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Burdened by What Has Been: Dealing with Bad Shots
Many things sting in life, and some negative events stick with you for a long time. For any hunter, missed shots and unrecovered wounded deer can lead to regret, even for a lifetime. Why? It’s largely because, unfortunately, those whiffs are just as memorable as the...
The Spiritual Opportunity that is Deer Hunting
The sound of silence. Not so much like the one Simon and Garfunkel once performed, but a dead calmness nonetheless. Except for the occasional echo of nearby livestock or a passing vehicle, I sat there mentally acknowledging the start of deer season. Despite the gnats...
Heaps, Piles, and Deadfall: Utilizing Head-Start Ground Blinds
I know the cover photo doesn’t look like much more than a pile of trunks and limbs but bear with me. Do you ever drive or walk through a hunting property and it seems like there is a good place for a ground setup every 20 yards? I do. This happens a lot in the Texas...
Leveraging Whitetail Behavior by Creating Deer Hubs
Sharing deer populations across small properties is a common thing among all private land hunters. In particular, it’s a reality for those chasing whitetails on small and medium-sized tracts. These special sections of free-range deer hunting mean a lot of competition...
Deer Hunting and Life: Understanding Seasons and Choices
All around the country, deer season has ended. For die-hard whitetail junkies like me, it brings both remorse and jubilation. Anticipation-laden tree stand sits gives way to the likes of turkey hunting. Though the late winter and spring can provide a needed respite...
It’s a Whitetail World; We Just Happen to Live in it.
I vividly remember an overcast morning during the 2018 rut. Quietly sitting in a ground blind, conditions were perfect. The wind was in my favor. Facing due east, my scent situation should have been perfect. Deer would neither be spooked from behind nor in front of...
Are You Hunting Bucks that Don’t Exist?
In my deer-chasing world, a few notions come to mind following each hunting season; some regulars, some new ones. From acknowledging my fatigue to the melancholy feeling that it’s over, from guilt for spending so much time away from family to the relief that it’s...