There are three does feeding on sage, and making their way towards me. This a straight meat hunt, but it doesn’t stop the adrenaline from coursing through my veins. I’m running hotter than a rusty ...
every season, I’ve always felt much more comfortable on the ground. Maybe it’s because I have more success there. Three of the last four whitetails I’ve harvested were from the ground. Or maybe it’s ...
I have learned plenty of lessons about deer and myself while hunting whitetails in eastern Montana along the river.
The older I get, the less inclined I am to hunt from an elevated tree stand, but I don't feel disadvantaged hunting from the ground. I see it as a matter of odds. Every motorcycle rider will tell you ...
There is no question the whitetail deer is the most popular big-game animal in North America, with a big following of avid hunters. Michigan alone has more than 500,000 deer hunters in the woods by ...
Two weeks ago, I asked in this column for hunters to share with me their feelings about the use of enclosed hunting blinds for deer hunting. I’ve noticed more of these shooting houses – often equipped ...
I’ve been in enough late-season tree stands to know a few truths about them: they are cold, they seem smaller than they did a month ago, they are a pain to crawl into and out of in winter. But wait, ...
Hunting blinds have long been used to conceal hunters from their targets, allowing them to blend in effortlessly with their environment and an edge over their quarry. Before hunting brands began ...
The timber rattlesnake was only inches from his foot when the hunter discovered it. The snake struck at the hunter's chair each time it moved. The hunter was trapped in a small hunting blind. Snakes ...
Cody Huhn had been tracking the buck since July. He missed his first shot in October but kept at it until he got another ...