, they can go on for several minutes....
