Today was great day in the deer woods here in Missouri. The cold temps have got the deer on there feet. In the last 3 days i have finally seen something here that resembles “rut activity”. The previous weeks of warm temps and high hunting pressure have really affected deer movement for me, for instance […]
Two weeks ago I had the incredibly good fortune to take a world class buck in the Sunflower State. In over 25 years of hunting, I’ve never had the luck and circumstance to have an opportunity at taking such an animal—here is the story: On the 20thof September, I was checking my trail cameras and […]
Veteran hunter and wild game chef Scott Leysath of California will take a break from waterfowl hunting this week to be the special guest on “Deer Talk Now.” Leysath is in California filming an episode of his new television show, Dead Meat. The show highlights hunters and anglers who target unusual species including crows, coots, […]
I’ve been deer hunting since the age of 18. I went out during the first shotgun season, hunting with my father, uncles and cousins. Deer hunting was kind of like a rite of passage in our family. We all gathered at my aunt and uncle’s house dressed in coveralls and orange vests. It was […]
Preliminary reports reveal that 40,301 deer were killed during the Nov. 10-18 firearm season, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. That is a decline of 27 percent from the 2011 record firearm season harvest of 55,400. In addition to large numbers of deer lost to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, deer populations, permit sales and […]
Deer & Deer Hunting reader Joe Godar shot this incredible buck in Ohio on Nov. 9. He sent in this video along with a note that the buck unofficially scores 223 inches. “I’ve enjoyed your shows for years,” Godar wrote. “Now I have the deer of my lifetime.”
Conservation Enforcement Officer Stacy Lush has been named Alabama Wildlife Officer of the Year by the Shikar-Safari Club International. Lush currently serves with the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries in Houston County. Each year SSCI honors one officer from each state with the award. Recently, Lush was presented with the award at WFF […]
Coyote hunting at night with the aid of an artificial light will be disallowed temporarily in five counties – Dare, Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington and Beaufort – pending the outcome of a lawsuit questioning the temporary rule adopted by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway issued a preliminary injunction halting […]
With the 2012 Missouri rifle season in the books, we start wondering what bucks were able to survive the rifle season and possibly what new bucks have showed up at our farms throughout the rut. Shaun and I start utilizing our trail cameras in attempts to get a quick inventory of the bucks, see what […]