The whitetail rut timeline. Now, mid-November and it’s Helter-skelter as bucks are in different behavior modes. Some are in lockdown and breeding does, some are in full-bore chasing mode trailing hot does, others are resting between major rut peaks.
New York Outdoor News 2023 Rut Tracker: Lockdown? Read More »
It’s here! Deer hunting’s Holy Grail. The rut blossoms. Bucks are on their feet in the daytime, nighttime, and anytime in between! They’re testing their home range’s outer rim, not just chasing does, but as often — other bucks, fighting and sparring reach a peak.
Time to shake, rattle, and bleat! The 2023 full hunter’s moon was Oct. 28 and spans Halloween into early November. Northern Zone gun season is in full swing, Southern Zone crossbow season begins Nov. 4.
New York Outdoor News 2023 Rut Tracker: The time is now Read More »
Clack, clack-ity, clack, clack…clack.
Pause.
“Clack, clack-ity, clack, clack…clack.”
A strange woodland sound drifted up through early November’s trees. I climbed quietly down from of my stand, bow in hand and ever so carefully stalked to the edge of a meadow. And there I was treated to my first buck fight.
That was back in the 1970s and ever since, I’ve been drawn to that “clack-ity clack” woodland sound.
Battle of the bucks: Now is the time to put those tines together Read More »
A larger than average percentage of does will cycle into early season buck magnets entering their prime breeding window, starting in mid-October.
New York Outdoor News 2023 Rut Tracker: The early rut Read More »
Every few years, we get a heavy acorn crop. And this year, 2023, is one of them in New York… in certain spots. That has been the report from many areas in the country where oaks are prevalent.
Bumper acorns equates for me, to spectacular bow hunting for whitetails in the early part of the season. However, though it may seem counterintuitive, some deer hunters have voiced a preference for those more frequent years with sparse mast (acorns, beech, apples, wild cherry, etc.)
Thoughts on bowhunting whitetails during a bumper acorn crop Read More »
Chances are, those of us who hunt deer probably have trail-cam shots of our top whitetails handy and scrollable on the phone: those collected in summertime velvet.
And it’s always exciting, partly because velvet antlers look larger than they really are when in hard-horn come September. A little fantasy never hurt the bucket list anyway. Part of the pre-deer-hunting-season ritual is showing off our biggest, maybe oldest, but probably highest scoring rackers to our buddies and anyone who cares.
The bucket list: a look at early season bucks Read More »
Oh come on folks.
After reading that headline you might be tempted to think that I mean the smokeable kind of weed.
Nope, water weeds. The kind that means bass! Bass love weed, for shelter, food, oxygen, and shade.
Shelter is obvious. In many ponds and lakes, weed is like a magnet, attracting bass to relative security. Critters of all sorts hang in the weeds too…and are there for bass to munch upon.
Oak Duke: Bass are why I love weed Read More »
Standing knee deep in a June trout stream just past sunset might not be appealing to many folks because of the immense swarms of flying insects, but to this fly fishermen it was heaven.
They didn’t care about me. No biters here. These bugs had a biological imperative to fulfill.
Old standby dry fly, a Light Cahill, does the trick on some beautiful brown trout Read More »
She called me every name in the book. I thought I’d heard them all.
No, not my wife, girlfriend, co-worker, or boss or even the tattooed gal that cut me off at the gas station pump.
This hen turkey had evil in her heart as she let me have it, expressing her liberation from all matriarchal and feminine restraint.
I suppose I asked for it.
The many sounds of a turkey and trying to make sense of them all Read More »
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