A successful all-around deer-hunting season, but where did all the bucks go?
Keri Butt
January 19, 2018
Now, with another season in the books, let’s get the shed hunting and gobbler chasing parties started!
Keri Butt
Remembering Charlie Alsheimer: A legend who left behind a forever-legacy
Keri Butt
January 4, 2018
When I received a text from Dan Schmidt, editor-in-chief for Deer & Deer Hunting, in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, letting me know that Charlie Alsheimer – renowned whitetail behaviorist, photographer, writer, and
This deer-hunting season was one to savor
Keri Butt
December 19, 2017
Even as an extremely hectic year speeds to its end, I’m allowing myself a brief moment of contentment to breathe and reflect upon my 2017 hunting season. It was good. Actually, it was phenomenal. There
Buck down! The ultimate finish to a sweet November
Keri Butt
November 17, 2017
The ultimate goal has been a long time coming. The last time I killed a buck was in 2010, and the last time I harvested anything was a horse of a doe back in 2012.
One tag down and a doe on the ground – but not until after an 18-hour roller-coaster ride
Keri Butt
October 31, 2017
Right now, my work schedule is insane and doesn’t allow much time to do anything, let alone hunt. But I’ve been taking every opportunity I’ve been afforded to spend time in the deer woods. On
Nothing tagged, but still a successful start to deer season
Keri Butt
October 17, 2017
As it does every year, Oct. 1 found me in a treestand, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. It was a little too warm for my liking for the beginning of October, but at least I was in
Deer hunting: time well wasted
Keri Butt
September 27, 2017
If you’ve followed my columns or blogs, you’ve read that, for me, Oct. 1 is sacred. Regardless of all else, I’m in the deer woods. I haven’t missed an Oct. 1 in the deer woods
Treestand prep: Don’t be a naked chicken
Keri Butt
September 20, 2017
Personally, I prefer doing only minor trimming at this point, enough to afford a small window or two, during the early part of deer season.
Archery deer-hunting pointer: Practice shooting from tree stand rather than from ground level
Keri Butt
September 5, 2017
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.
