No matter where you deer hunt, the smarter and more tuned in we hunt will always make for the most gratifying experiences, kill or no kill. Eventually all those lessons will teach us how to improve our predatorship responsibilities and strategies, and the spirit backstraps will eventually flow!
Today we discuss private land management strategies for doe hunting. Which does should you shoot? How many does should you take off the landscape? The guys answer these questions and more. This is Part 2 of 3 of a deer camp conversation between DDH contributor Steve Bartylla and Editor Daniel E. Schmidt.
Applying early boosts chances for hunters seeking antlerless tags and adding some more deer meat to your freezer this hunting season. Pennsylvania deer hunters who want to better their chances of obtaining an antlerless license will want to send in applications during the first round of sales set to kick off on Monday, July 13. […]
Deer hunters in one of the best states in the country for big bucks will have some previously closed land opened for several weeks to help with management control and might have a chance at a really good buck. As of Dec. 1, every area normally open for archery hunting is still open for archery […]
Are you still out of deer meat with the season in full tilt and an empty freezer just waiting to be filled before the holidays? You’re hearing that freezer whispering to you, “Dude, c’mon. Get going and kill some deer!” Part of that deer hunting experience even late in the season, whether it’s post-rut in the Midwest or […]
It appears that deer hunters will have more antlerless opportunities in the upcoming season after biologists determined that the population is high enough to support recommended changes. The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission set the 2014-15 hunting seasons at its May meeting which concluded May 23 at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Ray Bell […]
Hunters who are eager to know if they’ve been issued an antlerless deer license in Pennsylvania can track the status of their applications online. Antlerless licenses for the 2013-14 season went on sale July 8, and as county treasurers process applications and allocate licenses, the information immediately is updated within the Pennsylvania Automated License System […]
The primitive weapon season for deer in all deer management zones will open Dec. 1, with antlerless deer and legal bucks are eligible for hunters to kill. The season lasts through Dec. 14. Hunters may kill an antlerless deer and a legal buck during the same day. According to Lann M. Wilf, North Region Deer […]
The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries has made two significant changes to its Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP). Starting with the 2012-13 hunting season, the enrollment fees will be dropped, and a series of regional meetings will be conducted by WFF biologists to collect the data gathered by participating hunting clubs. The WFF’s […]
Deer hunters can take advantage of an earlier opening date for antlerless deer hunting with a firearm this fall. New for this deer season, in counties or parts of counties having a firearms antlerless deer season, the season on private land will be open Oct. 25-27. “There are several advantages to hunters and to deer […]