What do you think about this idea: If you have a bunch of bucks on your property and don’t shoot any of them during the season, won’t you stockpile them for the next season and have more bigger bucks? Makes sense, eh? In this first part of a two-part series of Deer Talk Now, host and […]
Whitetail deer love clover and it’s not difficult to create a fantastic food plot full of delicious clover they will enjoy and benefit from for years. What is the best food plot for deer? It very well could be clover, because clover is easily digestible and has a high protein content. The best thing about […]
Hunting deer and other big game animals from elevated stands is nothing new, with Native Americans and pioneers utilizing bluffs, trees and other perches to see animals approaching. But today we have the incredible luxury of sturdy metals, weather-resistant seats that are comfortable, and the ability to put these ladder stands pretty much wherever we […]
Hunting arrows have come a long way just in the past few years and especially from the days of aluminum arrows that could easily bend, were big and made noise when you hit your bow rest accidentally during a shot. Today’s arrows are lean, mean flying screamers. They have carbon fiber designs and are engineered […]
Have you ever hunted near a field and wondered whether deer continue to feed there late in the season after almost all of the forage is gone? Between the farmer harvesting the crop, deer mowing down what’s left and then raccoons and birds eating the rest or it spoiling, there’s likely not much left late […]
When you’re deer hunting and have a big buck or doe within range, your best shot placement on the deer depends on the angle that deer is standing when you release the arrow. Makes sense, right? A broadside or slightly quartering-away shot is what most bowhunters look for. A severe quartering-to or quartering-away is doable […]
In this latest episode of the exclusive show “Grow ‘em Big” with Steve Bartylla, learn how a modest investment in time and money for a bulldozer can help you clear land for killer food plot locations for better deer hunting. Barytlla discusses everything from soil type to the best shapes for food plots as well as […]
Learn more about the best products to use for a deer mineral site, and how to make a mineral site on your hunting property with this informative episode of Deer Talk Now. Deer Talk Now host Dan Schmidt provides tips and tactics for creating a mineral site that whitetails will use throughout the spring, summer […]
Mock scrapes are easy to make, can be as intense or simple as you want to make them and can yield great dividends for months after deer season ends. Balderdash, you say? Bucks only use scrapes during a small portion of the year! Well, they don’t. They don’t hit ’em like we think about during […]
In this episode of Grow ’em Big, Steve Bartylla explains how a chainsaw can be a deer manager’s best friend when planning improvements to habitat. Learn the do’s and don’ts about hinge-cutting trees, and discover how man-made bedding areas can hold deer on a property all year long. Hinge cutting involves cutting through a tree to […]