Tips for Bowhunting at Ground Level

August 21, 2019

If you’re a deer hunter, there is no doubt you have felt the rush of adrenaline when a deer is spotted heading your way. The feeling you get as you reach for your weapon and ready for the shot; your target unaware of the ambush waiting from above. Now can you imagine the rush you …

Does Broadhead Choice Really Matter?

August 7, 2019

| By Andy Pedersen

For the past 30 years, I’ve helped bowhunters track white-tailed deer on the Naval Support Facility Indian Head, a military installation on the Potomac River just south of Washington, D.C., and in the surrounding southern Maryland counties. After the Natural Resources Office (NRO) on the Navy Base allowed bowhunters to use mechanical broadheads for the …

Stand Placement Tips for Mature Bucks

July 31, 2019

| By Dominic Corsini

Find stand sites that combine these six features, then get ready to call your taxidermist. What makes one stand better than another when it comes to harvesting mature bucks? Why do some stands seem to produce year after year while others fail to yield a mature-buck sighting? When it comes to hunting, and more importantly …

Demystify Deer With 9 More Scientific Insights from Whitetail Research

July 17, 2019

| By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Looking back over themes from 42 annual meetings of the Southeast Deer Study Group reveals the evolving concerns of professional whitetail researchers over the last four decades of North American deer hunting. When the first meeting was held in 1977, goals still included restoring deer to a few last pockets of their former range. Quickly …

The Trick to Finding Quality Public Hunting Land

June 25, 2019

| By Brian Grossman

Let’s face it. Not all of us have access to high-quality, low-pressure, private hunting land. In fact, for many of us — myself included — public land is where we spend the majority of our time in pursuit of white-tailed deer. For some it is a decision made for the challenge and freedom that hunting …

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