What you’re seeing is not a hoax. It is the weirdest whitetail malady I’ve seen in my 28 years of working here at Deer & Deer Hunting. I first reported on this bizarre fawn in the late 1990s. Even back then, some of the weirdest things I had seen were a doe that had five […]
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When Cold, Snow Settle In, Deer Do This
Old friend of mine made an outstanding suggestion, last Friday. Where do Northern and Midwestern deer head when the winter weather gets nasty? For him, he had the Three Cs drilled into his head: corn, cattails and conifers. I mention this because he lives in an area with comparatively more agriculture than deer cover. Truth […]
Hunters on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: Irreverence Isn’t the Way to Attract Respect
A college professor once told me that irreverence toward dead creatures (namely, from hunting) is common among humans. The way he explained it was that those who seemed most obnoxious in their displays of irreverance to slain creatures are those who, in the moment, feel surges of anxiety about their own mortality. He said these […]
Waiting on Dusk
Some deer hunters prefer mornings. Some prefer evening hunts. I’ll take either … especially when the result is something like this!
Memorable Deer Hunt Haunts This Crossbow Hunter
Dan Schmidt comes across a ghost, and it haunts him to this day.
7 Things to Do While You’re Social Distancing
Our world has been turned upside down these past few months, but one thing is for certain. We will get through this uncertainty. It should never take a tragedy, much less a pandemic, to right our collective compass. Putting things into perspective is much easier, true, so I guess there’s that reality. Our leaders tell […]
Lessons Shared Lessons Learned
On tour and rocking out, Ted Nugent remains an apex predator, keeping his hunting skills razor sharp.