Hunting Lessons Learned the Hard Way

At some point, most hunters will make a real mistake out in the field. I’m not talking about forgetting your rain gear or spooking a critter, but serious lapses in judgement. It’s easy to get caught up in the moment when excitement gets the best of us. No hunter is perfect, and eventually we all slip up. It’s how we learn from those mistakes that will make us a better, safer hunter in the future. I know there are few times I’ve learned some...

5 Lessons Learned Trying to Harvest a Mature Buck During the Early Season

By Alex Comstock The following is how you put down an early season mature buck; find one on a food source in the summer, go set up a treestand where you saw him feeding, and make it happen opening day. Works every time, right? It sounds great, but the chances of it working out that nicely are slim. With that said, hunting during the early season is still one of my favorite times to hunt mature bucks, and it can be a great time to have a chance at...

3 Lessons (Hopefully) Learned While Raising a Hunter

It’s a moment every father dreams of. My son drew back on the buck, took a deep breath, paused for a moment to settle in, and then released his arrow. It was a perfect shot. “Dadda, I ga ga the deer buck!” My son is two years old and the buck he shot is made of foam. But I kid you not, he anchored like a pro and twelve-ringed that ten-point Rinehart. I was thrilled. Like a lot of avid hunters, I harbor aspirations that my son and his younger...