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Entries for August 2020
Drop Tine Blues
By Michael Morgan
Nothing is more frustrating, or more rewarding, than hunting with a bow. I have lived my whole life in Louisiana, and ever since I was in diapers, I have loved the outdoors. I started bowhunting six years ago and found it to be the most rewarding and frustrating hunting of my life. In other words, I’m hooked. Three years ago, my friend Whit A... READ MORE
A Day In The Life
By David Hart
White-tailed bucks lead a pretty mundane existence ... until the rut kicks in. Countless research projects have taught us a lot about whitetail behavior. Bucks range far and wide during the rut, for example, and buck activity is often dictated by doe behavior. Most studies are conducted using GPS technology that sends a signal every hour. It’... READ MORE
Second Chance
By Mike Handley
If at first you don’t succeed, get another arrow ready. A 24-year-old welder from Abingdon, Ill., made short work of dispatching a deer on Nov. 4, but it took the avid bowhunter more than two hours to realize it. Matt Ford wanted to know if the gigantic buck was dead, of course, but he was in no hurry to confirm his suspicion that his less-th... READ MORE
No Bones About It
By Bob Humphrey
There’s more to judging a trophy than antlers. Body characteristics can tell you a lot about a buck. The buck that stood before me was a real tempter — not huge, but the best I’d seen in an 11-hour vigil. I knew he would meet many hunters’ definition of a shooter, even my own under different circumstances. But I knew this pi... READ MORE
Keys to a Successful Food Plot
By Steve Bartylla
Follow these tips to maximize plant growth and palatability for deer. It was bad. Germinating right before the drought hit, the farmer’s soybeans never had a chance. The only thing in that area of the farm to survive was the acre of clover I’d established earlier that spring. But with the farm crops ruined, I desperately needed more foo... READ MORE