Advanced Tactics for Hunting Mature Whitetails

"Moose" is a 200"+ deer the author killed using his deadly bedding area / mineral site tactic! When it comes to hunting mature whitetails one thing is for certain, successful hunters go the extra mile to learn everything possible about their quarry and right now is the time! The woods are greening up fast and the next couple weeks might be your last chance for effective spring scouting.     One of the tactics I have used to help me score on big bucks consistently over the years involves scouting right now to locate a bucks bedding area. Where a...

When this giant buck disappeared on me back in October of 2021, I thought he was dead figuring some other lucky hunter had tagged him. Fast forward to 2023 he was back on my Reveal Trail cameras,  and he absolutely exploded!  I kept an eye on him all summer long at my mineral sites filled with Buck Seduction and by monitoring the mock scrapes I started in the area. On the evening of October 7th during the Red Moon, I took my oldest boy Jamison out hunting on another farm. Guess who showed up at 7:04 pm hung around my stand until...

Over the past 40 years of bowhunting all over North America, I’ve had to do my share of knocking on doors to obtain permission and I’ve learned a few tricks along the way that just might help you out.  

Have you had your eye on him all summer, watching him waltz into the local soybean field like he owned it, with such regularity that you could set your watch by his movements? What’s going to happen when he sheds his velvet?