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On Thanksgiving Eve 2013, as I sat in the emergency room waiting area for the third time in less than a year laboring over each breath, I watched my forearms turn from pink to purple […]
Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) is a warm-season annual legume that has garnered attention from food plotters in recent years in the everlasting search for the new magic deer forage. Sunn hemp is a tropical/sub-tropical plant […]
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) charged two Washington County men with numerous hunting related violations and misdemeanors after discovering a collection of deer heads and hundreds of pounds of venison in […]
A few people have already been cited by Oregon State Police for trying to cut antlers off deer and elk skulls they found in the outdoors. Others have wrongly picked up bighorn sheep skulls with […]
I’m just back from one of my favorite hunting trips of the year, one where I never do any actual hunting. It’s the annual meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group, a two-day barrage of […]
Find Next Season’s Buck Now – Few things are more depressing to a die-hard deer hunter than watching the sun set on the last day of deer season. Unfortunately, all good things must come to […]
U.S. whitetail hunters are taking more mature bucks than 1½-year-old or “yearling” bucks for the first time in modern history, according to data compiled by the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) for its 2016 Whitetail […]
A multi-year study to guide buck management in New York State found deer hunters prefer to harvest older bucks and that further expanding mandatory antler restrictions is not warranted at this time, Department of Environmental […]
As I walk through the woods, I am looking for the glistening of a tine, or if I am lucky, maybe I will spot the entire rack of my next trophy. After searching every known […]
Few hunters have degrees in horticulture. So when the average deer hunter decides it’s time to up his or her game by putting in a food plot, the process can seem overwhelming. It doesn’t have […]
Heartland Wildlife, makers of industry-leading food plot seeds, minerals, attractants and deer feed, has announced that Lick Magic, a mineral supplement that attracts, grows and keeps big deer on your property, is now available in […]
Heartland Wildlife, makers of industry-leading food plot seeds, minerals, attractants and deer feed, has expanded its lineup of seed blends with Rack Maker Brassicas and Rack Maker Extreme. Rack Maker Brassicas is a blend of […]
If a big buck was making a setup to bag one of us, he might start with a cooler filled with ice and a fresh cold one popped open and resting on top. Who could […]
Knight & Hale® Game Calls, the legendary call maker known for creating calls that produce the most life-like wildlife sounds, unleashes it’s most radical deer call: the Arrowhead™. Breaking the mold of what a deer […]
Deer drag harness that goes over both shoulders. Comes with an adjustable drag strap too. Is easy to use, comfortable and makes it much easier to drag deer than traditional drags. Strapping is super-durable and […]
All hunters treasure a large-racked, mature buck, and record numbers of bucks in this age and antler class are being shot each year. That is great for hunters and the future of hunting. Every hunter […]
When it comes to food plots, Lee and Tiffany Lakosky of outdoor TV’s “Crush with Lee and Tiffany” demand the best. That’s why they turn to Evolved Harvest for food plot seed and blends for […]
Mossy Oak Biologic will be debuting two new products, Deer Dust and Rub Stickz, to its successful line of Addiction deer attractants at this year’s SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Deer Dust is the most […]
Mossy Oak Biologic will be debuting two new products, Deer Dust and Rub Stickz, to its successful line of Addiction deer attractants at this year’s SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Deer Dust is the most innovative, […]
It’s no doubt that soybeans are an amazing source of protein for deer. Whitetail deer are fairly intelligent when it comes to their feeding habits and preferences and nine times out of ten, deer will […]
Whether a hunter is patterning a big buck or simply putting venison in the freezer, the key is finding the hottest food source. Unless rutting activity heats up, a strategy of hunting a deer’s preferred […]
Some doe fawns breed and conceive in their first fall, at around six to eight months of age. The percentage that do this is determined by nutrition – they attain sexual maturity if they reach […]
Code Blue®, the industry leader in attractant scents, cover scents and elimination, is again offering its Doe Estrous™ attractant scent for 2016 for whitetail hunters interested in gaining a serious advantage on bucks. With the […]
A biting wind tears at the face like sandpaper. Cold chills your body to the core. Late season bowhunting is not for those less than fully committed. Weather and a reduced deer herd make for […]
