Big Critters Cause Big Problems By Jerry Pabst As European settlers spread across the North American landscape one of the first things they did was get rid of any and all large, dangerous animals that posed a threat to their lives and property. Trying to cope with disease, injury, hostile Indians, starvation, exposure to horrific weather, and a host of other hardships presented all the challenges they could handle. They surely did not need marauding wolves and bears devouring their livestock ...
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Bizarro World Walleye By Ted Pilgrim Some of the best walleye fishing you can imagine is occurring in places you might never think to look. Historic numbers of fish up to 10 pounds, even larger, are today living and thriving in lakes and reservoirs that only five years back were nearly empty of these coveted freshwater animals.
In the scope of the past two to three decades, given all the ups and downs that have occurred within these freshwater environs, there&rs...
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Last Day Whitetails By Thomas Allen Nothing like cutting it close. Bottom of the ninth, two outs and you have a tag burning a hole in your pocket, what do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO? Well, two old clichés come to mind… “You won’t kill one from the couch,” and “That’s why they call it hunting.” Hearing those sayings when you’re down on your luck does nothing but irritate you further. But, they are the truth and if you want to fill ...
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Three Clues To Help Fill A Late Season Tag By Todd Amenrud If you’ve always hung the bow up at the end of peak rut, you don’t know what you’re missing. Serious archers and muzzleloader hunters know how productive late season can be. Even in our northern latitudes, some years you may have rut activity that lasts through the month of December and even into January. On the other hand, some seasons, deer go into winter survival mode early. Which manner they’re in will determine what t...
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Whitetails Love FencerowsBy Bob "Greenie" Grewell It's amazing that whitetails can thrive in open, sparsely wooded farm country. Sprawling crop fields, weed stubble and miles of carefully laid out fence lines offer excellent cover. Though, it's not always easy to get close to deer in open areas. Whe...
The November Scent CheckBy Thomas Allen How many articles have been written about scent control and whitetails? Hundreds? Thousands? Who knows? One thing is for sure, the whitetail’s nose is his number one line of defense and there are times when fooling it is flat out impossible. I ...
The Rut Is On!By Vikki L. Trout How many times have we heard that anyone can get a big buck during the rut? More often than I care to mention! However, if that were true, why aren’t all hunters in the field during this special time of year tagging a “whopper” cons...
Low Impact Tactics For Early October BucksBy Ray Hansen The second eight-point buck I saw from my treestand in October 2010 was a shooter. It was 9:30 a.m. He answered a call, coming in to investigate the sounds and stretching out his neck to try to get a better scent read on what the doe holding in nearb...
Make That Shot Count!By Mike Frisch Bow hunting season for whitetail deer is here! Many bow hunters will encounter shooting opportunities this year that will range in degree of difficulty. Regardless the shot that presents itself, being properly prepared for that shot will greatly incr...
Where There Are Does, There Are BucksBy Bob "Greenie" Grewell Now you see him, now you don’t. At the end of the whitetail breeding cycle, bucks will again become very private. They will join into small bachelor groups, tolerating each other’s presence. Does will also form their own small herds. But,...