West Texas Deer: No tags to draw, reasonable cost, 100 percent success on free-range whitetails; what’s not to love? One frustrating thing about hunting the West has been my inability to consistently draw tags. So, I am always on the lookout for relatively inexpensive options that allow me to hunt annually. Enter Texas, this year, West Texas deer. Because whitetails are … [Read more...] about West Texas Deer Hunts: Affordable, Awesome, Thrilling
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Is It Time for a Crossbow?
Is It Time for a Crossbow? | Stan Chiras Is It Time for a Crossbow? Bowhunting: I’ll Quit When I’m Dead! By Stan Chiras When I was younger, I remember thinking that I’d simply start hunting whitetails from a stick-built ground blind when I got older. Commercial blinds nor treestands were invented at the time. Assuming -- correctly -- I wouldn’t be able to draw my recurve … [Read more...] about Is It Time for a Crossbow?
Hunting Property Management Plan Tips
Hunting Property Management Plan Tips | Chris Rice Hunting Property Management Plan Tip By Chris Rice Many landowners seek to improve their hunting property. Their immediate property may consist of a limited supply of open area or a limited number of whitetail deer who venture within it, so they seek to make certain changes to improve the hunting experience for … [Read more...] about Hunting Property Management Plan Tips
Wireless Trail Cameras
Wireless Trail Cameras | Darron McDougal Wireless Trail Cameras The ins-and-outs of using cellular-enabled trail cameras to scout for whitetails. By Darron McDougal I still recall many heart-pounding trips to the drug store to retrieve developed prints from my 35mm relic trail camera. At the time, digital trail cameras were barely in the pipeline — the few … [Read more...] about Wireless Trail Cameras
Chasing 300 FPS, for the Little Guy
Chasing 300 FPS, for the Little Guy | Darren Choate Chasing 300 FPS, for the Little Guy Speed doesn’t have to be a big guy’s game. by Darren Choate Chasing 300 fps? I remember when I first started bowhunting; it was right around the time I became a teenager. During my teens, I spent countless hours with my dad in our "archery shop," building arrows, tuning bows, … [Read more...] about Chasing 300 FPS, for the Little Guy
Hunting the West for Big Game – Part 1
For guys like me, the idea of going on a hunt for an animal like elk, mule, deer or antelope isn’t that far of a stretch. Where I live you can load up after work and be out hunting any of these species within 20 minutes of home. For guys in the mid-west or even further east it is much more of a trip to plan. Over the next few months, I am going to detail the planning that goes … [Read more...] about Hunting the West for Big Game – Part 1
Bear Hunting Gear
Bear Hunting Gear | Josh Kirchner Bear Hunting Gear by Josh Kirchner Through my years of pursuing black bears in the West, it has become apparent to me that bear hunting is largely a mental game, both in terms of mental fortitude and knowledge of the species and its habitat. For instance, I’ve learned more about plants -- that bears consume -- chasing bears than I … [Read more...] about Bear Hunting Gear
Bear Hunting: the Best Methods for the Highest Reward
On a late August evening, I found myself sitting at a water tank in hopes of a big black bear walking in for a swim. Never had I bear hunted before, but it was always something that I wanted to do. It may have been because bears represented everything that was wild in my eyes. They were the symbol of true wilderness as far as I was concerned. As much as I’d admired their … [Read more...] about Bear Hunting: the Best Methods for the Highest Reward
Best Fixed Blade Broadheads – 2019
Best Fixed Blade Broadheads – 2019 | Bob Robb Best Fixed-Blade Broadheads – 2019 by Bob Robb While mechanical broadheads have become the rage these days, tried-and-true fixed-blade broadheads (replaceable-blade) remain extremely popular for good reason – they’ve been cleanly killing everything from groundhogs to grizzly bears for more than half a century. So, … [Read more...] about Best Fixed Blade Broadheads – 2019
Best Mechanical Broadheads – 2019
Best Mechanical Broadheads - 2019 | Bob Robb Best Mechanical Broadheads - 2019 by Bob Robb Bowhunters under 40 years of age don’t remember the evolution of the mechanical broadhead. Innovative archers had experimented with the idea of expandable broadhead designs for decades, including the 1956 Mohawk, 1959 Geronimo, 1972 Pioneer Game Tamer and 1983 Viper, but it was … [Read more...] about Best Mechanical Broadheads – 2019