As crazy as it may sound, midsummer is the perfect time to set a trap for a fall big-buck encounter by making mock scrapes. Most deer hunters associated scrapes with pre-rut hunting, but in my ...

Along with buck rubs, the ubiquitous and mysterious woodland scrape signals to hunters that a whitetail buck has recently passed by. But that pawed up patch of woodland dirt means a lot more to deer.

Buck season is finally here. No … not the slowly approaching hunting seasons. We’ll have to wait a bit for that. But here during the dog days of summer, with July finally in the rear view mirror, we ...

The quintessential private-land deer hunter plants his food plot, hangs his treestand, posts his trail camera, and waits for a daylight pattern on a shooter buck. Meanwhile, the typical public-land ...

August is a critical month for the whitetail hunter. Whether your archery season begins in September or October, now is the time to finish your pre-season chores and be ready to strike when the time ...

That 164-inch velvet 8-pointer looked like an extinct Irish elk as he stepped out of the cedar thicket. His rack swayed back and forth as he scanned the landscape. My first hunt for that giant buck ...

The smell hit us before we saw the bare patch of sandy loam raked under the holly tree. Thick and musky and a lot like fresh-turned wet soil, the scent once experienced is unmistakable. Leaves and ...

Camp life meets deer hunting: tacos sizzling on the wood stove, chili simmering for later, and new tree stands going up near scrapes and rubs. Between tracking deer sign and cooking hearty meals, ...

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