Trail Camera Improvements Make Keeping Tabs on a Deer in its Core Range Possible Trail cameras have been making remote game scouting possible for decades, but advances in cellular trail cameras have recently allowed us to be much more effective…
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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 quickly demonstrating his independence in the whole process. Every day after school, he checks his…
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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 the Arizona non-resident hunting license! I always was told you must buy a new…
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The daytime bedding areas deer use will be located where they feel secure about their ability to detect and escape approaching danger. When you’re out scouting bedding areas during the late winter/early spring prior to “green up”, ask yourself this…
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Contact: Lt. Gerald Thayer, 269-685-6851 Agency: Natural Resources Jan. 22, 2018 An Allegan County man has pleaded guilty to deer poaching as the result of an investigation by Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers. Colton Anderson, 22, of Plainwell…
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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 Heading out of state to hunt deer involves getting prepared well in advance. It’s hard to start…
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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 at last light. Been a tough season thus far, but we aim to put…
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Back when I began hunting deer, Northern Wisconsin’s herd was abundant. Central and southern Wisconsin didn’t offer the deer numbers that were found in the north. Most hunters headed north to hunt the vast tracts of Wisconsin public hunting land….
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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…I’ll start it off with a few of our own here at NextBuk: Deer Hunting…
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News of a Kansas wildfire can put a wrench in hunting plans quickly. Today I learned of an enormous wildfire that burned over 500,000 acres in southern Kansas. Most of Clark County was burned. I made a few calls and…
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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 coyotes! I never trapped much as a kid, and my son Jacob has shown…
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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 how to plant food plots for deer, so I put together some information about…
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Last day of my hunt and then it’s time to head back so I can pickup my son, Jacob, my friend Dan, and his boy, Brady, and leave for Canada! I listened for bugles for an hour before daylight again,…
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Morning Hunt Woke to cloud cover for the first time on the trip and thought I’d be in for a good morning. But the temps are the warmest they’ve been in the morning too, and it must have them bedded…
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Morning Hunt Drove west a few miles to listen. Nothing. Drove back east closer to camp and cut a road south to get back where I’d heard one bugle the 2nd day. This is when the fun started! I got…
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