hunting strategy

Top Soft Mast Species for Early Season Deer Attraction by Region

Aug 3, 2022 Cheyne Matzenbacher

Early hunting season can be a bountiful time in the deer woods if you do your homework, scout, and know where to place your stand or blind for a better shot opportunity. One of the…

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3 Keys to Late Season Deer-Hunting Success

Jan 5, 2022 Nick Pinizzotto

My heart sank as the snow crushed loudly under my boots when I was approaching my stand. The temperature was supposed to rise into the low 40s overnight, and I expected melting snow to soften…

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A Secret Weapon for Post-Rut Bucks: Red Oaks

Dec 1, 2021 Moriah Boggess

It was mid-December 2020 in southern Indiana, and my deer season was slipping through my fingers. After two hard months of hunting and over a hundred miles put on my boots, my buck tag was…

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The Importance of In-Season Scouting

Nov 9, 2021 Brian Grossman

Not having the deer season you had hoped for? Carve out some time for in-season scouting. By locating the most recent sign, you’ll be back in the game and on your way to a successful…

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5 Easy-to-Miss Details of Deer Hunting Success

Oct 20, 2021 Brian Grossman

If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my 30-plus year quest to become a better deer hunter, it’s that finding a mature buck on a large tract of public land isn’t the difficult part. it’s…

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How I Fooled 4 Mature Deer

Sep 15, 2021 Kip Adams

Deer hunting is fun. I have been thrilled by the chase since before I was old enough to legally hunt. Four decades ago, mature bucks were nonexistent on our Pennsylvania farm. Mature does were abundant,…

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Aaron Warbritton on How He Finds Deer Hunting Success on Unfamiliar Tracts of Land

Sep 8, 2021 NDA Staff

In this episode of the Deer Season 365 Podcast, we are talking to Aaron Warbritton of The Hunting Public about how he approaches scouting and hunting a new tract of land. Aaron discusses e-scouting, getting…

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Passing Public Land Bucks

Aug 18, 2021 Moriah Boggess

Like many deer hunters, I grew up hunting small 10- to 20-acre private parcels. However, this all changed in fall 2018 when I moved from my home in North Carolina to attend college in central…

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Outdoor Writer Josh Honeycutt on Big Deer Stories and Hunting Strategy

Jul 21, 2021 NDA Staff

In this episode of the Coffee and Deer podcast we are joined by outdoor writer and accomplished deer hunter Josh Honeycutt of Kentucky. Josh has written for more than 50 publications and has also been…

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Strategic Food Plot Designs: Try the Wagon Wheel

Apr 14, 2021 Mike Grandey

When I first began deer hunting, I would often head to the woods with a few two-by-fours, a pocket full of nails, and a hammer to erect my treestands between closely grown trees. Then I’d…

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