Just like a tennis player gets tennis elbow, or a runner can fall prey to shin splints, we in the outdoors sport of hunting can fall prey to our own little ailments too. One of those ailments is known...
As autumn rolls around, every single one of us who has an inclination toward hunting the elusive big buck gets the urge to be out scouting for trails and rubs and that secret spot to set up for our own...
Small game hunting is a whole different animal (if you pardon the pun) than large game hunting. It’s certainly more challenging in that it requires a hunter have very good eyes, instincts, and sharp...
There is more to successful duck hunting than duck calls and decoys. The problem is that nearly every duck hunter you meet will have slightly different ideas on what makes for the greatest amount of hunting...
Among many bow hunters tree stands are a highly prized space to claim. In fact, it’s considered one of the top methods for bow hunting throughout the world. This has to do with the advantages that tree...
A compass is a very valuable camping tool especially if you plan on doing some hiking too. However, it’s important that you learn how to use the compass effectively. Nearly everyone knows that the compass...
Hunters love the great outdoors, but they also have a healthy respect for it and the creatures of that environment. Whether on a mountain top, in the forest, or by a river there are always clear and present...
From the first day you consider learning to hunt, safety becomes your very first priority. By learning good hunting safety rules you not only protect yourself, but other hunters, hikers, and visitors...
Most hunters are aware from the time they take up this hobby or profession that they must get a license to hunt specific types of animals at specific times of year. The hunting legalities are somewhat...
Hunting safety and ethics go hand in hand. When you are contentious about following the rules of safe hunting, you’re also improving the safety of others. When you’re honest about your skill levels,...
Hunting has a lot of elements from the proper care of your chosen weapon to how you practice safety in the woods. Caring for game is yet another important element to successful and ethical hunting. A...
Just as any type of hunting, bow hunting comes with a unique set of safety issues and legalities. Among them is where exactly to hunt, and with whom (if anyone). Now it would seem obvious that word of...
In the bow hunting community the common ethical guideline is that arrows need to be very sharp. It makes for a cleaner, faster kill. This also means that the arrow can be a source of potential harm for...
Among many bow hunters tree stands are a highly prized space to claim. In fact, it’s considered one of the top methods for bow hunting throughout the world. This has to do with the advantages that tree...
The changes in weaponry that are available to you for hunting turkeys have pretty much followed along behind those of the calls for turkey hunters. As more hunters take up the sport, more gun manufacturers...
Using your bow to hunt a wild turkey takes a great deal of skill and a whole lot of patience, and very often that prevents people from even trying it, but in all honesty, its probably nothing that you...
. One of the least popular calls overall, for hunters, although it is popular with a slim select group, is the tube call. Many hunters seem to find it hard to use, and hard to find to purchase. Thats one...
Hunting:Life on the edge. When autumn breezes in and the apples and acorns start to drop from the trees, you know the deer are headed in to eat. YOu also know its time for you to start scouting their locations,...
As a little girl in Pennsylvania, hunting with my dad, it was more than common to see the old fashioned home built tree stand. In point of fact, thats pretty much all you saw where I was from. A few 2x’4’s...
Every year literally thousands of people come in contact with poison ivy, and poison oak, while hiking, biking and walking. I’ve personally had poison ivy rash on my face, to the point that one...
