Recent Tips and Tactics
6 Ways To More Deer Hunting Access
By Buckmasters
Mark Herr, left, and son Kyle Herr with a stud of a suburban buck.
Looking to get a leg up on the deer hunting competition this year? One way is to be the first to ask for permission on a promising private tract, and the off season is the time. But as many know, n... READ MORE
5 Ways To More Ground Blind Success
By Mark Melotik
While it’s true that treestands offer many advantages, portable ground blinds are dependably deadly when conditions are right. For many private landowners heavy-duty, hard-shell blinds are all the rage, but lightweight, ultra-portable fabric blinds offer extreme versat... READ MORE
Now’s The Time To Sweeten Fall Stand Sites
By Mark Melotik
Got a day or two over the coming weeks to roam your favorite deer hunting area? Searching for sheds and marking last fall’s still-visible deer sign are winding down, but another wise project looms: Creating new and better treestand sites.
What follows are a few prov... READ MORE
Tinker Season Treestand Prep
By Mark Melotik
What’s your favorite off-season whitetail project? For many it begins and ends with rigging and tuning bows, but an often-overlooked chore is treestand (and similar) gear prep.
Fact is, treestands, climbing sticks and other tree-hunting gear eventually wears o... READ MORE
Whitetails & Waterways
By Mark Melotik
Have you seen them? Of course you have. Each year avid deer hunters are inundated with new-gear innovations and improvements touted to lead you to your next big buck. Now, there’s no denying that some of the “latest and greatest” can help make you a more ef... READ MORE
Build A Digital ‘Trapline’ For Bucks
By Mark Melotik
Still on the fence about investing in a hunting app? Late winter into spring is one of the best times to lean on this technology, which can help lead the way to tagging your next mature buck this fall.
It all starts with a spring scouting mission or two. Whether you choose ... READ MORE
Tag Team For Turkeys
By Ken Piper
When I first started editing hunting articles, one of the first stories I had the pleasure of working on was about a father and son who teamed up to take a stubborn old gobbler on the last day of the West Virginia turkey season.
Both had hunted the bird independently over ... READ MORE