Tips and Strategies for Bowhunting Trophy Bucks
Most bowhunters dream of arrowing a trophy buck. You’ve probably imagined a once-in-a-lifetime animal walking through your setup about every time you’ve been hunting. Big bucks are elusive, majestic and…
Staff Writer BowhuntingFeatured November 4, 2021
Calling Tactics for Rut-Crazed Whitetails
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…
Erik Barber FeaturedBowhunting November 2, 2021
Hunt the Rut the Right Way
Spoiler alert: There’s a right way and a wrong way to hunt the rut. The wrong way is to be careless, overlooking deer behavior and sign and venturing recklessly into…
Staff Writer FeaturedBowhunting October 26, 2021
Fuel for the Hunt: Energy-Packed Foods for Bowhunters
Have you ever felt sleepy during a morning or evening sit? Or have you grabbed a soda or candy bar at the gas station before driving to your hunting hot…
What Happens If I Shoot a Deer and Can’t Find It?
Bowhunting brings amazing moments. But along with the highs are the occasional lows. One of the most difficult moments is not being able to find an animal after it’s been…
Jackie Holbrook BowhuntingFeatured October 19, 2021
A Gun Hunter’s Bowhunting Conversion
Austin Booth, a 35-year-old Arkansas native and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission director, has been a hunter for most of his life. He’s shot plenty of ducks, geese and…
Get the Drop on String-Jumping Whitetails
The white-tailed deer is the world’s most popular big-game animal, and also one of the most challenging to hunt. One reason for the challenge is because of the whitetail’s acute…
Joe Shead FeaturedBowhunting October 12, 2021
The Midseason Plan for Tough October Bowhunting
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…
Erik Barber FeaturedBowhunting October 7, 2021
Overcoming the October Lull
Glassing deer through binoculars on early September evenings is enough to excite any bowhunter. After all, finding deer is half the battle to hunting them successfully. Many hunters use that…
Staff Writer FeaturedBowhunting October 5, 2021
Bad Shot? Call In the Dogs
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…
Erik Barber FeaturedBowhunting September 28, 2021
