What’s the worth? Public land can be the toughest of hunts. I had just come home empty handed from a long and cold week in Illinois, and before that I drained my wallet, vacation time and energy chasing elk to no avail in Colorado. So to say the least, I was tired and frustrated driving […]
By: Stephen Hafvenstein The Background Speed, everything these days has to be fast, fast bows need to shoot fast lightweight arrows, or so we are told. But, does this really matter? Is it better to shoot a blazing fast arrow that will reach the target faster, or a heavier arrow that will reach the target […]
Anyone that follows hunting on TV or social media has seen footage and pictures of sportsmen and women planting massive food plots every spring in their expensive, brand-new utility tractors with rotary tillers, full size plows, grain drills and the works. They look amazing and it makes me jealous. The truth of the matter though, […]
The Ins & Outs to Deer Hunting Success There’s a million in and outs of deer hunting, and ways to chase America’s favorite game animal. However, possibly the most important of all is the way you go in and out of the stand on every single hunt. Your entrance can make or break your hunt, […]
Today, we’re breaking down everything you need to create an awesome food plot from site selection to maintenance. SITE SELECTION Select a site that is somewhat drained of water meaning you don’t want to be attempting to plant a food plot in an area that has standing water relatively year round. Consideration of sunlight is […]
November 18th 2018 started off as a cold morning, as most November mornings do in Southern Michigan. I awoke to the sound of my brother’s phone blaring a guitar solo from the 90’s band, Nickelback. This was day five of an eight-day hunt and the company we were keeping in the cabin were beginning to […]
For many people hunting is life. Well, in my household it was more of a hobby that we would do every now and then. Growing up my stepfather taught me how to hunt and fish, but we would only hunt and fish for things that he thought were worthwhile. We would dove hunt maybe 3-4 […]
How It Starts There I was, opening day of Rifle season, sitting in a breakfast joint with my wife when I get a call from my best friend. “ Dude! We just doubled up on four point Muleys! Can you come help us pack out, we are five miles from the truck.” Instead of being […]
So you’re probably thinking, oh this just another article telling me to back out if I think I made a bad shot. Well… you’re wrong and right. This time you’re going to learn about the evidence your arrow leaves you, and how this is the most important information you have. I had a personal problem […]
There’s a song by Rhett Akins I really love called “Granddaddy’s Gun.” It’s the ballad of a young man recalling the story of the shotgun his grandfather gifted him on his thirteenth birthday, and the deep meaning the gun holds for him. He reminisces about tales from yesteryear, and shares the hope he has to […]
It was a cool November evening, I was walking down an old dirt road through the Oklahoma pines. There wasn’t anything special about this Tuesday evening, no cold front was coming, and it was in the middle of rifle season. “Why even bother go hunting?”, I thought to myself, but little did I know I […]
Non-stop action Early bow season 2018 – a true season to remember. The bow swinging in the breeze and the deer on the move. With new spots scouted out and some old ‘tried-true’; successful harvests have found me over the course of the whole early bow season. Meat in the Freezer The first came from a stand […]