Tree stands are popular among hunters -- especially among archery enthusiasts -- because they help improve the hunters’ visibility and decrease the chance their scent will spook prey. But the stands also can be precarious perches if they’re used incorrectly or carelessly, hunting safety specialists say...

Whitetail deer breed only in the late fall and early winter and the breeding season is called the rut. To use canine terminology, does come in heat in fall; this is called a doe’s estrous period. During this time, the doe is receptive to breeding and the solitary bucks actively seek does. Each doe is in heat for about thirty hours. If she has not mated with a buck during that time...

If you're tired of everything that involves cream of mushroom soup, here's a new pheasant recipe that I've come to really enjoy...

Find out a better way to get more quality cuts from the deer that you harvested. This video will steer you to the best way of deboning and packaging your meat for the freezer. May contain scenes not suitable for viewing by small children...

The question is frequently asked by hunters and frequently answered throughout this book, “Where do the big bucks go?” It can’t be repeated too often that the mature bucks are solitary creatures that regularly practice evasion techniques, even outside the hunting season. When hunting season rolls around...

As a young deer hunter on opener morning one year in the late 1980s, I was out scouting the landscape as day broke in south central North Dakota. It wasn’t so much to watch for deer moving around as it was to just scan the field and let my imagination paint scenarios of where the deer would break out of cover, who would push, and which guys would post...

The fall firearms deer season is fast approaching. Although it is illegal for hunters to shoot and kill any wild animal from a motor vehicle, there are some exemptions for persons with disabilities. What are they?

I drop the truck into four wheel drive and start to tip toe off the county road and follow an ancient logging trail. Last fall, when I was here, I don’t recall the logging trail so rough. I meander about and come to the sharp corner and here is a brand new county forest gate with a lock that’s locked tight. Oh for the love of progress. Man whose going to steal trees back here. Stupid gate...

At the coffee shop or gas station, topics such as hunting pressure, fair chase, ethics, hunting heritage and the essence of the hunt often lead to lively conversation and the need to make another pot of coffee...