Andy May

If you’re not improving, you’re stagnating. I’ve seen many hunters over the years get comfortable and fail to take the next step to becoming a truly talented and successful deer hunter. These are the most common pitfalls, but it’s worth noting up front that they’re all avoidable. On some level we...

It’s no secret that your best chance to kill a mature buck is your first time hunting him. Mature bucks are masters of detecting and patterning human presence, so keeping the element of surprise in my favor has been one of the most important things I’ve learned when targeting older age-class deer...

As do-it-yourself hunters, we often have to keep moving and changing stand locations in order to encounter quality deer and adapt throughout the stages of the season. The best hunters I know have their mobile setups dialed to perfection, even though each hunter’s choice in equipment varies greatly...

Hunting and fitness should go hand in hand. We hunt for the best meat in the world, and being healthy just seems to fit with that lifestyle naturally. While we all know successful hunters who are gym rats or totally out of shape, I believe that a certain level of fitness is necessary to be the best...