Social Scrape Networking
The term social networking has never before been thought of in terms other than human interaction via the internet. Animals communicate in different ways and the communication between whitetail deer is a phenomena which ha
General Hunting Blog
Waiting on legal shooting light under the cover of darkness with a hot thermos of coffee, busting chops with your buddies and watching those first few ducks tuck into your spread or fly dangerously close above your head. There is something about the wait
For the past two years John Brewer has spent the first week of November at
Harpole’s Heartland Lodge. Many of our hunters have a favorite week, and they return to camp at that time every year. The reason for creating this habit may be based on previous
The Tools for Deer Scrape Manipulation
Nurse……Scalpel. You hear line this in many TV hospital dramas. Doctors have many instruments to choose from when in the operating room and when it comes time to doctoring a scrape, do you have the proper instru
Watch for Trailing Bucks During the Whitetail Rut
December 3rd, 2013
Nothing gets a whitetail hunter’s blood flowing faster than an all-out rut fest. Does flying out from every inch of brush like they were shot out of a pinball machine and bucks act as barriers trying to corral them. Logs snap like tooth picks and any o
Early season hunting.
Play aggressive or conservative. Thoughts from both sides of the discussion.
Early archery season especially for whitetails is a crap shoot. Weather periodically fluctuates from Indian summers to November like
4 keys to Opening Weekend of Gun Season
Opening Weekend of gun season has a special engrained meaning in the hearts of all hunters. Food, fellowship, anticipation for the first light of opening morning. When the initial shot crashes the air
3.5 things to do when you kill a doe
Shooting does, we understand the importance for herd management, the fantastic eating and confidence boosters. We also understand what they mean to big bucks. But are we really taking full advantage of does on
Following the contours of the land to success.
Hunting a relatively unknown area is exciting and frustrating. Exciting in discovering untouched areas and frustrating because you are in an unknown area. Packing a climber and bare essentials into a ne
Building Brush Blinds
Where and how to properly build a brush blind
Scrub brush, briars, vines and saplings growing wildly well above the head of a grown person create near impenetrable landscapes for huma