How To Factor In The Weather While Still Hunting With Janis Putelis
You can make bear grease by heating the lard off a bear until it liquifies into a usable oil. It’s highly valued because of its stable shelf life at room temperature and numerous applications. I’ve personally cooked, conditioned leather, lubricated metal, and made lye soap with it. Other folks use it as hair pomade, lamp fuel, and bug repellent. I gave a jar to a bowyer once for sealing bow wood. It was valued in frontier America because it didn...
Today on the show, I’m joined by MeatEater’s Janis Putelis to analyze his 2020 Wisconsin rut bow hunt and explore ways all of us can better learn from our hunts and unfilled tags. Topics discussed: The dreaded November heat wave Saddle hunting The urge to tree hop Scent control vs. wind direction Deer sign and lack thereof The importance of scouting What to do with limited time and intel Optimism and moving forward Connect with Mark Kenyon...
We have had a very mild fall so far in my area. In fact, I could have hunted in a t-shirt during the majority of the past couple weeks. However, December is almost here, and as many of us wrap up our bowhunting seasons into January we will have to face some tough late-season conditions. Here are four things that you can’t do if you are to remain an effective, accurate bowhunter and finish your season strong. 1. Don’t Forget the Fundamentals My...
