Dave McCarthy has been a patient deer hunter, if nothing else. The bowhunter from Rantoul has been wanting to harvest a Pope and Young buck for decades, and last week his hard work — and patience — paid off. Dave McCarthy with the 11-point buck he took in Greene County on Oct. 11. On Oct. 11, he took an 11-point…
Hunt remains a hot-button topic in the state, with two protesters arrested.
It pays to hunt early in archery season, especially if nice bucks are your main objective.
The higher the stand, the tougher the shot. There are more obstructions and tougher angles, less chance of double-lung hits. Rule of thumb – climb in cover or climb high, but only as high as conditions dictate.By Byron Ferguson Using wrong approach route to stand: The most direct route is not always best. Placing stand too high: The higher the stand, the…
Call me a “gametime decision” every day in October and into November, with a lot of factors coming into play.
Approximately 1,200 acres previously closed to hunting will be available to bowhunters as part of controlled hunts at Deer Creek, Malabar Farm, and Maumee Bay state parks.
New regulation limits when Pennsylvania bowhunters can hang their tree stands for deer 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 2017 mast crop appears to be much stronger than that of last year – and will draw wildlife to nut-bearing trees.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Archery hunters can participate in the DEC’s Bowhunter Sighting Log.
It’s time to start “earning” that gold medal for the amount of time we in Illinois spend in the deer woods each year.
Archers in Pennsylvania eagerly anticipate bow season for deer.
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