Now that deer season is winding down and winter is upon us, food sources are more important than ever for the whitetail deer. A great place on your deer hunting property to harvest late season big bucks is food plots.
Learning the whitetails feeding habits can help you figure out where to set up to get [...]
It will be time to go deer hunting before you know it. A big part of the deer hunting puzzle is figuring out the deer feeding patterns.
Big bucks increase their body weight quite a bit during the summer months into October. You can use binoculars or a spotting scope during the summer months to watch [...]
Do you want to improve your deer hunting?
If you lease or own your land there are some things that you can do to improve your deer hunting tremendously. Here is a list of 5 things you can do to improve your deer hunting property.
1.Food Plots- In my book having food plots is the number one [...]
Last year was my first time deer hunting in Illinois and it was a trip that I will never forget. I look back on it and at first glance it all seemed so easy, but the more I think about it it was a tough week of deer hunting. The last day of the hunt [...]
Do you scout with a trail camera?
Deer season will be here before you know it and a trail camera can be a great way to learn so much valuable information for your upcoming deer season. Some of the best places to setup a trail camera are on food plots or feeders or trails leading to [...]
Scent Control is a very important part of deer hunting.
Although I know hunters who smoke and don’t pay any attention to the wind or scent control and they have taken several nice big deer. But you know how the saying goes, a blind squirrel gets a nut every once and a while or something of [...]
If you enjoy deer hunting like I do , now is a good time to clean your deer rifle.
It is important to make sure your deer rifle is clean. It is easy to use your deer rifle all deer season and then put it away for the off season and forget about it. It is [...]
Deer Hunting can be a 365 day a year job if you want to be successful on a consistent basis. Scouting early and often can be critical to successful deer hunting.
Those big bucks can be tough to figure out once the pressure is on so why not figure them out when the pressure is not [...]
What are your favorite brand of optics for deer hunting?
I have always liked Bushnell when I’m deer hunting. It is very important to have good optics when deer hunting. It is especially important to have good optics during the periods where lighting is low. Good optics will let you see those big bucks when other [...]
Does your deer hunting club practice quality deer management?
Having food plots to provide the deer with quality nutrition year round is essential for growing mature whitetail deer. Soon the big bucks will be growing their antlers and trail cameras on food plots are a great way to see your bucks develop their antlers every step [...]
Doing a control burn on your deer hunting property is a great tool for improving deer management.
There are many benefits from a control burn.
If you are looking to improve your deer management on your property you definitely want to consider a control burn. It can increase your quail population too. Fire helps to keep the [...]
