Empty Nest, Full Net
My son, Jacob, has left the nest a bit this summer. Having recently graduated from high school, he decided to spend some time this summ...
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Jul
Blog
19
Jul
Trail Camera Cost of Ownership Calculator
The web developer in me got the best of me this morning... a post on another friend's facebook wall about trail camera battery costs go...
11
Jan
Checking the Trapline Before a Winter Storm
We scored 4 beavers and a mink this evening while checking the trapline before a winter storm rolls in. With fur prices being what they...
28
Apr
Wrapping Up Michigan’s Trapping Season
This winter I had a blast trapping with my son, Jacob! Our goal was to get our first beaver...mission accomplished. We ended up with 6!...
12
Aug
Whitetail Addictions Summer Get Together was Awesome
In July, our crew that films for Whitetail Addictions met up in Iowa to, well, talk whitetails! It was so awesome to see friends I have...
12
Aug
Scraping Out Success
I smiled to myself as the mid-day buck first made his appearance in the thicket I call the Orchard Spot. The low 150 class 10 point had...
02
Oct
Dodging a Bullet
The patriarch of our hunting party traveled a perilous road to show up at deer camp.
Waking up at 5am opening morning of gun deer seas...
18
Feb
CWD Cure Found? So Says LSU Doctor
Has there been a CWD cure found? Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is at the forefront of hunter concerns these days, and Doctor Frank Bast...
19
Dec
Reloading Supplies – Review of Wideners Reloading & Shooting Supply
I have the fortune of being pretty tech savvy, thanks to a 20+ year career building custom websites. I also have enough years on me...
07
Dec
Chronic Wasting Disease Travel Laws Successful Hunters Need to Be Aware of
Chronic Wasting Disease (also known as CWD) has caused states to put limitations on transporting deer from areas where the disease is k...
06
Sep
CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) – The Most Important Question to Ask
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has become a hot topic within the deer hunting community in recent months and especially in Illinois. Ear...
08
Aug
3 Tactics for Consistently Killing Big Bucks
A Hunters’ Age-Old Quest Of Finding a Tactic That Allows Him to Consistently Kill Deer
I can envision our cave man ances...
31
May
Cellular Trail Cameras as a Scouting Tool
Trail Camera Improvements Make Keeping Tabs on a Deer in its Core Range Possible
Trail cameras have been making remote game scouting p...
15
Feb
Winter Predator Control – Snaring Coyotes
My son, Jacob, has been handling the winter predator control efforts around here of late. He just turned 12 a couple weeks ago and is q...
12
Feb
Arizona Non-Resident Elk Application: How to Save $160 Every Other Year!
I just kicked myself for not figuring this out sooner, but I learned from a friend (thanks Jamie!) how to save $160 every other year on...
09
Feb
Daytime Bedding Areas Key When Scouting
The daytime bedding areas deer use will be located where they feel secure about their ability to detect and escape approaching danger.
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24
Jan
DNR Deer Poaching Investigation Results in Sentencing of Allegan County Man
Contact: Lt. Gerald Thayer, 269-685-6851
Agency: Natural Resources
Jan. 22, 2018
An Allegan County man has pleaded guilty to d...
29
Nov
Tips for Hunting Deer Out of State
If you’re interested in hunting deer out of state, read on. We’ve got some tips that will help make you successful!
Prepare Early
Hea...
27
Nov
On the Board!
My son, Jacob, dropped this nice doe this evening, so we finally have some venison aging nicely! He made about a 100 yard shot on her a...
01
May
Michigan Public Hunting Land Near Me?
Michigan Public Hunting Land...Where Should You Start?
As the cost of buying and leasing hunting property continues to go up, more Mic...
28
Apr
3 Tips for Hunting Public Land and finding Big Bucks
The odds of a whitetail buck making it to a 4th breeding season on public land here in Michigan are low, so there aren't many around. C...
26
Apr
The Best Time to Hunt Deer
Besides the proverbial answer, "any time you can get into the woods", there are many factors at play in determining the best time to hu...
24
Apr
How Public Land Deer Hunters can use OnXMaps to find un-posted public land
OnXMaps for the Public Land Deer Hunter
Ever been on public land deer hunting and been unsure where the boundary is and had to back ou...
30
Mar
Wisconsin Public Hunting Land
Back when I began hunting deer, Northern Wisconsin's herd was abundant. Central and southern Wisconsin didn't offer the deer numbers th...
19
Mar
Deer Hunting Quotes
I'm trying to beat the winter blues today by writing out some of the best deer hunting quotes I've either said or heard over the years....
18
Mar
Kansas Wildfire Destroys Over 500,000 Acres in Clark County
News of a Kansas wildfire can put a wrench in hunting plans quickly. Today I learned of an enormous wildfire that burned over 500,0...
21
Feb
Tips for Snaring Coyotes
During mid to late winter, with deer season closed, there's no better way to pass the time and help out the deer herd than by snaring c...
21
Feb
Deer Hunting in the Rain
A few years back my friend, Jarrod, and I had planned a hunting trip around his busy schedule. As it turned out, for the dates we chose...
06
Oct
Deer Food Plots
I farm a lot of ground in Iowa, including a lot of deer food plots, and I get an increasing number of questions from fellow hunters ho...
03
Oct
4 Stages of Daylight Deer Movement September Through October
A deer on its feet in daylight is a huntable deer. Filling a deer tag requires intercepting a deer traveling in daylight hours. This is...