Tracking the Rut, Part I: Before the Madness
The buck had spent the dark hours of early morning munching in a wheat field, milling about with other deer and concentrating on filling its belly.[…]
The buck had spent the dark hours of early morning munching in a wheat field, milling about with other deer and concentrating on filling its belly.[…]
Want to kill a pre-rut buck? Then follow Blake Charles’ advice.[…]
The unmistakable sound of crusted snow giving way to the weight of a deer’s hooves broke the silence from somewhere up the right-of-way, alerting me to its presence.[…]
The inky black predawn ride to the field where Clint Mathews and his crew of guides set out a decoy spread of several thousand rags, shells, full bodies, kites and every other trick — past and present — known to the goose hunting world was notably longer than usual as last year’s specklebelly season wound down.[…]