Deer Stand Safety
By Nick Simonson While in the throes of a hotly contested battle with the seat section of a new 15-foot ladder stand, I took a break from what is now becoming a late summer ritual to get a drink of water and my bearings while looking over the assembly manual. It wasn’t the antler fever-inducing periodical I had been perusing earlier, but I knew it was even more important that I get all the details down cold during assembly and installation on my tree of choice in the river bottom south of town.
Preparing for Bow Hunting Season
By Nick Simonson In between nights of trolling spinners for walleyes and weekends of casting heavy metal for muskies, I have been taking steps to make sure the approaching autumn is as successful, if not more so, than last year’s - which was one of my best. Whether it has been a battery of arrows shot into my foam target in the humid evening air, a few rounds at the trap range or going for long walks with my dog and running on my own, the more I perspire in preparation now, the less I will sweat when each season ...
Deer Decoy Strategies
By Curt Wells I hate it when a buck doesn’t pay attention. My soft grunts turned into pig-like snarffles as the big eight-pointer just kept striding away, into the stiff breeze. He crossed a small open meadow, then dropped into a creekbottom and up the other side. When he reached level ground again he finally heard my grunts and looked back in my direction. I froze, even though he was a good 150 yards away. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="When using a deer decoy, a grunt or bleat call can help to make sure cruising bucks get close enough to check out your ...
Bow Hunting Whitetails in the Late Season
By Curt Wells If you’re from North Dakota you take a lot of grief about how cold the winters are. It’s just a fact of life. It’s also a fact that many of us like the cold weather, or more accurately, the change of seasons. But the cold weather does a couple of other things too. It makes our deer grow big and the cold winters ensure that we remain a relatively rural state with lots of hunting opportunities and not a lot of concrete. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="Bow hunting whitetails during the late season can produce some big bucks."][/caption] But it’s during ...
Whitetail Bow Hunting Tips
By Curt Wells Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a bowhunter like the sound of hoof steps behind him. It can paralyze you with terror – unless you’re ready for it. I heard that petrifying sound one November morning in North Dakota, just as the day filtered into the trees. It stunned me because I fully expected approaching deer to come from any other point on the compass except north. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="246" caption="Whitetail bow hunting tips make a big difference on harvest."][/caption] I barely remember standing up, carefully picking my bow up off the hanger, clipping on my release, coming to ...
Latest Deer Hunting Articles
Deer Stand Safety
By Nick Simonson While in the throes of a hotly contested battle with the seat section of a new 15-foot ladder stand, I took a break from what is now becoming a late summer ritual to get a drink of water and my bearings while looking over the assembly manual. It wasn’t the antler...
Preparing for Bow Hunting Season
By Nick Simonson In between nights of trolling spinners for walleyes and weekends of casting heavy metal for muskies, I have been taking steps to make sure the approaching autumn is as successful, if not more so, than last year’s – which was one of my best. Whether it has...
Deer Decoy Strategies
By Curt Wells I hate it when a buck doesn’t pay attention. My soft grunts turned into pig-like snarffles as the big eight-pointer just kept striding away, into the stiff breeze. He crossed a small open meadow, then dropped into a creekbottom and up the other side. When he reached...
Bow Hunting Whitetails in the Late Season
By Curt Wells If you’re from North Dakota you take a lot of grief about how cold the winters are. It’s just a fact of life. It’s also a fact that many of us like the cold weather, or more accurately, the change of seasons. But the cold weather does a couple of other things too....
Whitetail Bow Hunting Tips
By Curt Wells Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a bowhunter like the sound of hoof steps behind him. It can paralyze you with terror – unless you’re ready for it. I heard that petrifying sound one November morning in North Dakota, just as the day filtered into the trees. It...
