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GROW ‘EM BIG WITH STEVE BARTYLLA Grow ‘em Big airs every Wednesday for 26 episodes during the months leading up to hunting season, with host Steve Bartylla – an expert in deer habitat management. He provides in-depth, proven methods for managing deer and local habitat to help whitetail hunters take their land and deer population to a more productive level. PUBLIC & PRESSURED LAND DEER HUNTER WITH JOHN EBERHART This show is for real-world hunters who chase whitetails on public land and highly pressured private parcels. Host John Eberhart is one of America’s top public-land hunters, and every Tuesday for 26 weeks, will take viewers step-by-step through his process and strategies for consistent pressured-land success. DEER TALK NOW Every Thursday, Deer & Deer Hunting Editors Daniel Schmidt and Gordy Krahn…

Connect with D&DH on social media at: Facebook: www.facebook.com/deerhuntingmag/ Twitter: @deerhuntingmag Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/deerhuntingmag/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/deeranddeerhunting_ DEER OF THE MONTH Zayne Wagner harvested this huge buck on public land in Oklahoma with a muzzleloader, while hunting with his dad, Nathan. Congratulations Zayne!! Submit your deer stories and photos to chris.berens@fwmedia.com for consideration to be included in DDH and online. Destination Whitetail investigates the people, their stories, where they hunt and the different ways to hunt white-tailed deer throughout North America. The show explores great hunting locations and the interesting people who live and hunt there. In the 43 states that have deer populations, the habitat varies as do the traditions and methods used to hunt America’s most popular game animal. Our DDH Team seeks and spotlights the stories behind the locations,…

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Life if full of subtle signs. It could be a health scare as you near middle age. I've had several. Or it could be something as simple as a lazy Saturday flea market excursion. I'm coming fresh off one of those, too. It started out as a simple quest to find a spare fishing pole for my kids as we headed to the lake in search of hungry panfish. It ended with a cold slap of whitetail reality. The annual countywide flea market was packed with vendors and shoppers. I was expecting to find a lot of the usual overpriced junk when I stepped into the first merchant’s tent. Instead, I was greeted with remnants of deer camps gone by. It took mere seconds for it all to sink in.…

July 6: Florida Trifecta Dan Schmidt has what could be the best hunting day of his life with what he calls a Florida trifecta. July 13: October Lockdown Mark Kayser experiences his most difficult Montana hunt yet as he runs into the October lockdown. July 20: Early Season Whitetail Magnets Brad Fenson enjoys one of the ultimate combo hunts — pronghorns and whitetails in Wyoming. July 27: Deer of the Foothills Gordy Krahn is exploring the foothills of the Rockies in Alberta. There’s muleys in those hills, not to mention whitetails. August 3: The Importance of Scouting Facing hunting pressure around every corner, Mark Kayser scouts his way to some Wyoming whitetail success. Watch only on Pursuit Channel during Saturday Night Deer Camp every Saturday beginning at 10 p.m. EST,…

Decades ago, before the compound bowhunting explosion, one of the great debates in the hunting community focused on rifle cartridges for big game hunting. The two key personalities in the debate were Jack O’Connor and Elmer Keith. O’Conner was a big believer in small, fast cartridges, while Keith believed in slower, larger-diameter bullets. Later came Roy Weatherby and his Weatherby magnum rounds, which took the smaller, faster bullet theory to another level. NOT TOO LIGHT, NOT TOO HEAVY — THAT’S THE TICKET FOR CONSISTENT ACCURACY AND MORE BOWHUNTING SUCCESS. There was no clear-cut winner in this debate. After all, if you place a bullet in the vitals of a big game animal it will get the job done regardless. But it’s one that I think of often when the topic…

It’s opening morning of bow season, and your anticipation grows with the beams of sunlight glowing on the horizon. As the view from your treestand changes from the black of night to the familiar grayness of dawn, the shape of a deer silently appears on the edge of your food plot. At first you strain to make out the shape, hoping it’s the buck you’ve been after for the past two years. He’s a really good buck, definitely mature, and your trail cameras have been letting you know that he’s been hitting this food plot hard over the past few weeks. As the sun slowly rises you realize that it’s a spike, and your nerves relax as you watch the young buck feed out to the middle of the plot.…

If you are anything like me, your investment in trail cameras is nearly the cost of all of your other hunting gear combined. Trail cameras are fun, useful and borderline addicting, and are perhaps the greatest contribution to archery hunting since the arrival of the compound bow. When used properly, trail cameras gather quick, invaluable intel. But no matter if you hunt a low-pressure property in Iowa, or a high-pressure, small-acreage parcel in Pennsylvania or Michigan — your trail cameras can contribute to undue pressure on deer, when used improperly. After using modern trail cameras intensively for about 10 years now, I have tweaked and manipulated my approach many times. After finding what works and what doesn’t, my trail camera strategies have not become more complicated or elaborate. In fact,…

Summer is in full swing and you’re a busy bee. Clover plots need to be mowed, entrance and exit trails need to be manicured and stands need to be hung. You’re working hard — going the extra mile to ensure fall success. As you labor, remember one thing: If you can’t send an arrow through the lungs of your target buck, all of your summer work will be for not. A CURE FOR TARGET PANIC Target panic is a commons courge among bow hunters, and it doesn’t matter how much experience you have. Inshort, target panic occurs when you’re not able to place your pin on the target the way you’d like to—you consistently hang up high or low on the intended point of impact. It also happens when you…

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Becoming a great whitetail hunter doesn’t require the intellect of a rocket scientist. It does, however, require that the hunter understands the animal, the environment it lives in and how to execute a plan. Wind direction should always dictate where you hunt. With that said, there are several setups that can provide the ultimate “honey hole” when hunting season rolls around. 1.CLASSIC FUNNELS If you’re a seasoned hunter, chances are your greatest successes have come from hunting funnels, especially thick brushy funnels that are not wind sensitive. When a narrow body of cover attaches a bedding area to a feeding area it becomes a prime candidate for a potentially great setup. It is here that you’ll find rubs and scrapes when the rut ramps up. 2.INSIDE CORNERS Inside corners are…

Last season, while many of you were anxiously taking to the woods and preparing for the upcoming season, getting ground blinds squared away, setting stands, checking out the first rubs, ogling pics from your trail-cams — all of the things we cherish each year — I was listening to Doc Collier, a brilliant oncology radiation specialist, deliver these shocking words: “I’m afraid you’re about to enter the worst three months of your lifetime.” He went on to lay out my October and November schedule, one looking much different than yours I hope. Mine would entail 33 radiation treatments aimed at the neck and throat area (the very worst type) along with three chemotherapy sessions spaced approximately three weeks apart. Carcinoma at the left base of the tongue and an adjacent…