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Hunter's Specialties Vita-Rack Winter Forage provides a mix that can provide up to 34% protein to help deer get ready for cold weather.

From the stifling heat, to the dwindling amount of wild game in the freezer, to insect bites and poison ivy, there's plenty for hunters to hate about the off-season.

Attractive food sources will really improve the quality of your whitetail hunting; the better the food, the more they glue themselves to it.

These organic deer magnets can attract and hold whitetails in an area where they otherwise might not stay for long.

This month presents opportunities for a bowhunter or early-season muzzleloader hunter—if you don’t mess up first. Here’s how to score before the rut arrives.

So, apparently some of you felt left out in the first installment of this piece, and the powers that be have allowed me to extend the party, so as to include you in the festivities. Still, there’s no way to cover them all, and if your favorite didn’t make the list I suggest you pick a new favorite. Kidding, kidding…

Field Editor Bill Winke shares the results of his fall 2015 patterning efforts.

Hunters shouldn’t try to compete with farmers. You are not trying to grow crops in perfect rows in a large field. You are looking to bring in a buck you want to shoot in daylight. This means creating one or more food plots that bucks feel comfortable feeding in or cruising into as they search for does during the rut, during daylight.