Tips, tricks, and information associated with deer hunting.
One of the most common ways to grow more giant deer on a property is to follow or utilize some QDMA guidelines. While I agree with about 95% of the more common QDMA (Quality Deer Management Association) guidelines, I also have a few that I’ve found to be especially helpful for growing bigger deer. Over…
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…
Finding a good place to hunt has become one of the biggest obstacles for most modern-day hunters. One potential approach to securing a place to hunt is via a deer lease (also known as a hunting lease). However, hunting leases can be tricky, especially if you aren’t familiar with the leasing process. So, let’s answer…
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…
Nearly every state in the continental U.S. offers some type of land access for outdoors people and hunters. For some hunters, publicly available land is their only hunting option. Given the popularity of open access hunting properties, hunting in these public areas can be challenging as there are far more hunters competing for game compared…
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…
I suspect that almost every deer hunter, at one time or another, have experienced the symptoms of buck fever. Those symptoms include sweaty palms, increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and tunnel vision when a nice deer is spotted coming in range. And, in my experience, the larger the antlers on the buck, the worse…
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…
If you spend any time browsing almost any deer hunting forum, there’s a good chance that you will come across a thread from a member or someone asking about the ability of a 22 to harvest a deer. These posts seem to be hotly debated, with questions focused on the hunting ethics involved, the limited…
