“Tag: summer”

Field Editor Frank Miniter offers a few tips for scouting that big buck during the summer months.

Most of us who think we are serious shooters have a dirty little secret: We do not shoot enough. We talk about it and make a lot of grandiose plans but maybe spend a few hours on the bench all summer. We need a better reason to get out there and shoot, something that will get us off that bench and away from the air conditioning. Deer hunters, I present to you the lowly groundhog.

Some bucks have a different fall range from their summer range and the two ranges don’t always overlap. There is nothing you can really do about either.

Everyone can respect a good cooler. Here are some of the top new offerings on the market for 2016.

Winchester Safes has announced the start of its American Summer promotion, which will offer consumers savings of up to $250 off any Winchester Safe model currently manufactured in the United States. The offer applies to purcahses made through dealer stores or online at WinchesterSafes.com.

The dog days of July and August are a misnomer. Hunting dogs need action, but it’s too hot for exercise. Neither old Drake nor young Lady can afford to vegetate now. Hunting season is just around the corner. In a month or two they’ll launch all-out assaults on fields and meadows, woods and waters. How do you get them in shape for that without killing them?

Dreaming of the deer woods is all we are left to do for the summer. Right? Not even close.

Moultrie has introduced its new S-50i, the latest addition to its Signature Series of high-end trail cameras. The S-50i features 20-megapixel images and true 1080p HD video with audio.

You see a buck, antlers slathered in velvet, across a field on a humid late-summer evening and think it looks staggeringly big. But the velvet, the buck’s skinny summer neck and the warm glow of light can lead to gross exaggeration in your mind.