Posts tagged Deer
Sick of Sharpening Your Hunting Knife? Try This.

Perhaps the most annoying feeling when field dressing an animal is a dull knife. Cuts that effortlessly separated big swaths of hide from the meat now require much more pressure to get the same result. Even if you’ve got a device with you to sharpen your blade, it slows the process significantly. And if you’re by yourself at last light with a large carcass like an elk or a moose, anything you can do to be more efficient will save you a lot of grief.

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When Will a Giant Whitetail Move in Daylight?

Depending on where you are in the US, finding whitetail isn’t that big of an issue, especially in the midwest. However, finding a BIG whitetail buck is hard no matter where you are. They don’t live long enough to grow to that size without learning a few things, one of which being that it’s safer for them to move under cover of darkness in the Fall when hunters can’t take shots at them. Thankfully, Adam Hayes of Team 200 has identified some factors that will cause those big bucks to make a mistake and move during the daylight hours in this article published on his blog.

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How to Gain Permission to Hunt on Private Land

Finding success on public land is a big deal. The hunting pressure is usually high, resulting in wary animals that don’t let their guard down. Many hunters take a lot of pride in only hunting public land, and if that’s what they love to do that’s great. But you can’t argue with the success rate of hunters with access to private land.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Hunting - The Basics

“Traditional hunting is not something that most people can just jump right into,” writes Ryan Lampers, co-host of the Hunt Harvest Health podcast, “With the vast majority of the hunting culture being lost with urban civilization, knowing where to start in your quest to learn more about this lifestyle can be difficult.”

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