With opening day of most big-game bow seasons still several turns of the calendar away, it’s nice to know there is something to take the edge off. Thank God for Springtime Turkey hunting!! With a Kansas trip in my sights, I am feverishly preparing for my hunt while at the same time tackling all the […]
2010 was my first real season turkey hunting and it was an absolute blast. In this post I describe a few of the most exciting moments during my season and some lessons I learned along the way.
The 2011 Illinois Deer & Turkey Expo featured a variety of great exhibitors, seminars and more. Here's a couple of my favorite pictures from this year's show.
Planting fields of native and prairie grasses is a great way to increase bedding cover for your local deer herd. Here's a few tips from Habitat Forever on properly maintaining your native grasses during their first two seasons.
With the “show season” in full swing it seems like just about every weekend from now until the fall there’s a deer show being held somewhere. From coast to coast there’s no doubt that deer hunters love to get together, check out some new products, enjoy a few tasty beverages and look at BIG whitetails! […]
To hardcore deer hunters, nothing is more exciting than the onset of the whitetail rut. It’s a magical period filled with high-impact action that teaches hunters so much about the creatue that they revere. If one is lucky enough to be in an environment that’s heavily populated by whitetails, the education potential is multiplied proportionately. […]
More states are making room for crossbows during their regular archery big-game seasons. The reason? Crossbows not only recruit new bowhunters, they retain bowhunters who would normally drop out at older ages.
Why do so many hunter/gatherers feel the need to cost-justify their activities by trying to calculate the value of venison or fish they bring home? Does a golfer, softball player or flower-gardener cost-justify their hobbies and recreation?
