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
It's super easy to get distracted by our desire for instant gratification. We not only want to fill our tags, we want to do it NOW. Perhaps that's why we gloss over the wondrous when we check in at the end of a day's hunt. Read the above headline one more time. How many times has someone asked you that question during hunting season? And how many times have you answered it the same old way: "Nothing." Or, "A squirrel." Or maybe, "Ah, just a couple of does." Inwardly, we're hoping for that day when we get to report something of substance. "I saw a huge buck! He was coming in from the (enter direction here), and stopped just outside of my shooting lane. Man ... just two more steps…
I was sitting on my deck reading Deer and Deer Hunting and this little sweat bee would land on top of the magazine and stay even after I turned every page! Thought it was a pretty cool way to spend my morning. I was so caught up by him I started reading the articles out loud and after a few minutes the twins came out, and I felt like I was reading nature some stories! Little ironic that they like Deer and Deer Hunting. I might have to toss this magazine in my pack and see if I can “read in” a booner this year! Keep up the good work — it’s very entertaining to all. — Brian Milo I was very sorry to read in my October issue of…
The Deer & Deer Hunting-TV team is scouring the country right now on great hunts to bring to you in 2017, but you can still enjoy super shows on Sportsman Channel each week. D&DH-TV co-hosts Dan Schmidt, Gordy Krahn, Mark Kayser and Steve Bartylla provide outstanding information about topics such as how deer handle pressure, keeping does happy and content, snuffing out human odor, why stand location matters, staying concealed in meager cover and much more. You’ll also enjoy joining the team on their hunts from Kansas to Mexico and the Midwest to the Southeast. Check your local listings for D&DH-TV airtimes on Sportsman Channel. SHOPDEERHUNTING.COM DEER HUNTERS’ ALMANAC 2017 HITS THE NEWSSTAND For the 26th year, America’s Whitetail Authority has released the “Deer Hunters’ Almanac” to newsstands. The…
White-tailed deer numbers are declining throughout the Southeastern United States largely due to predation of newborn fawns by coyotes. And while several studies have shown that newborn fawn survival rates increase in response to lethal coyote removal, controlling coyotes in forested areas has proven to be difficult because of their highly migratory nature. Unless coyote control can be conducted continuously over a large area, removal efforts in choice coyote/deer habitat tend to yield only marginal and temporary results — and controlling coyotes on small land parcels is next to impossible. But there is hope for owners of small properties who are experiencing predator problems. Findings from a recent study conducted in Georgia has demonstrated that coyote exclusion using fencing can effectively exclude coyotes from small areas, minimizing newborn fawns losses…
Quality deer management is a common household term among deer hunters, and is the most common form of deer management employed across the country today. Its benefits are wide-ranging, where the deer herd, the deer hunter and the habitat for deer and other wildlife species reap the rewards of this management philosophy. As the most popular philosophical foundation for deer management in the 21st century, the impacts of quality deer management (QDM) are far reaching, where most properties across the continent are influenced by QDM in some form or fashion. This means that the deer herd and habitat that you hunt, as well as your hunting experience, are all a function of the manner in which QDM has been employed in the surrounding areas. The manner in which quality deer…
Remember the joke about the bear hunter who repeatedly misses a grizzly and each time buys a bigger caliber rifle? His problem wasn’t power. It was dismal accuracy. He couldn’t hit the broadside of a grizzly, but mistakenly thought a bigger hammer would cure the problem. Knockdown power is widely misunderstood, misapplied and misguided. It creates worse shots instead of better and doesn’t solve the problem it purports to address. What hunters are looking for is the “magic bullet,” a slug that will slap the targeted animal with enough “knockdown power” to do just that — knock the animal down. And keep it down. Call it the Mac truck version of impact. Alas, unless you’re flinging a Mac truck at your game, you aren’t going to enjoy the equivalent of…
