How Mark Drury Predicts Buck Movement Based on Wind

The name Drury has become synonymous with deer hunting. Dubbed “the mad scientist” by some hunters, Mark Drury has dissected deer behavior—specifically mature buck movement—for decades. And there’s certainly a method to his madness. Drury’s smartphone application, DeerCast, launched in 2018. He says it correlates atmospheric conditions with deer movement based on 40 years of research. The proprietary algorithm can now predict deer movement with...

How To Kill a Big Buck at the End of the Rut

The downside to the latter part of November is that the wild chase-fest of a few weeks ago is largely over. With the dependable chaos of the early part of the rut in the rearview mirror, it can feel like a lost cause to try to tag a mature buck by the time the calendar flips to December. Don’t lose all hope, though. One conception-date study conducted in Illinois revealed that the mean date for does getting lucky was November 10. Another multi...

Mobile Hunting and the Big Buck Killer

Earlier this spring on Wired To Hunt we profiled a seriously successful DIY public land bowhunter name Joe Elsinger in one of our Q&A blog posts. And what he had to share was so interesting that I then invited him to later join us as a guest on the podcast. As I figured it would be, that episode was jam-packed with helpful insights into targeting mature bucks. So naturally, I wanted more. And fortunately for us, we’re going to get just that. This...