Whitetail

Photo By Ron Sinfelt. The better the quality of food on a piece of hunting property, the more likely deer will be to use that property as a core part of their range—and the healthier they will be, too.

Like every deer hunter who has ever lived, you have probably spent days in the woods wondering where all the…»

The author with a nice buck he arrowed after analyzing deer movements and planning ahead with respect to putting in a deer stand. ■ Photo courtesy of Steve Bartylla.

Walking the property, I knew I’d found a winner. Sure, it was only 100 acres, but it was the thickest…»

Food plots don’t have to be large fields. Here, Weekend Warrior Terry Jacobs (whose day job is Game & Fish/Sportsman Magazines’ senior production designer) prepares a small log landing for seeding. See the results on the next page.  ■ Photo by Ron Sinfelt.

When you work hard and see the fruit of your labors, you savor it. That’s the way the Weekend Warriors—a…»

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Check out this video for tips on engineering a food plot for kill shots with Matt Haun of Mossy Oak…»

Cover, a year-round water source, forage and deer activity are some of the things you should look for on potential lease property. ■ Photo by Ron Sinfelt.

Word of mouth is best. “Hey. I heard Bob’s uncle wants to lease out a couple hundred acres of his…»

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A high density of bucks and a pair of antlers to smash together can produce some intense deer-hunting action. John…»

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Every whitetail hunter knows about the rut, that magical time when any hunter can increase his odds of taking a…»

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Most compound bowhunters and a few traditional archers still feel threatened by the increasing popularity of modern crossbows. Despite their…»

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California’s 2012 deer seasons are about to descend on us again. In fact, depending on when you read this, the…»

Ronnie Stevens with his buck shortly after recovering the deer. The rack grossed an even 195 and netted 187 7/8, making it the 5th-largest typical ever taken in Ohio.  Photo courtesy of Ronnie Stevens.

Ronnie Stevens exchanged the memory card in his trail camera, turned the power back on and latched the door closed.…»

Dan O’Brien’s huge non-typical scored 217 2/8 inches. It is the second largest Connecticut nontypical by Pope & Young standards, and the largest by Northeast Big Bucks Club standards. Photo courtesy of Dan O’Brien.

Here’s the story of a massive nontypical taken last season by Connecticut hunter Dan O’Brien.

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The state of Indiana is literally surrounded by top-tier buck-producing states. The sister states that border Indiana, deer hunting hotspots…»

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Hawkeye hunters are smack dab in the middle of some of the nation’s best whitetail deer hunting. Iowa big buck…»

This Hill Country buck the author shot late in the season had been a 10-pointer the first time he saw it. But by the time he killed it, the buck had broken its left main beam just in front of the G-3 tine. Broken antlers were reported by many Texas hunters last fall, a suspected by-product of poor antler growth and weakness brought on by the extended drought. Photo by Bob Hood.

When a prolonged drought hits Texas hard, like the record-setting one has done during the past year, questions about its…»

Mike Holland downed this giant Brooks County 10-pointer. The rack had 10-inch brow tines and grossed 181 3/8 B&C points,  before netting a typical score of 173 3/8. Taxidermy by Ed Harden. Photo by Bill Cooper.

In early December of 2010, Mike Holland climbed into his Brooks County deer stand for a late afternoon hunt. This…»

The film First Winter, which appeared in the Tribeca Film Festival, included a scene in which a deer is killed...illegally.

In the independent film First Winter — a story about a group of naive Brooklyn hipsters that are stuck in…»

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After killing a deer, it’s customary to give thanks for this animal that gave its life to feed us. Who…»

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A slight flicker of the buck’s left ear caught my eye along the edge of the brushy thicket that was…»

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You would think being witness to a horrific poaching incident that cost the life of an innocent 18-year-old boy would…»

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Was this another example of a bungee cord jump gone wrong? Probably not, but Huron County, Ohio residents were surprised…»

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Pop quiz. When wandering onto private property and confronted by the landowner, do you A) politely apologize and go on…»

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54-year-old Luke Boenker of Maryland Heights, Missouri had hunted deer with firearms and bows for the past 37 years. In…»

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Patterning southern winter whitetails  means something entirely different in the upper part of the region than it does in the…»

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I have stumbled many a time during the last 50 years that I have been in the woods and I…»

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Da Yoopers and their famous hunting camp song “Da Turdy Point Buck” might have material for a follow up hit,…»