Many of the accidents suffered during the hunt are not caused by the gun, but by falls or slips, things that can happen to anyone on the field. If you compare it to sports like water skiing or motorcycling, hunting is somewhat harmless, but this relative safety can lead us into a false sense of security.
How often have we reached our blinds, where in previous seasons we have seen a lot of movement and even had luck taking home a trophy, but at the end of the day the only thing we have is the frustration of not seen nothing?
Bears should be treated with respect, not with fear, when you are hunting then. Almost all bears always run when they see humans, and nowadays it is more difficult to hunt them because the restrictions on using hounds.
When a hunter ventures into Mason, Texas, he enters a town with more taxidermists, wild game processors, deer stands, and feeders per capita than he could ever imagine. He was in serious deer country!
In the predawn chill I felt like a kid in a candy store. I was on prime whitetail country, in an excellent ground blind, with my mind dreaming about all of the high racked bucks, surrounding me in the early darkness. I had done my research this time on the best deer hunting in Texas for size and success ration and I was right in the middle of it. Mason Texas.
Just five days after his 11-year old brother had taken a buck a 13-year old boy experiences the hunt of a lifetime along the Missouri river bottoms. It turns into a monumental year as both boys tag 160-class whitetails while hunting with their dad. Both boys grow up with great memories and now help others enjoy the same success as guides and outfitters.
The large networks of main and secondary trails were not the reason that I stopped dead in my tracks. It was the 4 massive rubs lined up in succession that oozed with freshly worked sap...
Snow was filtering down through the timber as Paul Rolko left the Hunters Lake cabin north of Harrisburg where four generations of family had grown up hunting. Paul played the game a bit different from the rest of the group, he never left camp until he could see and as he was stepping off the porch the first light of dawn backlit a sky full of falling snow.
Whitetails are notorious for becoming nocturnal as soon as they feel threatened by day time activity. Nocturnal whitetail has been and always will be a problem. Here are some ways to make it work for you, and get the big bucks during daylight hours.
Nineteen years waiting for your first buck can be a long time, or an enjoyable journey in learning the traits of a whitetail. Whichever it was, John Dora enjoyed every minute hunting during those nineteen years almost as much as he enjoyed taking his first 8-point.
When a Tennessee hunter travels to Dore Mountain in Canada, the cold weather tests his mettle while making the deer active enough to generate the extra body heat needed to stand watch?
A Pennsylvania hunter, who has had moderate success hunting in his home state, takes a dream-hunting trip to Alberta, Canada. The guides and outfitter have spent a full year patterning a pair of big bucks.
Consistent hunting success never comes without hard work, dedication, and self-discipline. This 179 point Whitetail but
Is a product of a good guide, and a good hunter.
The .416 has the reputation for being just about perfect for shooting everything from large squirrels to large Mack Trucks. Its weight is comparable to the other Remington 700 Magnum Rifles.
Consistent hunting success never comes without hard work, dedication, and self-discipline. This 179 point Whitetail but
Is a product of a good guide, and a good hunter.
Turkeys go through several different phases during the breeding season and these phases usually signal increases and decreases in gobbling activity. The dates given are for turkeys in the northern states.
The middle of August may seem a little early to start writing about the small-game seasons that open in September, but it really isn't. The state's special goose season opens Sept. 1, and grouse season opens Sept. 15. The woodcock season opens Sept. 20. Those dates are going to seem like just a few naps and a snooze away come September.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms industry - hailed the United States Supreme Court 5-4 decision written by Justice Scalia that determined authoritatively that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.