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Deer Hunting: When a Whitetail Chase is Really a Chase
Since early September we have been receiving reports of bucks chasing does. Does this mean the rut is on? Hardly! It means a buck will chase a doe about any time he feels like it. The more testosterone...
View ArticleVideo: Skinning and Gutting a Deer in Under 2 Minutes
How fast can you gut and skin a deer? I bet it's not faster than this guy. This video from Peach Orchard Deer Processing in Dalzell, South Carolina shows a processor named David skinning and gutting a...
View ArticleBackcountry Tips: How to Start a Fire in the Rain
http://ak.c.ooyala.com/tvd2drZzp0w8rlzvW1yuKBr3BkmSVeD4/promo207416847 Please enable Javascript to watch this video The good folks at Backcountry Hunters & Anglers have sent us their next...
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Excessive Celebration Has No Place in Hunting
I get my television the old-fashioned way: by sucking the signal right out of the sky. No cable. No dish. Just free-flowing megahertz available to anyone with a primitive receiver and time to kill. My...
View ArticleWhy You Can't Possess Deer
Late one night in my apartment, I took to wandering the corners of the Internet that interested me the most. Along my travels, I stumbled upon the etymology of "deer."The history of the word deer seems...
View ArticleHow to Hunt this Weekend: Bucks Starting to Move, Back off of the Food
http://ak.c.ooyala.com/l4ZmFtZzqppE2akUvVwCSipGnY_hfE00/DLOokYc8UKM-fB9H4xMDoxOjA4MTsiGN Please enable Javascript to watch this video While it’s not exactly time to start hunting the rut, there are...
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DIY Taxidermy: 3 Ways to Make Your Own European Mount
Photo by Nick Ferrari; Dermestid beetles courtesy of skulltaxidermy.comSome trophies just don’t deserve a trip to thetaxidermist for a shoulder mount, yet they don’t deserve to be tacked to the tool...
View ArticleHunters Free Locked Up Buck, Almost Gored
Never underestimate the power of the rut. These two hunters stumbled upon two locked-up bucks. After freeing the deer they try to scare the survivor off. But the buck was still ready for a fight. Let...
View ArticleDeer Hunting: EHD Done For The Year ... Really!
On September 11, we posted a blog stating that it looks like we “dodged the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD or HD) bullet” this year. The blog was based on reports by deer biologists who annually...
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Severely Injured Deer Hunter Refuses Life Support
Hunters are given a unique view of death. With the squeeze of a trigger, we see animals take their final breaths. Within a matter of seconds, a browsing deer or flushing pheasant is transformed from a...
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How to Hunt Whitetails this Weekend: The Rut is On!
http://ak.c.ooyala.com/BnNDZ3ZzoIHkRCXAlyqZACxgUe7XXq1q/promo208045987 Please enable Javascript to watch this video We’ve waited all year for this weekend and we’re making the official Outdoor Life...
View ArticleDeer Hunting: When to Use Food Scents
http://ak.c.ooyala.com/JoeWV4ZzqHipq8OHZJ-0A48IsqbsyK8h/PE3O6Z9ojHeNSk7H4xMDoxOjBzMTt2bJ Please enable Javascript to watch this video The scent game has evolved from just sprinkling some doe urine...
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Georgia Hunter Takes Albino Whitetail Deer
Halloween may have already passed, but one south Georgia deer hunter took a ghost of a deer yesterday.Deer hunter Sam Hogan took this albino buck while hunting in Tift County. The Casper-looking deer...
View ArticleVideo: Wounded Ohio Buck Attacked by Coyotes
This footage comes from the guys over at Wired to Hunt (check them out on Facebook here). One of their team members, Josh Hillyard, shot the buck shown in the clip. Mark Kenyon, Hillyard's hunting...
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Big Buck Alert: Ohio Bowhunter Takes 193-Inch Whitetail
This year Jason Erb, 41, succeeded in turning an uneventful bow season into one he’ll never forget. The Ohio native harvested this huge whitetail in Columbiana County, Ohio on Nov. 3. The buck could...
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Deer Hunting Tips: How to Really Use a Grunt Call
In my opinion the grunt call is the most important innovation under $15 in the history of whitetail hunting. If you've piped on a tube for years with little to show for it, you probably think I'm...
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Whitetail Hunting Tips: How to Use Deer Calls, Scents, and Decoys
The key to drawing a wary whitetail buck into bow range can often hinge on downright deceit. Calls to make grunts, bleats, and rattles can all play on a buck’s sense of hearing and his natural...
View ArticleMystery Buck Update
You may recall a BBZ blog post earlier in the week on a giant “mystery” whitetail that was supposedly taken in upstate New York. Our blog about this huge deer, which we presented as mere hearsay, was...
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Deer Hunting Tips: Rattling Research That Will Help You Get Your Buck
Over the next few weeks, deer hunters will hit the woods packing a set of antlers and some big expectations. They'll climb into a stand, mimic a buck fight and wait for a monster to charge within bow...
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Big Buck Alert: 249-Inch Whitetail Breaks Wisconsin Archery Record
The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club sent out a press release this morning announcing a new archery nontypical record from the Badger State. A group of six panel scored Jim Baker's buck at 249 5/8 inches...
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