by Erik Barber | Nov 18, 2021 | Featured, Growth
Friends and families travel great distances each year to enjoy each other’s company for a delicious Thanksgiving meal. After the food coma sets in and the ball games end, people relax during time away from work over the extended holiday weekend. For bowhunters, this...
by Erik Barber | Nov 2, 2021 | Bowhunting, Featured
The rut is an outstanding time for bowhunters to get a shot at a lovestruck buck when he’s most vulnerable. In the fall, decreasing day length triggers a change in buck behavior and physiology. The typically solitary, secretive animals that rarely move in daylight...
by Erik Barber | Oct 7, 2021 | Bowhunting, Featured
It’s easy to chalk up midseason woes in the whitetail world to the October lull. This time frame roughly lasts from Oct. 7 to 25 in the majority of the whitetail’s range, and it earned its name by being a notoriously challenging time to fill the freezer. Stagnant...
by Erik Barber | Sep 28, 2021 | Bowhunting, Featured
I cringed at the sight of my lighted nock passing through a buck. It was opening weekend of Wisconsin’s 2019 archery season, and I knew my work was cut out for me. The shot was marginal; it had hit about 4 inches left of where I held my pin, punching the buck through...
by Erik Barber | Aug 31, 2021 | Bowhunting, Featured
After much anticipation, the calendar finally flips to a day you’ve had circled for months: opening day of bow season. The best time of year is here, and the games have just begun. But bow season, especially when whitetails are your quarry, is a marathon and not a...
