Written by: Chris Wheeler Sr. When I picked up a bow and arrow 33 years ago, I never dreamed what would become of a hobby/obsession. Daryel, (girlfriend/wife to be’s dad), had a bow on the wall and I noticed and asked how hard is it? My mom wouldn’t let me own a gun (those of […]
By Tabitha Reigel (Roll Up Your Sleeve Kinda Momma) My mommy works long hours to provide for my brother, my two sisters and me. She tries to be everything to us even when tired, sad, mad, and happy. She makes me feel better when I am sad or mad. She helps me understand things that […]
Swhacker has been in the broadhead game a long time with quality heads and distinct design. When the Levi Morgan 261 came out it had some new features and I thought let’s give it a try. I’ve shot a number of deer with them with great results. At a first glance it may not seem […]
Setting the Stage So you’re walking out of the pro shop with your brand new V3 or Solution SD, or maybe it was just a new string and tune up on your PSE Carrera. Either way, the first thing you are going to want to do is fling some arrows. I know this because that’s […]
the story As soon as the bolt left my crossbow I had a pit in my stomach, the wind had started to shift and it was now or never; I had just decided now. It was only one season earlier when I had wounded an eight point buck with a compound bow, never recovering the […]
GUILTY Most of us are guilty of it. Knowing the buck you’re after is consistently coming to one spot like clockwork, but not having a lot of time to get after him. When you finally get time, the wind is not in your favor…figures. I, myself, am 100% guilty of this. Having the itch so […]
Now onto everyone’s favorite topic Reproduction. The pre-rut, rut and post rut can be a magical time to be in the woods and can be the most frustrating. This time of year is typically when deer movement is at an all time high especially for bucks. I’m going to break down these times and try […]
Cover This topic is somewhat of an oxymoron. We are talking about deer movement but one of the topics is cover, where deer will bed down for most of the day and movement is somewhat limited. Well this is actually how you will want to think of it. Security Cover, cover that allows deer to […]
Deer are diurnal, meaning that most of their movement occurs around sunset and sunup. Deer Movement is based around 4 things that all deer need. Food Cover Water Reproduction Let’s dive into Food. Deer are ruminants, a four stomach even toed animals, just like cows. That means they rechew the food they originally ate after […]
Learning How to Scout Effectively E-SCOUTING Let’s say we want to scout this piece of land. First things we want to do is mark the special terrain features. -Saddles -Benches -Extremely Steep Terrain -Drainages or Ditches Here we have this piece of timber marked. Green represents Saddles -Saddles are low spots in ridges that connect […]
Getting Access to Private Land:Quick Tips January 13, 2020 By: Stephen Arnold Credit Where It’s Due I want to start by giving credit where credit is due. Shout out goes to Steven Booksh, for his article titled How to Get Access to Private Land which gives some great insight and tips to getting that hard […]
The Night Walker It was the summer of 2017 in Central Pennsylvania when we first got trail camera pictures of the buck my family nick-named SJ. There were a few other hit list bucks on trial camera that we wanted to hunt for that year. One of these bucks was a main-frame 8 point that […]