Heading into the woods without a few deer calls isn’t a good plan. Deer use various sounds to communicate with each other from the early part of the season to its end. When you understand the sounds ...

Or I might use the bleat when I’m on watch and haven’t seen any deer for some time. I’ll bleat two or three times in an attempt to get a buck’s attention. When I bleat in this way, I do it loudly so ...

As dawn broke, a doe appeared, walking hastily and looking back over her shoulder frequently. With a bonus doe tag in my pocket and a strong hunger for fresh venison, I put my call to my lips and made ...

This spike buck was the first of three to respond to a call on opening day. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen It was already 7:30 on the opening morning of the New York firearms season when I climbed ...

Most bowhunters now carry a deer call or two, but few use them on early season hunts. While it is true that calling is most effective during late pre-rut and the rut itself, if you go about it right, ...

At this point in the Illinois archery deer season, hundreds of archers are setting forth to the woods to balance their skills against those of the wily white-tailed deer. The “rut” or breeding season ...