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Beginners Luck: By Matt Sloan
-- Beads of sweat rolled down my face as I hoisted my bow up the tree. The warm September afternoon made my hike up the hill and into my stand less than pleasant. I had started to wonder if my friends were righ.... . . More>>
Vintage Year: By Bennie L. Wynkoop
-- On Dec. 5, 2005 – two days before my 52nd birthday – the alarm woke me at 4 a.m. After checking the weather outside in Virginia Beach, Va., I got dressed and started packing my hunting gear in t.... . . More>>
Almost Déjà vu: By David W. Smith
-- When I struck out on opening day of Texas’ 2008 deer season with my new bottle of doe urine, I headed for the spot where I’d taken my first buck. I’d shot the 9-pointer during the last hour of an.... . . More>>
Lesson Learned: By Michael Dalton
-- My 7-year-old son came to me one day and asked, “Dad, what is it like to go deer hunting?”
I explained, “Deer hunting is funny. The only thing you know for certain is: nothing is for certain. It’s not.... . . More>>
Minnesota Hunting round-up : From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
-- Deer hunters, forest users advised about wet conditions. Minnesota residents and guests visiting state forests to use caution when operating motor vehicles or riding off.... . . More>>
The Power of … um … Love: By Larry Robertson
-- I have a friend who doesn’t hunt, but he loves venison. He’d asked me several times to hunt his 10-acre tract if I’d split the meat with him.
I didn’t put much stock in a place so small, but I finally .... . . More>>
Dinging and Coughing Fool 20-pointer: By Josh Spencer
-- On Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, I woke up at 5 a.m. and went outside to see what the weather was like in Mt. Sterling, Ky. It was cold, there was only a slight breeze, and it was pitch black. Conditions .... . . More>>
Arkansas hunter news round up : From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
-- Bowhunters must wear orange during gun seasons.
Sure, hunters can hunt deer with archery equipment, including crossbows, or black powder weapons during the modern gun season, .... . . More>>
Redemption Wore Eight Points: By Bill LeConey
-- Hunting state woods in southern New Jersey isn’t the “ideal” hunting conditions. The whitetails receive a lot of pressure. There aren’t vast corn and soybean fields for them to eat. And without antler re.... . . More>>
Driving in the Thick Stuff: By Caleb Lyon
-- During the late muzzleloader season in central Iowa, Pete Lyon took this 141 5/8-inch 11-point buck on a deer drive. We were pushing a small section of timber towards Rob, a stander, when I jumped the buck a.... . . More>>
Deer hunting workshop in Lincoln on Nov. 10: From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
-- A free deer hunting workshop is scheduled for Nov. 10 in Lincoln, and the event is for hunters of all ages and experience levels.
Deer Hunting 201 – a Deer Hunting Primer, will.... . . More>>
A Trophy Forgotten: By Robert Gratson
-- We’ve all heard tales of a hunter shooting a deer and then someone taking it from them. This is one of those stories. It happened to me in Fayette County back in the 1992 archery season.
I was hunting .... . . More>>
I Wish He Had a Doe With Him: By John Fritz
-- We have a relatively short firearms season here in Indiana (it's 15 days beginning Nov. 15) so the anticipation really starts to build around the first of November. My home and property are adjacent to a he.... . . More>>
My Buck of a Lifetime: By Paul Daman
-- It was a cold, crisp November morning in Aberdeen, Ohio, the peak of the rut during the archery season. I had been on the stand for what seemed like all day, but it was only 10:30a.m. A cold front had moved .... . . More>>
Of Sons, Friends and Brothers: By Ronald Harp
-- My story begins several years ago after many years of rather unproductive deer hunting with one of my best friends, David. We hunted mostly public land, seeing does occasionally but never a buck. Then I re.... . . More>>
My Unbelievable Dream Season: By Dr. Michael Tveraas
-- It was early October 2006 when my unbelievable dream season began. My 81-year-old friend Walter Senn had helped me build a blind near my clubhouse camp in the remote high peaks of the Adi.... . . More>>
Ohio Public Land Whitetails: By Freddie McKnight
-- One minute I was watching a pair of yearling does contentedly feeding in my direction. The next, I was watching the largest buck I have ever seen while in a treestand. It was chasing a doe, presumably.... . . More>>
If You Can’t Beat ’Em ...: By Carey M. Hibbs
-- My husband has been hunting throughout the 10 years we’ve been married, but he really got serious about it over the last four years.
This caused many fights in our house. We own two businesses and have.... . . More>>
Homework Pays Off With an A+ Trophy: By Steve Lamb
-- August 2006 was slow in arriving, and the September archery elk season was just handful of days away. Haunted by the mental images of the elk herd I stumbled across while bow hunting for mule deer in the fal.... . . More>>
At the Center of the Action: By Mark Gregor
-- It was Oct. 30, 2008, and the rut was just starting where I hunt in Wisconsin. It was a warm and windy day, so I was not too excited about heading afield. But if I didn’t go, I was guaranteed not to see or .... . . More>>
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