Tips, tricks, and information associated with deer hunting.
Introducing a youth or teenager to deer hunting is always a worthwhile venture and well worth your time. However, along with the preparation for that first deer hunt comes the challenge of choosing a rifle caliber that will do the job but doesn’t have so much recoil that the experience becomes unpleasant. Since the topic…
Recently, I had a customer at my day job share a story about how his group of friends had just lost their deer hunting lease on a prime piece of property. The landowner has cows on the land, and one of his buddies on the lease mistakenly shot a young cow, thinking it was a…
Consistently successful deer hunting requires a variety of outdoor-based skills and diverse hunting techniques. Learning all the different tricks and tips of deer hunting is a lifelong process for most hunters as new tactics are constantly being introduced. However, one fundamental concept of deer hunting involves the use of deer scents and deer lures. In…
Being a successful deer hunter requires skill, perseverance, and some luck. Developing or improving your hunting skills can mean the difference between filling your tag and coming home empty-handed. One skill that every deer hunter should consider adding to their bag of tricks is antler rattling. Learning to rattle antlers is an efficient hunting tactic…
Ask ten different deer hunters what they pack to deer hunt, and you’ll likely get ten different answers. Although there will probably be some overlapping answers between the group, you’ll also get some unique answers as well. At my full-time job in the retail outdoors market, the rest of our staff and I are frequently…
Ask any deer hunter what their favorite weather conditions are for hunting, and you’ll probably get several different answers. However, I bet that not a single deer hunter surveyed will choose rainy weather as their favorite condition to hunt whitetails. In fact, most hunters will reschedule any planned deer hunt if they see rain in the…
