This week legendary big buck tracker Hal Blood breaks down three quick tips for successfully tracking bucks in the snow.
My grandfather was notorious for ending unsuccessful deer hunts by saying, “Well, at least we don’t have to gut a deer.” Looking back on that now, as much as I appreciated his silver-lining view on the matter, I realize that gutting a deer doesn’t have to be viewed as a dreaded chore. Still, I know plenty of hunters who think of gutting a deer as a messy and intimidating task standing between them and a freezer full of delicious red meat. It...
For more than two decades, hunters have helped manage a burgeoning population of snow, blue, and Ross’s geese by participating in the spring Light Goose Conservation Order. But anyone who’s spent more than a day in the decoys knows that these light geese—or snow geese—can humble even the savviest of waterfowl hunters. When the pieces do all fall into place and staggered layers of snows are cackling and swirling and tumbling in the sky above your...
I head into every new hunting season, year in and year out, with one goal that’s always the same. Be a better hunter this year than I was last. Fortunately for me, as the host of a deer hunting podcast, I get to chat with dozens of amazing hunters each year and have nearly infinite opportunities to learn and improve my deer hunting game through the lessons learned during these conversations. If a fellow hunter wanted, they could go through our...