Whitetail Hunting Blog

Deer hunting is a waiting game. It takes great patience, and more, to fill your tag. There are no guarantees when deer hunting. Time spent afield can be cold, wet, windy, hot, sweaty, bug infested, and just plain miserable. You can spend hours and days looking at everything but deer. At some point, the moment of truth arrives. Hunting is defined as searching, seeking, or “in the process of finding what you are looking for”.

  What would your ultimate tree stand look like? Deer hunters have certainly spent a lot of time swaying in the trees or sweating in bug infested ground blinds. What would make your stand the BEST!!! The first tree stand I ever climbed was rotten. It was in an old forked oak tree on the eastern shore of Maryland. The woods were full of old stands but this one was near the deer trails and

Rattling up a buck is one of the most exciting ways to harvest a deer. At the right time and place, rattling can fool the smartest bucks and bulls. When rattling, like any calling technique, you must pay attention to the details. Back in the day when I was a young archer, using a wooden recurve bow, I tried rattling. While sitting in a tree stand one evening, a 6-point whitetail was about 100 yards

There was a time not to long ago, when “Hunters” were considered a noble and important part of the community. The food they brought home fed the community. Hunters were the food delivery folks that shared and contributed to the welfare of all. Even today, Hunters should be recognized for all the public lands, greenways, and open spaces that have been paid for by Hunters fees, taxes, and licenses. Most joggers, tree huggers, and anti-hunters

Insanity is doing the same things over and over and getting the same results. If the results are positive, then at least there is hope. If failure is the result every time, then it is time to do something different. As a young deer hunter, I read every magazine and book I could find about deer hunting. When I was around other deer hunters, I asked lots of questions. With patience, perseverance, and experience, I