Entries for 'HuntingClub'

If you're taking your kids hunting this fall and/or winter, use these tips to make it comfortable.

I was nervous the other day. I mean I was nail-biting, ulcer-style nervous. I was down to the last day on a hunt and I still had not found the buck to fit my “shooter” category and finish another TV show. On the last morning I slipped in to a field edge at dawn.

Thanksgiving is the holiday that has the most hunting traditions surrounding it. In Wisconsin where I grew up, Thanksgiving week was deer hunting week … period.  I hope this Thanksgiving finds you hunting with family and friends, and relishing the American hunting heritage.

Are you having trouble locating mature bucks? Me too. It’s lockdown time. What, you haven’t heard about the lockdown period of the whitetail rut? It’s the time of November when the majority of does come into heat in the majority of the whitetail nation.

This season is turning into a very good year for me on the whitetail front. Buck No. 3 fell this week in the Porcupine Hills of southern Alberta, Canada.

You won’t believe this hunt. I’m firearm hunting in north-central South Dakota not far from the banks of the Missouri River. Good friend Levi Duncan invited me to hunt with him on his family ranch and some other neighboring property. His management has been paying off with mature bucks and great rutting action, but coyote numbers were also booming and interrupting our morning hunts.

If you're not hunting right now, you better have a really good excuse. The pre-rut is rolling and whitetails are on a serious hunt for the first hot does. I'm sure a few of you have already seen chasing, and possibly even a flurry of breeding. It's happening now, and there's no better time to hunt whitetails or muleys.

There's snow across the West. I've been there and done that. It's snowing in Wyoming as I'm typing. I just returned from Colorado after hunting with Elkhorn Outfitters. The weather was brutal, but began to settle enough to spark rutting activity, especially at dawn and dusk. We used mules and horses to access backcountry. They are quiet, and you can even ride up to the elk and deer for a face-to-face view of the critters.

It’s that time of the year. We’re creating new memories to last a lifetime and new stories to share with good friends. So with the “North American Hunter-TV” camera rolling, I took my second buck of the season. This one completed the challenge of taking two bucks in two states (Montana and Wyoming) during one trip.

As you read this I’m sitting in a deer stand in northeastern Wyoming waiting for a buck to show up … whitetail or mule deer … doesn’t matter. The tag in my pocket is good for either. On Sunday afternoon, just north of the state line in Montana, I saw my first buck of the season who was showing interest in does. So I shot him.