A case for earlier tree stand placement for Pennsylvania bowhunters
New regulation limits when Pennsylvania bowhunters can hang their tree stands for deer season.
Bowhunting
A painful lesson in getting bow ready for the season
Traditional arrow-strings will stretch with use, so you need to pay attention to fistmele, or brace-height, on your bow. And I need to follow my own advice.
The oldies may be ‘the goodies’ this fall
The 2017 mast crop appears to be much stronger than that of last year – and will draw wildlife to nut-bearing trees.
Questions and answers: bowhunting whitetails
By Bob Fratzke This is a partial list of the questions most commonly asked over the years at the conclusion of my deer scouting and bowhunting seminars. Can you move at all on a treestand? Definitely, but it has to be controlled. This is the only way you can remain on stand several hours without getting tired muscles. If you…
Bowhunter survives grizzly attack in Montana; cut in head requires 90 stitches
HELENA, Mont. — A grizzly bear feasting on an elk carcass charged a bowhunter in Montana and attacked him, slashing a 16-inch cut in the man’s head that required 90 stitches to close. “The bear just flat-out charged us,” said Tom Sommer, as he recovered in a Montana hospital earlier this week. He said it closed the 30-foot distance in…
Archery deer-hunting pointer: Practice shooting from tree stand rather than from ground level
When you’ve got a deer in bow range, you forget you’re off the ground and neglect to consider the possibility of losing your footing.
Surplus permits available for Camp Ripley archery hunts
An archer poses with a deer harvested at a past Camp Ripley hunt. (Minnesota DNR)Hunters who missed the lottery deadline for the Camp Ripley archery hunt may purchase surplus permits on a first-come first-served basis beginning noon on Friday, Sept. 15. Hunters who already received a permit will not be allowed to purchase a surplus permit. A total of 1,269…
Mandatory testing for deer taken in SE Minnesota CWD management zone
Archery hunters in deer permit area (DPA) 603 will be required to submit the head from all adult deer 1 year or older so lymph nodes can be tested for CWD.When archery deer season opens Saturday, Sept. 16, mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease and restrictions on moving deer carcasses begins again in southeastern Minnesota’s CWD management zone, deer permit…
In New York, bowhunters asked to help monitor deer, wildlife populations
Archery hunters can participate in the DEC’s Bowhunter Sighting Log.
Are you ready for some deer hunting?
It’s time to start “earning” that gold medal for the amount of time we in Illinois spend in the deer woods each year.
The ‘August Itch’ kicks Pennsylvania bowhunters into gear
Archers in Pennsylvania eagerly anticipate bow season for deer.
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