You have heard it happening to other deer hunters, but you never dreamed it would happen to you.
Not only are you dumbfounded, but you also have no idea what to do. You were getting pictures of your target buck almost every day on your trail cameras. But now, nothing.
You have checked your other trail cameras only to see other lesser bucks, but not the buck. What to do?
What to do when your target buck vanishes Read More »
It’s true, a person interested in hunting game with traditional bow and arrows can learn about the sport by reading magazines dedicated to the sport.
Yet, to become proficient in traditional bowhunting, the novice stick-and-string hunter also needs to spend time in the fields and woodlands practicing those skills. Here is my story on how one cottontail rabbit’s lessons helped me develop my stalking and accuracy skills as a beginning traditional bowhunter.
How one rabbit shaped this hunter’s skills as a traditional bowhunter Read More »
Throughout my hunting career, I have spent many hours building blinds in a number of my hunting areas, where, after some serious scouting, I figured I could take a nice buck, black bear or long-spurred gobbler, depending on the hunting season.
If you have done the same, then you know it takes time scouting for that perfect spot, then searching and hauling logs, limbs, brush, corn stalks, marsh reeds or whatever material is on hand over to your chosen ambush spot.
Want to hunt big game from a ground blind? Pay attention to the finer details Read More »
The day after the 2024, late muzzleloading deer season closed in New York, I was out shoveling the driveway, when in the distance I heard a vehicle splashing through the snow and slush covering our country road. Straightening up from my snow shoveling, I watched the blue, Chevy Silverado slowly make its way along. As the truck passed me, the driver waved.
Smiling, I waved back at the driver. It was Jay Saville out on the first day of the season hounding coyotes.
Interested in running hounds for coyotes? Here’s what to know Read More »
Since the eyes of a deer can take in a good bit of woodland landscape with their extra-long pupil, any movement, however slight, such as a hunter turning his head to one side, or swatting at a mosquito, or shifting position, can be quickly noticed by a whitetails’ vision.
Experienced hunters know this, and therefore, will look for a watch location that takes advantage of a landscape’s cover, dark shadows or other forms of obscuring features. Such as positioning themselves in the shadow of a large oak, or under the boughs of a big cedar tree, or among a blowdown, or against a boulder, so as not to be seen or noticed by passing deer.
Better to sit or stand when on watch in the deer woods? Staying still is key Read More »
September used to have that sweet and sour feeling. Sweet because squirrel season opened Sept. 1. Sour because my leisurely, summer mornings sipping hot, black coffee while relaxing and writing in my journals, or reading hunting and fishing magazines, ended.
Sadly, September officially ended my summer vacation. Being an occupational welding and cabinetmaking teacher in a vocational school, September meant the beginning of another school year. My leisurely mornings quickly became busy earlier than my summer mornings.
My weekends, however, were saved for woodland wanderings, sometimes alone and sometimes with my own children.
Squirrels are perfect for starting out young hunters Read More »
As the sweltering, sweat-inducing days of summer begin to fade and fall slowly creeps closer and closer, it is that time of year when many deer hunting camps schedule their annual work weekends, in preparation for the opening of the deer season.
Thankfully, it’s also the time when the weather cools, discouraging those pesky, blood-sucking gnats, black flies, and mosquitoes from becoming a nuisance, making a day outdoors enjoyable. It’s a good time to grapple with those outdoor chores that need attention. And what better chores are there to tackle in the fall than those to be shared and completed with friends and family at hunting camp.
Deer camp to-dos: Getting things ready for opening day can be time well spent together Read More »
Last hunting season, as I walked up the road to our designated meeting place for our annual family Thanksgiving Day hunt, I was pleasantly surprised to find two of my younger grandchildren, standing among our family group of deer hunters.
My grandson Ian, age 6, has participated in our family deer drives before, walking the drives with his dad or waiting on watch with me. He enjoys deer hunting with his father, uncles and cousins and already has a few deer hunting tales of his own. However, today was a special day, because his older sister Ashlyn, age 8, decided she wanted to join us.
John Delisle, Sr.: This year, plan to take a girl hunting Read More »
My quest for an Osceola gobbler actually came about unexpectedly.
A few years back, when my wife decided she wanted to purchase a home in Florida so she could be near her mother wintering there, I was not keen on the snowbird idea.
I still enjoyed our northern winters, especially when my sons and I bow-hunted for snowbound cottontails and grouse in nearby thickets and swamps.
A New York hunter’s quest for a Florida Osceola gobbler proves to be a challenge Read More »
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