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5 Ways To Shoot More Bucks From The Couch

The phrase "You can't shoot bucks from the couch" is pretty catchy, but is it accurate? I don't think so.

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Post Daybreak Stand Entrance For Bucks

Have you ever tried a post daybreak stand entrance for bucks? This is one of the most important but under utilized mature buck hunting tactics that you can practice!

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Top 5 Methods To Age A Buck

"Ground Shrinkage"; when it comes to targeting mature bucks, I have unfortunately experienced it! In 2012 I had a monster buck approaching head-on, and all the methods of how to age a buck went flying through my head.

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Top 10 Trail Cam Strategies

Can you find the trail cam in the above photo? That's a picture of one of my favorite trail cam strategies!

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Weather and Whitetails Report: August 10, 2015

The weather has the ability make or break your whitetail hunting and scouting efforts, all year long! Follow along throughout the season as I make sure to let you know of the key times for when weather and whitetails are forecasted to collide.

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How To Recover From Food Plot Failures

Just prior to the excitement of deer season openers across the country, another annual event rears its ugly head: Food Plot Failure Season. Have you ever experienced it?

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One Sit Early Season Buck Tactics

A consistent pattern takes place each bow season that I have experienced you can erase, with some solid early season buck tactics.

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Bow Season Bucks In The Rain

For a bow season hunt during miserable weather, does your monster buck compass point more towards the couch or the climb when an opportunity arises for hunting bucks in the rain?

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Whitetail Moon Phase Hunting Strategy

Have you fallen victim to "Whitetail Moon Phase Mania" in the past? I have, and I have a few books to prove it! Whether you believe that the variety of the moon phase actually has an effect on the quality of the hunt, the rut, or not; it is a worthy debate.

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Top Tips To Hide Trail Cams

It has been an amazing progression; trail cameras have decreased in price over the past 15 years, while at the same time the level of both quality and technical advancements have shot through the roof!

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Mature Buck Personalities to Target

The variety of mature buck personalities have always fascinated me. Of course we as humans are born with various personalities that we often exhibit immediately upon our entrance into this world.

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Myth Of Prevailing Hunting Winds

He is huge, old, reclusive and you have done your job by scouting him thoroughly over the past 3 years; it is time to hunt! But there is only one problem...

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