Deer & Deer Hunting is written and edited for serious, year-round hunting enthusiasts, focusing on hunting techniques, deer biology and behavior, deer management, habitat requirements, the natural history of deer and hunting ethics
If there’s one thing that could make me happier in the deer woods this fall it would be a complete off-the-grid experience. Not asking for much here; just a few days during the rut — perhaps a few 10-hour vigils where I’m completely unplugged from the stressors and distractions of this so-called modern life. Yes, the cell phone is still coming along for the climb to that treestand, but it’s being placed in silent mode and tucked into my pants’ cargo pocket ... only to be retrieved in case of emergency. I’m not sure about you, but unplugged is the best way to recharge my inner battery. There are so many sights, sounds and smells that are missed when we’re not fully engaged in the deer woods experience. I want…
I was shaking my head in disbelief while reading “Processing Meat Like a Pro” by David Draper. The issue (Hunter Equipment Issue) lived up to your goal of promoting desires for wanted but totally unnecessary things – i.e., good old American consumerism. Not one new, expensive item that Draper advocates in the article is necessary to process venison. I have butchered numerous deer, a few elk, two bears, a moose and a few cattle. The equipment that I use is the same as my grandparents used 60 years ago: a 6-inch boning knife and a 9-inch slicing knife, a wood cutting board, a hand-me-down, clamp-to-the-table, hand crank grinder and a lever operated sausage stuffer. All aspects of hunting, from scouting to stuffing sausage, should be a step back to a…
The top-rated Deer & Deer Hunting TV returns to NBC Sports for its 11th action-packed season with a great lineup of shows. Veteran hunters Dan Schmidt, Gordy Krahn, Mark Kayser and Steve Bartylla provide outstanding insights based on their decades of hunting experiences. Deer & Deer Hunting TV has one goal: To help you better understand deer behavior and hunting tactics so you can be more successful this season. Shows include tips for creating and managing habitat, patterning deer without being patterned, how to hunt smarter but not harder, hunting from ground blinds, the science of scrapes, the mentality of mature bucks, turning hunting pressure into a positive, attainable deer management and more. Shows air on Monday nights, so check your local listings for NBC Sports and tune in! SHOPDEERHUNTING.COM…
Legend has a way of, over time, becoming so entrenched in our consciousness that we accept it as fact. Whether these legends are passed down in fireside tales from grandfathers and fathers or presented in writing and, shall we say, enhanced with the flourishes of time, we grow to appreciate them. Such was the birth of the Remington Arms Company, a legend that began with young Eliphalet Remington II of the small settlement of Ilion Gulch, New York, when he created a flintlock rifle for a target shooting competition. This was in autumn of 1816, in a small town on the Mohawk River in the middle of a young state beginning to grow, flex its muscles in the world and take shape for the future. The 23-year-old Eliphalet reportedly, as…
It’s hard to believe that Wayne Laroche and I have been doing the Lunar Rut Predictions for Deer and Deer Hunting for 17 years. In 1998, when I was asked to write the first rut predictions, I figured it would be a one-time article, but it turned into a yearly story, along with a major book on the subject. Little did I know at the time how much interest the yearly prediction and my book, “Hunting Whitetails by the Moon” would generate, both pro and con. On the pro side were hunters, whitetail photographers and deer biologists from Maine to Washington state who said they had discovered what Wayne and I had years before the first article and my book came out. In addition, many Native Americans made it known…
The almost full-grown button buck fawn clumsily picked its way through the thick brush directly behind its mom. Sometimes they would get separated, more common now that the fawn was rather independent, but a bleat from the fawn allowed the doe to relocate her offspring and they would continu e on their daily journey. Once the verdant grain field was in sight, the careless fawn dashed under the fence and into the open field. The succulent oats were no doubt tasty, but the fact that the ubiquitous ticks and horseflies remained outside the clearing made it that much more desirable. The fawn’s mother hesitated for several minutes before entering, but once secure she glided over the barbed wire fence and into the field and immediately buried her head in the…
