Happy October 1, 2020, my fellow mystical-flight-of-the-arrow Fred Bear BloodBrothers everywhere! Today, all is good with the world! Everything bad and ugly in life has just been obliterated and momentarily washed away by this magical, mythical, wonderful, long-awaited traditional October 1st Opening Day of archery season.
Well, the sun isn’t exactly setting on my hunting season overall, but when so much focus and celebration circles around the mighty white-tailed deer of North America, for all practical purposes, my 2019/2020 deer season is finally over.
After pursuing big game around the world, Ted Nugent has come to cherish, and in fact crave, the addiction to Midwest farmland bow-and-arrow ambush deer hunting.
Texas deer hunting goes all of the way to the end of February, and as a proud Texan, I for one couldn’t be happier. There is no question, whatsoever, that Texas has the best deer hunting on planet earth, bar none, case closed!
They say everything’s bigger here, and well, the whitetails tend to follow that as well. Dan Schmidt hunts with his friends at the free-range Vatoville Ranch near Sonora.
If you’re looking for a hunting story that waxes poetic about a glut of carefully managed trophy bucks pursued by even more careful hunters, then you’re going to have to look elsewhere. This tale takes place in gritty Grimes County, Texas, a nondescript area in the eastern part of the state where giant bucks are […]
It’s been a whale of a season for Team DDH this year, with great hunts and bucks throughout the country. Deer & Deer Hunting Editor Gordy Krahn has been in west Texas the past week hunting for the unique Carmen Mountain white-tailed deer. While similar to the Coues deer, the Carmen sub-species is a little […]
I’ve said it before and it is truly worth repeating on a regular basis, that, according to the greatest philosopher of all times, his Eminence Sir Dirty Harry, that: “A good man has got to know his limitations.” As a married man, this may very well be the most important truism we worship every day […]
At first thought, hunting and bull riding may not seem to have much in common. Think longer, however, and some similarities crystalize. Both are true lifestyle pursuits pitting man against beast – one-on-one challenges creating ample rushes of adrenaline. Furthermore, bull riders and hunters possess great and special passions for what they do, and are […]
If you’ve never cooked venison meat underground, you have no idea what you’re missing. I experienced this age-old way of slow-cooked meat for the first time this week while hunting in Texas, and I must say it is nothing short of sensational. Cooking meat underground is an ancient tradition for many cultures. My buddy Jon […]