Deer Hunting: How to Make a Homemade Cover Scent
The key to the effectiveness of a cover scent is how well it matches the aromas of the area you hunt. Commercial scents work fine, but they’re not always regionally accurate. However, you can make...
View ArticleWhat Deer Hunters Should Know About the 2019 QDMA Report
For nearly a decade, the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) has compiled and disseminated some of North America’s finest research on whitetail deer. This year’s Whitetail Report lays a finger...
View Article5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021
Relatively speaking, Maine and northern New England hunters don’t harvest a lot of high-scoring deer each year. Deer densities are lower, the habitat is poorer and winters harder, so there’s less...
View ArticleDeer Hunting: How to Make a Homemade Cover Scent
The key to the effectiveness of a cover scent is how well it matches the aromas of the area you hunt. Commercial scents work fine, but they’re not always regionally accurate. However, you can make...
View Article5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021
Relatively speaking, Maine and northern New England hunters don’t harvest a lot of high-scoring deer each year. Deer densities are lower, the habitat is poorer and winters harder, so there’s less...
View ArticleBest Tactics for Hunting the Rut
A key part of hunting the rut involves trying to intercept bucks as they travel far and wide in search of does. The odds of actually doing so increase if you set up where deer are most likely to...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn From Waterfowl Bands and Collars
Fewer than one in a thousand ducks and geese sport leg bands or collars, making them a rare and unusual trophy for a hunter. Each has a story to tell, tying its wearer to a particular place and time,...
View ArticleWhat Deer Hunters Should Know About the 2019 QDMA Report
For nearly a decade, the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) has compiled and disseminated some of North America’s finest research on whitetail deer. This year’s Whitetail Report lays a finger...
View ArticleTracking Big-Woods Bucks A FRESH BLANKET OF SNOW OFFERS HUNTERS WITH ENOUGH...
To the northeastern deer hunter, there’s nothing more elating than waking up to a fresh tracking snow. It’s like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter all rolled into one. The world seems renewed. Every...
View ArticleMoment of Truth
We take so much for granted as we go about our daily lives, seldom considering that in the blink of an eye fate could place us in a situation that will test our mettle-a situation where failure means...
View ArticleLate-Season Deer Guide
Late fall can be a cold, bleak and desolate time in the woods. The foliage is long gone, save for a few withered oak leaves clinging tenaciously to their limbs, rattling in protest against the icy...
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