In a blog post 2 weeks ago I told you about a muley buck that my son, Cole, shot with some help from careless hunters. I captured the exciting hunt on video, and now it's time to share it.

I just finished another hunt, and the variety of hunting methods I used couldn’t have been wider.

Hunting public land out West can be frustrating or rewarding. What's it gonna be for you? In today's video I'll offer a few tips that could help you on your next DIY public land hunt in the western U.S.

That’s what happened to me a few days ago. I was hunting with my good friend, Levi Duncan, in north-central South Dakota during an early firearm season. Duncan manages for mature bucks, so typically it's not a matter of whether you’re going to get a buck ... it’s how long you’ll hold out before shooting.

When it comes to locating crazy whitetails, there are productive methods to the madness. Check out today's video below for a few tips you can use this season.

Hunters are a helpful lot. They volunteer during youth hunter education courses. They join in during community service projects and even help out stranded motorists on their way home after a hunt. They also occasionally help other hunters without even knowing it.

I love Halloween and I always hate to miss it due to being gone for work. In the same breath, I love the whitetail hunting opportunities that occur around Halloween. There's lots of pre-rut action because does are still approximately 2 weeks from coming into estrus and bucks are raging with testosterone. Scrapes begin smoking, rubs look like wood chipper sites and car/deer collisions spike because of rambunctious bucks searching for daylong flings.

The rut is creeping up on you like a trick-or-treater sneaking up on your porch for a candy bar. Are you ready? The first inklings of the rut are beginning to appear in the woods around you right now. Scrapes are showing up along field edges and trails. Rubs are starting to line travel routes, and last week I watched a 3 1/2-year-old buck hounding a doe just for fun.

If you’re looking for more education on the whitetail rut, then I have a deal for you. I'm being featured as a guest speaker in Rut Summit 2. It's a webinar series dedicated to helping serious deer hunters like you take advantage of the rut and improve your odds of killing a mature buck this fall.

Last week was a whirlwind of glassing fields, setting treestands, trapping mice and, of course, little sleep. I was in western South Dakota hunting a drought-stricken ranch and trying to place myself within striking range to put my new Mathews Heli-M to good use. I lost count of how many treestands I hung, adjusted and moved, but suffice to say I could have outfitted a small camp with my efforts.