NOVEMBER! Finally NOVEMBER!
May your deerwoods stink of tarsal goo, and may the buck of your dreams make that November mistake and look the other way when you're at full draw! The post NOVEMBER! Finally NOVEMBER! appeared first...
View ArticlePackers QB Brett Hundley Prepares Venison from 1st Deer
Awesome video clip came across my desk this morning. Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Hundley explains how he just took up bowhunting and harvested his first whitetail during the Packers bye week....
View ArticleNo, Food Plots for Deer Hunting Are Not New or Terrible
Food plots for deer hunting have been around for at least 40 years or more, and they're not the evil scourge that some hunters make them out to be. The post No, Food Plots for Deer Hunting Are Not New...
View ArticleChecking Things Out: Public Land In-Season Scouting Methods
If you're unable to scout in the off-season, speed scouting for rubs, scrapes and other deer sign during hunting season is a good way to form a plan. The post Checking Things Out: Public Land...
View ArticleDeer Stomping Foot — What Does It Mean?
As a hunter, what should you do if a deer you’re sizing up stops and begins stamping? Act quickly and decisively, because the jig is up! The post Deer Stomping Foot — What Does It Mean? appeared first...
View ArticleIt’s A Triple Double Miracle!
My constant practice and constant scouting homework had paid off big time this time, and I celebrated my very first triple-double deer hunt in my life. The post It’s A Triple Double Miracle! appeared...
View ArticleDeer Hunting’s Tailgate Ties
The spark that ignited my passion for whitetails struck me sometime 40 odd years ago when I experienced my first gathering around a bloody tailgate. The post Deer Hunting’s Tailgate Ties appeared...
View ArticleNew Mechanical Broadheads for Deer Hunting
Today's mechanical broadheads are stronger, fly better and provide devastating results on deer. Here is a review of three popular broadheads for bowhunting. The post New Mechanical Broadheads for Deer...
View ArticleThe Scripted Buck
Sometimes things work out as perfectly as planned for a deer hunt, as Ted Nugent discovers with an old Michigan marsh buck that didn't let him down. The post The Scripted Buck appeared first on Deer...
View ArticleHappy ThanXgiving Every Day!
Let us give sincere thanks that we are Americans, where we the people choose our individual life, liberty and pursuit of backstrap happiness. The post Happy ThanXgiving Every Day! appeared first on...
View ArticleWelcome Home to Texas
Never ever forget that even the most nerve wracking moments on the hunt, even in great states like Texas, are some of the best moments life has to offer. The post Welcome Home to Texas appeared first...
View ArticleOut of the Mist and Through the Smoke, a Legacy Buck
The reward for hard work to pick up clues on a new tract: an 8-point buck that reignited hunting passions and put some venison in the freezer. The post Out of the Mist and Through the Smoke, a Legacy...
View ArticleGoing Public: Staying Positive Out in National Forests
Hunters have hundreds of millions of acres of public land in the United States to enjoy, even if it can be a challenge sometimes to stay positive. The post Going Public: Staying Positive Out in...
View ArticleVideo: Deer with Chronic Wasting Disease
Today’s blog post is a disturbing video clip of a deer allegedly infected with chronic wasting disease. A friend of mine sent to me this morning. The video was posted earlier this fall by a South...
View ArticleGuns Over the Mantle, Disappearing with Time
Guns over the mantle, once a common sight, are disappearing in today's homes. I miss them, and appreciate them much more when I see them. The post Guns Over the Mantle, Disappearing with Time appeared...
View ArticleGirl’s First Deer is a Lifetime Memory
They say hope is what we cling to when reality has left us with nothing else, but I have to disagree. As the minutes ticked down on the second-to-last day of my daughter’s first deer season, we...
View ArticleBattle-Tested Warriors Meet for Final Time in the Deer Woods
Cory Sutton got in touch with us here at D&DH a few years ago with a pretty compelling story about his health battles and passion for deer hunting. The post Battle-Tested Warriors Meet for Final...
View ArticleNugent: America Needs a Good Campfire Right Now
Ted Nugent explains why December is still a great time to be a deer hunter. Actually, it's always a great time to be a hunter. YOWZA! The post Nugent: America Needs a Good Campfire Right Now appeared...
View ArticleWas the Rompola Buck Real?
By Daniel E. Schmidt The Rompola Buck. If you’ve been around the deer world as long as I’ve been, a few names need no introduction. That one is perhaps the most infamous. Was it real or just an...
View ArticleNugent: Happy Deerhunting Birthday to Me
A Day That Will Live in Infamy (for Me) December 13, 1948, was also a day that will live in infamy. Well, at least for me it will. For on that sacred, special date in the blowing cold winter blizzard...
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