A few days ago deer were running willy-nilly across the hills and vales of southern Wisconsin. This weekend only a small percentage of the doe population is in red-hot estrus with fat-necked bucks ...

The chance to call whitetail bucks is one of the main reasons I so enjoy bowhunting. Rather it’s with buck grunts, doe bleats or rattled antlers I get a charge out of pulling some rut-crazed buck into ...

For waterfowl hunters, decoys are as much a part of their gear as Gore-Tex clothing, non-toxic shotgun shells and game calls. For spring gobbler hunters, decoys have convinced the majority of their ...

Do you think that a doe decoy can work well in a bean or cornfield while bowhunting? You bet. I have used a couple different doe decoys on food sources and have had really good results. Just make sure ...

Kansas is roughly two weeks out from the start of the rut, and deer are starting to break from their summer and early-fall patterns. The buck of a lifetime could walk by at any moment — or maybe ...

There was no doubt in Garrett Roe’s mind the buck was in a fighting mood. Kneeling in knee-high milo stubble, he watched as the deer steadily closed the distance from 80 yards. Each step was an ...

Last week we discussed on these pages the use of decoys for waterfowl. Must be I a hit a nerve or two, between the holiday weekend get-together, handful of emails and social media messages, the ...

Over the years we have discussed hunting with a deer decoy. From the shores of Lake Erie to the farmland in Kennedy, Chautauqua County has plenty of deer to chase. But for archery hunters -- the ...