The key to successfully butchering your own venison, and coming out with great results, is knowing what you want and being ready for the entire process.
Dive deep into deer behavior, biology, diseases, hunting tactics, jaw-clenching hunting stories and more.
Category: D+DH In-Depth
Dive deep into deer behavior, biology, diseases, hunting tactics, jaw-clenching hunting stories and more.
The Top 5 Deer Food Plots
After decades of experience improving and managing whitetail habitat around the country, the author has learned a thing or two about successful food plots.
Cereal Rye: Nature’s Best Soil Builder and Deer Feed
If there was only one crop that the author could ever plant again for deer, he’d pick cereal rye. Here’s why.
Insane Myths About Nitrates in Meat
There is a common perception among many people that nitrite, nitrate and cured meat are hazardous to human health. Is this true? Let’s dive in.
Public Input to Deer Management
The author explains how DNR officials set deer population goals and harvest quotas.
The 5 Principles of Hunting Public Land
The route to success on pressured whitetails is to find them before the season starts, outfox your competition and be sneaky.
2022 Whitetail Rut Predictions
Here’s our annual forecast as to when the whitetail rut will occur in 2022, based on the proven Charles Alsheimer algorithm.
Get Ready for October’s Mini Rut
The author has come to believe that mature bucks are ripe for rut tactics as early as the second week of October.
How Hunting Apps Make You a Better Public-Land Deer Hunter
While printed maps of hunting properties are still cool, and certainly still viable, these are simply no replacement for apps.
The Legacies of Leopold, Latham and Alt
As some of the biggest names in the history of deer management, Leopold, Latham and Alt had similar outlooks and similar outcomes.