
Eight things to know about bachelor groups of bucks that can help you as a hunter
There are various theories regarding why bucks form bachelor groups, but what’s for certain is the groups provide clues to where you should hunt early in the season.

There are various theories regarding why bucks form bachelor groups, but what’s for certain is the groups provide clues to where you should hunt early in the season.

I was a couple of hours into my first sit of the 2020 archery deer season when I noticed movement down a ridge near the creek crossing.
A big-bodied 9-pointer stopped to scan the area

Hunters, anglers and others who have a passion to explore the outdoors – along with farmers, loggers, construction workers, and government agencies – have purchased thousands of off-road vehicles during the past four decades.
During

Have you been camping lately? It seems even a simple night in the woods has been invaded by motorized, technologized bells and whistles. A great many campers have ditched their tents for cushy drivable or

Hunters will soon head for the woods with rifles, bows, muzzleloaders and shotguns. Your goal will be the same: Bring home the bacon.… or, in this case, the venison.
If you’re a new deer

Waterfowl hunters are nothing if not resourceful.
They might be the most resourceful of all hunters. They feel right at home deploying any trick in the waterfowl-hunting book that gets results – that is,

Right now, my strategy is to home in on a buck that I’d like to chase this season. Although I have several bucks I know made it through last winter, they’ve been MIA for the

As the ping on the VHF radio grows louder from almost an inaudible chirp, Minnesota DNR Bemidji-area wildlife researchers, while driving down the road, know they’re on the right track to finding one of their

Bear hunters know that hunting success is usually linked to natural food availability.
In years of a bumper acorn crop, bears that had reliably hit baits prior to hunting season often disappear once acorns
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