Deer

Article by Gerald Almy.

We all know what happens during the whitetail rut, right? Bucks become less cautious. They spend more time on their feet. They stick their necks out to court does.?But hold on. Not all bucks rut.

What’s more, research shows that these loner deer aren’t just youngsters elbowed (or “tined”) out of the action by bossier brutes. In fact, they include some of the oldest, biggest

Scrapes

Article by Gerry Bethge.

Phase: Pre-Rut
Preferred Decoys: Feeding subdominant buck
Why it Works: Early-season bucks are social and may approach this nonthreatening fake for company. Later in the pre-rut, it can especially draw big bucks looking to assert their dominance.
Strategy: Place a small-racked decoy in a food plot, a field, or an open wooded funnel. Hunt in the afternoon and call with a mix of contact grunts and light rattling.

This is the episode to watch for deer hunters that like to see antlers - velvet antlers that is!

The biggest bucks are never pushovers—even Now. Let a Mississippi expert teach you How to tag a breeding- season giant.
Article by Scott Bestul.

Some hunters face the task of scouting for deer as a chore that must be painfully endured and quickly completed, and their success in the field often reflects their disinterested approach to the task. Other hunters, however, know scouting is essentially "hunting" for all the clues about deer — or a particular buck — and all these hunters have to do after opening day is be at the right spot, at the right time, and simply shoot the deer.

It's mid-July and the excitement level for deer hunters across America is building as the velvet antlers continue to fill out! Watch this episode as we scout whitetail bucks for the growth on summer velvet antlers, food plot tips,hunting strategies, doe harvest and more! Check it out today!

The area of northwestern Ontario roughly bounded by the towns of Kenora, Ignace and Fort Frances is sometimes called "The Whitetail Triangle." In 2003, this area appeared on the radar screens of serious whitetail hunters when the "Dryden buck" hit the internet — a typical buck net scoring 199 7/8 B&C that was killed illegally. Almost overnight, this thinly-populated area of the Ontario began to see a huge influx of non-resident hunters who took home scores of bucks with heavy, chocolate-colored horns. A decade later, although local experts feel that trophy quality has declined in some areas, there are still opportunities for big bucks.