The Myth of the Eastern Cougar
A lifelong hunter, Steve Jones knows exactly what he saw on that cold January Day 12 years ago . Although he caught only a fleeting glimpse of the animal as he eased his way along a ridge high in...
View ArticleHow To Hunt Geese Over Water
Skim through any waterfowl-hunting magazine and you might think the only way to kill a Canada goose is to drop a hundred full-body decoys in a grain field. There’s no question hunting a dry field is...
View ArticleWhen There’s Too Many Acorns for Deer Hunters
Can we have too much of a good thing? When it comes to deer hunting, the answer is usually a resounding “no.” Unless that “thing” happens to be acorns. Some years, it’s all but impossible to walk...
View ArticlePredators Are What They Eat
It’s been said a coyote will eat anything that doesn’t eat it first. That is, to some extent, true. They are one of the most adaptable creatures on the planet and will eat a wide variety of food. What...
View ArticleWhat Do We Really Know About Predator Behavior?
We know a lot about coyotes, bobcats and other predators. For example, coyotes kill and eat many deer fawns in Georgia. In western states, black bears migrate hundreds of miles between their summer and...
View ArticleHemorrhagic Disease Can Bring a Silent Death to Whitetail Deer
Featured Photo: Was this buck the victim of HD? Unlikely. Learn why. (David Hart) It’s supposed to be just another late-summer scouting trip, but the unmistakable stench of death leads you down to...
View ArticleDoes Shooting Coyotes Affect Deer Populations?
For many of us, even when it’s deer season it’s always predator season. So we gladly thump every coyote that walks past our deer stand in the name of predator control. Why not? Science has shown that...
View ArticleHunting Tactics for Mid-Day Coyotes
Rich Higgins and his three partners did everything right. With that many hunters, it’s tough to get into position without blowing every coyote out of the country, but they eased into their stand with...
View ArticleWhen Is the Best Time to Deer Hunt?
A week’s vacation means one thing to serious deer hunters: seven straight days in the deer woods. For some of us, that might be an outfitted hunt at a fabled deer destination like Illinois, Kansas or...
View ArticleHow to Locate and Hunt Roaming Coyotes
You call and wait. Ten minutes pass. Then 20. You call again. After 30 minutes of nothingness, you decide the coyotes that were howling last night just aren’t interested. Is it your calls? Did they...
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