Can You Burn Out a Rut Stand?

It’s easy to think that once the rut is in full swing you ought to be spending every possible waking moment on stand. While this certainly may be a valid argument, does it mean that you should sit your best stand day in and day out? Some believe it’s impossible to burn out a rut stand simply because the bucks are rut-crazed and mentally checked out. Is there any truth to this belief? Stands You Can Burn Out While comparing notes with whitetail...

11 Factors for a Perfect Tree Stand Setup

If you want to shoot a deer with a gun, you can pop up into just about any tree in a half decent area and have a good chance at success. If you want to shoot a deer with a bow, you’re criteria for the proper treestand setup narrows significantly, but a few basic pointers can get you on your way. But if you want to shoot a mature buck with a bow, we’re all of a sudden talking about an entirely more specific, much more difficult to come by set of...

How to Make Shore Lunch Fried Fish on the Ice

Lake ice is mystifying and alive. Ever-changing, it speaks in groans, cracks, and thunderclaps, expanding and contracting through harsh winter months. Besides the ice, the only sound you hear is the crunch of the fresh snow beneath your boots. Those footprints will soon be filled in as the wind works to cover any trace of your passing. Some of the best meals I’ve ever eaten were next to a roaring fire surrounded by the eerie yet somehow...