Every once in a while bowhunters are faced with the moral dilemma of showing mercy to animals who will likely face a much more brutal death without our willingness to utilize a tag as an act of mercy.

Every once in a while bowhunters are faced with the moral dilemma of showing mercy to animals who will likely face a much more brutal death without our willingness to utilize a tag as an act of mercy.
Dan Schmidt struggles with freezing Nebraska temperatures on a whitetail rut hunt in the Sandhills.
In Texas, outdoor writer Brad Fenson assesses whether or not the moon phase has an impact on his whitetail hunt where the big bucks seem to be sticking to nighttime movement.
On his annual hunt to Eastern Wyoming, Editor-in-Chief Dan Schmidt faces uncontrollable arrow deflections that put his experience as a bowhunter to the test.
Last year Dan Schmidt took a fallow piece of private ground and turned it into a fabulous deer hunting honey hole. This year he’s at it again.
Whitetail hunting experts Daniel E. Schmidt and Mark Kayser debunk some of the biggest myths about the rut.
Daniel E. Schmidt is out in Carlile, Wyoming with outdoor writer Bob Robb for some classic Western whitetail archery hunting.
Dan Schmidt and Dr. Stephen S. Ditchkoff explain their beliefs on whitetail sex ratios and provide scientific insights into buck-to-doe ratios within a whitetail herd.
Knowing when to start tracking a deer makes for a better hunter. Understand when to go after a deer and when to wait after the shot.
The more you know about whitetail dispersal, the better prepared you will be when it’s time to manage the herd.