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When it comes to maintaining healthy white-tailed deer populations, state agencies have few tools in their arsenal for dealing with afflictions like chronic wasting disease and epizootic hemorrhagic disease. Although each of these diseases have been studied for more than 50 years, state wildlife agencies have been stymied – unable to develop any effective vaccines. Even if a vaccine could be developed, how could state officials effectively deliver it to free-ranging whitetails? Michigan is the first state in the country tackling the ever-anticipated vaccine delivery question. For nearly 50 years, deer hunters and cattle farmers in the Great Lakes State have been plagued by bovine tuberculosis, or bTB, a pernicious disease that not only kills deer but has repeatedly threatened the worldwide beef industry. Using a TB vaccine originally developed…

It is no secret that a fat young doe provides better table fare than a battle-hardened old buck. But the tough old buck can make some superb jerky. If you want really great jerky, get something called a Jerky Shooter and get your venison ground. This is less work than slicing and drying the venison and it results in a different style of jerky. (The Jerky Shooter resembles a spackling gun and probably is available at most big box outdoor stores.) 1. THE FIRST STEP IS TO TRIM ALL CUTS CLOSELY. Everything white, yellow or silver comes off. Trim it close. 2. THEN, EITHER GRIND THE MEAT YOURSELF OR HAVE IT DONE. If you wish, you may have a little beef or pork fat mixed in. The fat more commonly…

There was a time when two to three hours was my limit for sitting in a treestand. Long a denizen of the spot-and-stalk, run-and-gun West, sitting once proved pure torture. I could manage a couple of hours, but by the third I was fidgeting, cramped and convinced I was missing something elsewhere. And I could only manage these short sits by attaching a cheap digital watch to my bow riser to prove time was actually passing, watching that timepiece closely and forcing myself to endure, hours passing like the time warp that occurs while under a whining drill during root-canal surgery. I became a master still-hunter because I spent so few hours on stand. Part of the problem, in the beginning, was hunting low-density whitetail habitat, with nothing much to…

An accurate rifle and load combination is the foundation of ethical, successful hunting. If you’re one of the many sportsmen who have also taken up the long-range shooting game, you can now use the same rifle you take deer hunting without breaking the bank. That’s what the Mossberg Patriot LR Hunter brings to the party. First brought to the public in 2015, the Patriot line of rifles was introduced to provide the shooting and hunting public with accurate, functional rifles at low prices. It has been one of the most successful bolt-action rifle launches of all time. All include time-proven features like a push-feed action, which is based on a tubular receiver in conjunction with a washer-type recoil lug and a barrel lock nut, a bolt body that has six…

Election day is fast approaching and America’s sportsmen and women are a critical voice, which is why the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation has launched its I Fish. I Hunt. I Vote. campaign. In a time when more anti-sportsmen bills are being introduced than pro-sportsmen bills, topped with a national decline in public approval of our time-honored traditions, the need for sportsmen and women to make sure their voice is heard exercising their voting rights is more important than ever. For America’s 55 million sportsmen and women, the incoming approach of our favorite moments is something we anxiously look forward to. Bugling elk in the aspens. Dry fly days on the river. Rutting bucks below your tree stand. These are the moments that define our lives and become etched in our memories.…

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I’d never been more frustrated with a scouting camera. Many years back, I’d gotten two sets of pictures of the only 4½-year-old buck in the area. The first was the day before season, when he fed peaceably from a full half-hour before sunset on through to just after dark, when he transitioned to the large farm fields. Opening day was just a single set of three. The first was the look of shock on the buck’s face as he stared at the clicking culprit. The next two were of his tail, going the other way. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a stiff wind to cover the cam’s CLICK when it took each picture. I never got his picture on that plot again. We are so ridiculously lucky. Unlike all those many years…

I enjoy keeping up with the latest hunting trends, but this one had me concerned. I saw a podcast pop into my feed regarding thermal imaging drone deer recovery. Thermal drone imagery will play a huge role in recovering many bucks this fall, but this technology is so advanced, it concerns me. I even know of a consultant using thermal drones to scout bedding areas in the fall so they know where to open up food plots and plan for hunter access the next season. I couldn’t help but think of what bad seeds out there might take advantage of this technology to obtain real-time information about a buck’s whereabouts for hunting purposes. A myriad of scenarios ran through my head as I envisioned a ruthless hunter flying a thermal…

