Find out how to find staging areas and hunt them to increase your odds of tagging a mature buck.
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 First 50 Yards of Blood-Trailing: Difference-Making Tips
Blood-trailing success hinges on the critical clues left near the shot.
How To Build a Mature Buck Sanctuary
Create top-shelf hunting land that old bucks will want to call home.
How to Get an Accurate Inventory of Mature Bucks
Steve Bartylla explains why it’s important not to rely solely on trail cameras to find mature bucks on your property, and why doing so could mean missing out on a monster deer.
The Deer Crime of 1943
When the Conservation Commission tried to compromise between public opinion and the sound advice of Aldo Leopold, a worst-case scenario ensued known as the “Crime of ’43.”
2024 Whitetail Rut Predictions
Using the proven predictions based on the Alsheimer Algorithm, find out the best days to hunt the 2024 whitetail rut.
Steve Bartylla’s 6 Greatest Deer Hunting Lessons
Here are just a handful of examples of how failures turned into repeated successes!
How an E-Bike Can Make Your Deer Hunting Better
E-bikes are all about low-impact hunting. There are many reasons to use one, but the big question is, is it right for you? Find out.
7 Steps to Your Early Bird Buck
A sequence of actions, coupled with attention to detail, get the job done on September bucks.
The Science of Buck Rubs
Whitetails can be induced to spend more time on a given property when provided a stimulus for rubbing their antlers.