Bowhunting requires a close and personal approach to stand selection. Utilizing specific terrain features can put you where big bucks roam.
Tag: white-tailed deer
Patterning Whitetails | Understanding Mature Bucks
Much of the patterning that “experts” do is impossible. That said, deer are patterned every year by real-world hunters. Here’s how they do it.
7 Biggest Mistakes of Deer Hunting Land Management
Are you making these seven mistakes when it comes to deer hunting land management? See Steve Bartylla’s tips on managing prime deer dirt.
5 Lessons on Whitetails to Remember
Even for students of whitetail behavior, there are always lessons to be learned when it comes to the idiosyncrasies of this incredible animal.
Deciphering Deer Breeding Phases | Understanding Mature Bucks
Knowing what triggers estrus and how deer breeding phases are dictated by fawn survival rates is helpful in nailing when to be in trees.
It’s a Wonderful Deer Hunting Life!
Ted celebrates #71 on December 13, and while we would love to have a live video feed of him jamming Fred Bear, he’s too busy sitting quietly in his favorite tree stand! But he did take the time a couple of days ago to pen this week’s blog entry. Enjoy, and be sure to check out all of the links within this piece … it is loaded with some of his tastiest guitar riffs of all time!
Charles Alsheimer: Deer Hunting Then vs. Now
Think it’s tough to hunt deer in brutal conditions today? Our forefathers had it a lot worse. Charles Alsheimer recalls some of the differences between deer hunting way back when and modern times.
Why Failure Makes You a Better Hunter – Charles Alsheimer
This is the second installment in a 5-part video recap of some of the highlights of the illustrious career of photographer and whitetail behaviorist Charles J. Alsheimer.
Great Tasting Venison: Science Proves What’s Best
Most deer hunters think that older, bigger deer are tougher to eat than younger, smaller ones, and that some cuts of deer make better steaks than others. But most of us don’t know exactly why it’s true. By Dr. Phillip Bishop A Polish study, in a very scientific manner, tested what most of us believe. […]
Deer Hunting Tip: Call Your Way Out of the Lock-Down Phase
The lock-down phase is something bowhunters likely experience every season. It coincides with the peak of breeding, when the greatest number of bucks and does are paired up. Most pairs spend much of the day in their beds, so this is one of the most challenging times to kill a good buck during the rut […]