Deer

Introducing Our Big Buck Hit List For Deer Hunting 2013

How do you decide which bucks to hunt? Watch this episode to see which bucks on our hunting grounds passed the age test to make it on our hit list for hunting this next season. We are looking forward to some challenging hunts with old bucks and big antlers! Stay tuned as Dr.

Low Impact Deer Hunting

The key to growing, and for that matter, hunting mature bucks, can be boiled down to two words: "low" and "impact." Alone they mean little; together they are the Rosetta Stone of big buck hunting. If you take nothing else away from reading this article, memorize this phrase: low impact, and never forget it. These two simple words drive virtually everything my son and I do as landowner/hunters, as deer managers, and as professional wildlife consultants. And they need to drive your hunting strategy as well.

 

5 Calling Tricks for Chase-Phase Bucks

Article by Bill Vaznis.

In that frantic period just before the peak rut, when does are running in every direction from prying noses, calling bucks away from their playing-hard-to-get girlfriends may seem like a waste of time. But in fact, the chase phase is one of the best times to talk a trophy into shooting range.

Pre-Season Scouting Tips for Deer Hunters

Archery season is happening or about to begin for many deer hunters across the nation. In this episode:  tips on scouting out the big bucks and how to decide where to hang your stand.  Plus check out the bucks we're targeting for our Hit List this season. Several mature bucks with big antlers have shown on our recent Reconyx trail camera survey!

The Perfect Time and Tactic to Tag a Pre-Rut Buck

This expert waits for the ideal hour to tag a trophy. Article by Mark Hicks.

Like every whitetail addict, Adam Hays of Columbus, Ohio, knows that the last two weeks before the primary rut is one of the best times to tag a big buck. But Hays, a producer of Whitetail Addictions on the Men’s Channel, focuses his efforts to just a few hours of a few days within this period. He’s taken several trophies then, including three giants that grossed over 200 inches.