Veteran hunters provide their best tips, insights and tactics that can help you in Deer & Deer Hunting’s Guide to Better Bowhunting.

Veteran hunters provide their best tips, insights and tactics that can help you in Deer & Deer Hunting’s Guide to Better Bowhunting.
You’ve waited again until the last minute to get a Father’s Day gift and now you’re scrambling for something cool to slide to daddyo next weekend, right? It’s OK to admit that you are in hair-on-fire mode. Dad isn’t one to give a list of things he wants or needs. Truth be told, he probably has […]
Hiking into the woods from a trailhead, hauling decoys to a duck blind in the dark and heading for a tree stand for a deer hunt are all very diverse fall outdoor activities- and they have one thing in common. The gear you carry has to work and it has to be compact. Space and […]
This 2016 Deer Hunting Hot Pick is a good choice for on-the-go bowhunters and deer hunters who want a quick, easy tool for scouting and hunting. Celestron’s Upclose G2 Roof Monocular is built field-tough with a shock-resistant, rubber-armored aluminum body. The unit is sealed from the elements, keeping moisture at bay and the dreaded fogging […]
Research proves that the licking branch is the No. 1 key to success when hunting a mock scrape, one of the best ways to fire up a big buck and get him interested in seeing what buck has invaded his territory. The key to that licking branch is preorbital scent. Bucks secrete this scent as a means […]
Don’t be Black Friday crazy and try to find a parking space, wade through the insanity of humanity and then stand in line at a check-out counter with some screamin’ kid behind you! Black Friday! Bah! Get out in the woods and go hunting, or throw the ball with your son and daughter, or […]
The first real good view of how a ThermaCell works came while I was turkey hunting in south Alabama about 10 or so years ago with a friend. He was about 10-15 yards from me sitting against a tree watching one direction. I was backed up to a tree watching the opposite direction. My ThermaCell […]
If you’re not practicing judging distances without a rangefinder then you might get caught in a lurch this season if you forget yours or the battery dies. Both of those things have happened to me before and it stinks. I love today’s technology because it does, in many ways, make our lives easier, faster and […]
Father’s Day is a great time to give dear ol’ dad something he can use instead of something he’ll stick in a drawer and wear a few times a year. A tie? Bleah. Socks? C’mon. Socks? Really? Don’t do that. Even if he says, “Hey, thanks! I could use some socks!” then you know he’s […]
Try as we might to get into the woods and disconnect, we’re usually not far from our smart phones. There can be, of course, a legitimate need for smartphones in the woods: calling for help, using the GPS or compass, even using the light in a pinch. I’ve used my iPhone flashlight feature more times […]