Mature Buck Strategies
Mature Buck StrategiesOctober 10th Weekly Midwest Whitetail Forecast
We can almost stop right there because that same drop swept through the area last weekend and it resulted in many Booners on the ground. When you see double digit drops you need to take advantage of them, but when you...
Mature Buck StrategiesWhen To Hunt Over A Scrape
Nothing gets the hunting juices flowing like a giant, fresh scrape! While the emotions of hunters finding a new scrape can run as hot as the buck that just tore up the earth to create it, not all scrapes are created equal. In fact, should you ever even attempt to hunt over a scrape and if so, when?
Mature Buck StrategiesUsing The Weather To Pattern Bucks
When will a mature buck's patterns turn to daylight? When the weather tells him to. After using the weather to pattern bucks for nearly 3 decades, I have found that when the weather speaks, it rarely lies. You can find a mature buck on his feet and near your stand during shooting hours, by using the weather to pattern him.
Mature Buck StrategiesCritical Weekend Whitetail Weather Forecast
If you are an ultra serious whitetail hunter who lives and dies by the weather forecast, this weekend can not be missed. If you are patient and have waited for your first bowhunting sit to be perfect, then this weekend's weather forecast has it all!
Mature Buck Strategies3 Major Advantages To Hunting Bucks In The Woods
If your goal is to consistently experience opportunities with mature bucks, making sure to spend the majority of your time while hunting in the woods may be your safest bet. There are 3 major reasons to find the deer trails less traveled when choosing where to hunt this Fall
Mature Buck StrategiesAre You Losing Mature Buck Numbers Where You Hunt?
During the course of the hunting season the majority of deer parcels head in two different directions: Some lose mature buck numbers while others gain. Which variety of deer parcel would you rather have?
Mature Buck StrategiesTop 5 Ways To Pattern A Buck
My earliest buck patterning days were full of hope during lazy late Summer evenings. The go-to way to pattern a buck included the necessities of chips, pop, candybars, cheap binos and a folding lawn chair.
Mature Buck StrategiesPredicting Mature Buck Travel
Mature bucks are highly predictable. In fact, in my experience the older they grow, the more predictable they become.
Mature Buck Strategies2016 Rut Forecast Weekend Timing
Let’s face it, not everyone has the ability to hunt whenever the conditions are perfect, whenever they want to or whenever they feel like it. The majority of hunters have to rely on hunting weekends to enjoy their passion of hunting whitetails, even if those weekends fall during the annual rut.
Mature Buck StrategiesLate Summer Buck Patterns
By early September the Summer buck patterns your are currently observing will be, “Going, Going, GONE!”. Several years ago I coined the phrase of the The Annual Whitetail Shift.
Mature Buck StrategiesNaming Big Bucks Strategy
When it comes to a big old giant buck, what’s in a name? Dating back to the 80s I have experiened the process of naming big bucks for the likes of Big Moe, Kickstand and now Gary.
Mature Buck StrategiesNocturnal Deer Tips
What makes a whitetail so difficult to hunt revolves around its ability disappear, even to the point of appearing nocturnal. The phenomenon of nocturnal deer is so widely accepted, that for several decades countless articles have been written about how to actually successfully hunt a nocturnal buck.