Do human thought waves spook deer
You may have read this before because I’ve posted it a few times over nine years. If so, revisit it, determine for yourself how it may apply to your hunting…
Rainy Day Whitetails
There are times when a bow hunter can hear a whitetail coming for 100 yards. If the animal is upwind, and the leaves are as dry as corn flakes, the…
Highlighting Michigan’s Massasauga Rattlesnake
CADILLAC – No one has an accurate count on how many Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) live in Michigan, but one thing is well known: We have the lions share…
Try grunting with a deer decoy
If you’ve never used a grunt tube to call bucks, you may be surprised in two ways: the call, properly used at the correct time, can call a buck within…
Don’t shoot little bucks
A single belief is a continuing thread that runs through the management of any deer herd. A buck needs time, lots of time, to grow to produce big antlers. Big-antlered…
Buying old turkey hunting books
I spent just enough time outdoors today to go to the doctor, say hello to my neighbor and bask in the warming breezes. I’m trying to work some nasty knots…
Ever taken a gobbler with a muzzleloading shotgun?
A nice beard on a very nice spring gobbler Several years ago I killed a 24 1/2-pound long-beard gobbler while hunting in Iowa. My firearm of choice was a Knight…
Winter archery makes us better shots
Indoor archery shooting gives hunters practice all year. Many people from all over the state have told me they shoot in an archery league to stay sharp during the winter….