When it comes to making venison, every step gets me excited. Of course, it starts with the hunt itself. A night with little sleep — and light sleep at that — is still the norm on the eve of any opening day or the start of a weekend bowhunt. I do admit there was a time when, if I found hunting success and brought a whitetail home, that processing the deer trended toward the status of chore. Not anymore, though. Maybe it’s the reality of the occasional lean year without a deer to butcher, but I have come to appreciate processing a whitetail as a joyous and integral extension of the hunt. That process starts with skinning. Nothing happens until the skin is off that deer. This can be a…

Cobin Bentz first saw this buck on the hoof the week before Ohio’s gun season. Then, he had a couple of encounters during gun season prior to harvesting the deer. On the big day, Bentz got out there before first light. His destination? A spot he’d scouted a couple days prior, which was an area he’d spotted the deer walk out of. “I’d done some in-season scouting and found a big active scrape,” he said. “I thought it was from that deer, or another good-sized buck. I had a good game plan going into the gun weekend.” Around first light, he looked behind him into a cut cornfield. A couple deer funneled out from a tree line. The fourth deer that emerged was his target. “I knew he was going…

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1 THE BURRIS ELIMINATOR 6 SCOPE SYSTEM The Burris Eliminator 6 includes some of the most technologically advanced features ever offered to whitetail hunters. At the touch of a button, the Eliminator 6 offers instant and precise ranging out to 2,000+ yards on reflective targets and 1,400 yards on deer hide. It also features a built-in thermometer, barometer, and inclinometer, and it automatically measures density altitude.Ballistic solutions are built on the BurrisConnect mobile app and uploaded to the scope. Bluetooth connectivity between the scope and the user’s mobile device allows the user to create an internal DOPE card in the Eliminator 6 that combines ranging, environmental, and ballistic data to achieve the perfect shot. VISIT A DEALER NEAR YOU, OR LOG ON TO WWW.BURRISOPTICS.COM FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. 2 ZEROFIT® HEATRUB…

The basement stairway creaked as I followed my father down the wooden steps.We were on a mission to find some clothing for me so that I could join Dad on a white-tailed deer hunt. Although I was too young to legally hunt, the mere thought of accompanying my father was exciting enough. Dad was an ardent hunter who pursued all types of game. I clearly remember that he would often come home and share tales of great bucks that he had encountered in the Upstate New York woods. Other times, Dad would come home with a limit of squirrels that my mother would reluctantly prepare for dinner. The upcoming whitetail hunt was to be truly special as it would be the first that I would experience with Dad. As we…

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Occasionally, adult bucks turn up with a normal 4- or 5-point antler on one side and a spike or forked antler on the other side. This is usually due to what is called the contralateral effect that results from a previous injury. That may be the cause in some cases, but not always. A 2-year-old Michigan buck that has been a regular visitor to the rural Delta County residence of Dave Wellman this summer is a perfect example. “I’ve got this buck hanging around my yard,” Dave told me. “It looked like he was going to be a nice 8-pointer. Then one day he showed up and his right antler was gone. It was snapped off at the base. I have no idea how he lost that antler.” It was…

WHAT MAKES IT SO GOOD? 1. It’s five times warmer than a standard baselayer That is quite a claim, but it’s a fact. Independently tested at the iconic Boken Institute in Osaka, the Heatrub Ultimate baselayer recorded a Heat Retention Rating of 0.78; a standard baselayer would have a rating of between 0.1 to 0.14. And for reference, a jumper would typically have a rating of 0.3. The Ultimate performs best in a temperature range of 14° thru 50° Fahrenheit – so even in the coldest of conditions and most biting of winds, you’ll still be nicely heated. 2.Instant warmth the moment you put it on A standard baselayer traps body heat between your skin and the material, so it takes a little time before you feel the benefits. With…