What Happened? Diagnosing a Miss
A white-tailed deer walks into range. You try to calm yourself, stop shaking, and stay quiet. It walks behind a tree and stops. You slowly draw your bow, and wait…
Staff Writer BowhuntingFeatured September 16, 2025
Where’d They Go? How Food Affects Deer Movements
You’ve studied maps, glassed fields and scouted all summer to pinpoint where to place your treestand. And just when you think you’ve figured them out, the deer disappear the week…
Staff Writer FeaturedBowhunting September 15, 2025
Morning vs. Evening Hunts: What’s Better?
Life is full of decisions: Hamburger or hot dog? Apple or Android? Baseball or football? Morning or evening hunts? Answering that final question is tough. Work, school, sports and family…
Jackie Holbrook FeaturedBowhunting September 11, 2025
Bowhunting Ethics: Ensuring Humane Harvests
Bowhunters have many responsibilities. They must respect the woods, wildlife, other hunters, and the state’s wildlife laws. They must also strive to make quick, humane kills by practicing often and…
Staff Writer FeaturedBowhunting September 10, 2025
Fresh Deer Sign Pinpoints Where to Bowhunt
Few things compare to the satisfaction bowhunters feel after reading deer sign, picking a stand site, and arrowing a doe or buck. To consistently put venison in your freezer, you…
What to do After the Shot
Releasing an arrow at a big-game animal is usually the culmination of months of scouting, target shooting, physical conditioning and preparation. In some cases, it could be the shot of…
Joe Shead FeaturedBowhunting September 3, 2025
Harvest Your First Deer in 9 Steps
So, you want to shoot your first deer with archery equipment. That’s a great goal, because all 50 states have at least one deer species. White-tailed deer are hunted more…
Advanced Shot Placement
Many factors contribute to ethical bow-kills, including arrow weight, broadhead design, draw weight, draw length and shot placement. Of those, the most important is shot placement. In Shot Placement 101,…
How to Hunt Big Country
Whether you want to bowhunt big country for deer, elk, bears, moose or caribou, one thing’s for sure: You must learn the land if you hope to succeed. Patrick Durkin,…
Staff Writer FeaturedBowhunting August 22, 2025
How Much Draw Weight Do Bowhunters Need?
Draw weight, or poundage, is a measurement of the force needed to draw a bow. You might hear someone say, “I shoot a 40-pound bow.” That means their bow’s draw…
