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Do Bow Quivers Affect Accuracy?

I knelt on the tundra, doing my best imitation of a blueberry bush, hoping the advancing caribou bulls would buy it. If they came another 75 yards, they would cross 40 yards in front of me. A slam dunk bow shot.

Bowhunting Basics for Turkeys

Here are a few suggestions to get you ahead of the bowhunting curve when it comes to gobblers.

Guest Blogger: Choosing a New Hunting Bow

When choosing a new hunting bow, there are several factors that should be considered.

Why Deer Shed Their Antlers

It's officially shed hunting season. As our addiction to this phase of the hunting year grows, so does our need to learn more. Whether it's helping you learn how this process works or throwing out a few tips to help find those trophy sheds, we'll be here to cover it.

Trail Cameras on the Cheap

All I want a trail camera to do for me is take a decent picture of critters that walk in front of it. I want to know when they came by, and don’t really care about video. If it tells me the barometric pressure and moon phase that’s cool, but not essential. I want it to be reliable and, after working with cameras for a while, I know I prefer an infrared camera over those with a white flash because the flash will scare the dickens out of any self-respecting mature buck.

Intracranial Abscessation in Deer

During this year’s whitetail rut, perhaps you observed a buck fight. While most “fights” are just pushing and shoving matches often involving young bucks that don’t even know they are bucks yet, others are very aggressive encounters.

If it's Legal, is it Automatically Ethical?

Hunting is, by and large, an individual endeavor governed by rules (game laws) that the vast majority of sportsmen adhere to. But like all things in life, within the rules there exists a gray area where actions may be legal, but it is questionable whether or not they are ethical.

The Right Stuff for Turkeys

Gadgets will never replace basic woodsmanship skills in the hunter success equation. Locate fresh sign, set up on it quickly and make it happen.

Elk Tag Draw Myths

To take a monster bull elk, you need to make a game plan, and be able to execute it. Just because you drew a special tag doesn’t guarantee you success.

Broadheads for Turkeys

These reviews and recommendations for turkey broadheads are sure to help you take plenty of gobblers this season.

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