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
The Midseason Plan for Tough October Bowhunting
…by acres of dormant mast trees. That brings us to the most critical part of the equation for debunking the October lull: scouting. Adapt and Overcome Seasons across the…
Erik Barber FeaturedBowhunting October 7, 2021
Harvest Your First Deer in 9 Steps
…trails. Mark the sign with a GPS unit or smartphone. For more detailed information on scouting read “Hot Tips for Summer Scouting.” Hang Treestands and Trail Cameras Set up your…
How to Make (and Keep) Bowhunting Resolutions
…hunt. Study public-land options, learn to read aerial maps, buy and use a compass, scout the land for signs of your quarry, and determine how you’ll hunt there based on…
Cassie Gasaway FeaturedBowhunting December 29, 2020
There’s More to Bowhunting Than Bow Season
…there’s no offseason, winter is excellent for scouting. Keep those trail cameras running to see which bucks survived hunting season. Scouting the winter woods also won’t hurt anything if you…
Joe Shead FeaturedBowhunting January 14, 2021
What We Learned from Bow Season
…their bow season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYlLNnu-5tA&feature=emb_logo Mobile Hunting Using lightweight tree saddles instead of heavier treestands allowed the THP crew to go farther, hunt new areas, hunt comfortably, scout while they hunt…
Scott Einsmann BowhuntingFeatured February 9, 2021
E-Scouting with HuntStand
Scouting typically means hiking for hours to learn a property or discover what’s new on lands you’ve hunted many times before. Either way, time is precious and you should maximize…
Forest Succession: The Key to Finding Deer
…an Ambush With Science Scout the area and note places that are great for bedding and feeding. Photo credit: John Hafner Habitat should dictate your bowhunting strategies. You can’t climb…
Cassie Gasaway FeaturedConservation February 18, 2021
Bowhunting Flocked-Up Turkeys
…identify their travel pattern, set up an hour before daylight along their daily route to ambush them as they walk by. Nash likes to scout for turkeys and potential ambush…
Cassie Gasaway BowhuntingFeatured February 25, 2021
