When I was a teenager, a good friend of mine and I ventured out on a late summer evening to try our hand at calling predators. This being the first time we had ever went on our own, we went into it not really knowing what we were doing. We improvised and did what any young, inexperienced hunter would do …

The Bowie knife carries with it a certain mystique. No American knife conveys the weight of history and legend as does the famous Bowie. More than any other knife the Bowie has been a fixture in hunting camps all across the United States for over a century and a half. Mountain Men, trappers, Government scouts, frontiersmen and guides have carried …

We headed to a local reservoir where plenty of mule deer had been spotted in the past. We glassed the shorelines and edges of willow patches and once satisfied we’d seen everything, moved farther down and spotted the next stretch of cover. We no sooner stopped, when I caught sight of antlers sticking out of the grass on the far …

The coyote is not known for being one of best looking animals on the planet, they smell worse than a wet dog, and I hear that they don’t taste very well either. With these defaults, people often wonder what it is that makes the coyote such an intriguing animal. Some would say it’s due to the fact that they are …

Trail cameras have revolutionized deer hunting and research.  Unlike the past, we can now see game animals in their natural habitat, carrying out their normal routines, in still pictures and video.  Researchers also use trail cameras extensively to record travel patterns, mating rituals, and other wildlife behaviors that are difficult to observe first hand. Trail cameras are invaluable to deer …

A long debate among archers has been waged ever since the first mechanical broadhead hit the market over twenty five years ago. It is true that experiments with mechanical heads date as far back as the mid 1950’s. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until the late 1970’s and early 1980’s that you began to see mechanical broadheads being taken somewhat seriously in …

Experienced hunters know that mature bucks have an incredible knack for making themselves scarce during the general rifle season (monster bucks posted on social media by everyone but us notwithstanding!). Yet once the centerfire season is over, the big boys tend to come out of the proverbial woodwork, replenishing their fat stores for the winter and often searching for does …

The brisk, frigid wind bit at the exposed skin on my face, but I dare not move. I was waiting on a big whitetail buck to travel along the edge of a wetland and knew movement would mean he’d never expose himself. I’d been hunting the same buck for weeks and thought I finally had him patterned. The minutes turned …

You know this, but it bears reiteration: Arrows/broadheads aren’t bullets. Bullets kill largely through shock and some small measure of hemorrhaging. Broadheads are nothing more than aerodynamic cutting instruments that inflict massive hemorrhaging. Animals bleed more profusely when broadhead edges are as sharp as possible. We understand this, in the big picture, but some of the bad habits I observe …