Tips & Tactics

Entries for March 2020

Turn Bad Weather To Your Advantage

Turn Bad Weather To Your Advantage

By Ken Piper

The alarm goes off at 3:30 a.m. You’re tired, but visions of that giant buck help you sit up and rub your eyes. Then you hear it - howling winds and the dreaded patter of rain on the roof. What do you do? Deer are like us when it comes to bad weather - they avoid it as much as possible. They can’t get out of the wind and rain completely... READ MORE

Try a Decoy

Try a Decoy

By Ken Piper

Turkey hunters and waterfowlers have long used decoys as standard equipment, so why haven’t deer hunters followed their lead? Perhaps it’s because deer are just so much bigger and it hasn’t been practical to carry a deer replica into the woods. With all the new materials being developed today, though, deer hunters have plenty of p... READ MORE

Rethink Still-Hunting

Rethink Still-Hunting

By Ken Piper

Many hunters look on still-hunting – the art of slowly creeping through the woods hoping to sneak up on a big buck – as something to do when deer sightings are slow and patience runs out. Regular practitioners of the still-hunt, however, know it requires a great deal of patience – even more patience than stump-sitting. The still-h... READ MORE

Don’t Call Like a Celebrity

Don’t Call Like a Celebrity

By Ken Piper

As fun as it is to watch on TV hunting shows, mashing antlers together like thunder and playing a grunt call like a flute are not the best tactics for most hunters after a trophy buck. The reason it works so well on TV is the hunters are usually on private land with well-managed deer herds, lower hunting pressure and better buck-to-doe ratios. In t... READ MORE

Practice vs. Sighting-In

Practice vs. Sighting-In

By Ken Piper

When sighting in a gun, it is imperative to remove as much human influence from the shot as possible, so use the best supports you can get your hands on.  Sand bags or manufactured shooting rests are the best.  When shooting, make as little contact with the rifle as little as possible. Also make sure that nothing touches the barrel (your ... READ MORE

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