If you lease hunting land, few sights are more disheartening than the appearance of skidders, log loaders and logging trucks, especially just before or during hunting season. If you own your hunting land, you are […]
Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in southwest Michigan recently conducted enforcement operations targeting illegal importation of harvested deer into Michigan from states with chronic wasting disease (CWD) in their free-ranging deer herds. Conservation […]
Code Blue®, the industry leader in attractant scents, cover scents and odor elimination, has refined its most realistic and popular estrous scent, Screamin’ Heat™. Developed through extensive scientific research and collected with meticulous accuracy, Screamin’ […]
Knight & Hale® Game Calls, the legendary call maker known for creating calls that produce the most life-like wildlife sounds, has improved its legendary Pack Rack™ for a stronger and more natural sound than ever […]
With Realtree’s new online Antler-Scoring Tool, you can score your rack quickly and easily and then share the results with a cool graphic image through social media. Realtree’s Antler-Scoring Tool provides a handy step-by-step process […]
Where is the line that separates bucks you will try to kill this year from the bucks you won’t? Maybe it’s between bucks with six antler points and those with more. Maybe it’s based on […]
Big buck down! But just how big?! Guy Eastman breaks down the process for scoring a trophy mule deer. To be considered for any big game award, a trophy must be scored by a Boone […]
Let’s face it, hunting public land can be tough. This is especially true when you have never laid eyes on the property. There are some steps you can take, however, that will tip the odds […]
We’ve received photos of some extremely weird deer at QDMA, but the ones I got this week from my friend Ryan Basinger in Alabama deserve a place in the Hall of Strange. Here was a […]
Sunday hunting with guns returns Oct. 4 in eastern NC counties – This weekend will be a little longer for eastern N.C. deer hunters who use certain firearms. Their time in the treestand is limited […]
Even in a mild year for EHD and bluetongue viruses, which 2015 appears to be, there are always a few dead deer to be found. The dying buck in the photo above, photographed on September […]
Reported 1st by the Calgary Herald – It weighs more than 200 pounds, sports sharp, pointy antlers, and can bolt at a moment’s notice — but that didn’t stop a group of people from cornering a mule deer […]
Most of us would enjoy preparing to hunt knowing that the results of our scouting gave us much confidence that a mature buck was regularly passing within range of our stand. Scouting is a skill […]
Successful white-tailed deer bowhunting here in the Midwest is particularly dependent upon intelligent placement of tree stands. The primary thing to remember about treestand locations is that they be flexible. That is, a stand placement […]
Each year, hunters across the whitetail’s range encounter deer with “warts,” like the buck in the photo above, sent to us by QDMA member Evan Heusinkveld. The growths on these deer are cutaneous fibromas and […]
The doe kicked and ran out of the food plot like a hard-hit deer, hunched with its tail tucked, and I heard loud crashing sounds not far into the thicket. Confident I had venison on […]
Next fall will mark 30 years of deer hunting for me. You can’t spend that much time in the woods without accumulating a lot of special memories. I still vividly remember the details of my first successful […]
The “grass is always greener” is natural human emotion. When it comes to hunting land, it’s literally true! The grass is greener and you are missing out if your neighbors are planting food plots with […]
Hunting with a bow or crossbow is a great way to get a jump on the gun hunters. Bowhunters are allowed in the woods a month-and-a-half earlier and get that first crack at the deer. […]
Wouldn’t it be great if trophy bucks used the same trail every day and kept to a tight time schedule? If that were the case you would need just one trail camera to keep an […]
How often have we as hunters sat in our deer stand, wind blowing the wrong direction, hoping that the animals won’t pick up on us? I have to admit, there have been more times than […]
Every hunter and land manager wants to improve their property. Chestnut Hill Outdoors is your one-stop solution for providing high-quality food and nutrition for wildlife, while increasing the attractiveness and production of your land over […]
Out-of-the-way spots can be the ticket for big bucks, but remote locations make it difficult to use and access feeders and trail cameras. Wildgame Innovations’ Buck Commander Hex is the perfect feeder for those secret […]
On July 25, the Mule Deer Foundation’s (MDF) Arizona leadership worked with private landowners and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) to host a delegation of Chinese wildlife experts and officials. The goal was […]
THE LA Times Reported 1st: For years, the big trophy buck was a celebrity around Twin Falls, Idaho. As frisky and tame as a neighbor’s pooch, he grazed on flower patches and ate from local […]
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