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Why Carbines Are the Best Big Woods Buck Rifles
The modern hunting world is obsessed with long-range shooting. From the rise in popularity of rifles like the 6.5 Creedmoor to thousand-yard gun ranges and shooting courses popping up like new Starbucks locations, it seems like every hunter wants to dial it in at a distance. Now, I’m not saying...
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Announcing New Whitetail EDU Video Series
What do deer eat, and when?
How do mature bucks travel across the landscape?
What is the most important calling sequence for luring in big deer?
These questions, and many more, are about to be addressed by our resident whitetail geeks, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson. The launch of this new Whitetail...
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Ohio Hunter Kills One of World's Biggest Whitetails
A hunter in Ohio took down a massive 12-point whitetail in October of this year, and recently released scoring indicates it’s one for the record books.
Scorers with Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy Records (BTR) measured Jason Thomas’s enormous typical buck at 208 ⅝”, which makes it the new Buckmasters...
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Yes, You Can Rifle Hunt from a Tree Saddle
For bowhunters, saddle hunting rules the current mobile hunting trend. Ultralight lock-on stands come in a close second, but we’re in the heyday of saddles. While this might be the go-to method for archers, it hasn’t gained as much traction with the rifle-hunting crowd. I constantly meet or talk...
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How to Hunt Around Gun Pressure
No matter where you hunt, navigating gun hunting pressure presents challenges. In the Midwest, especially straight-wall cartridge states, you might only have to worry about the orange armies for a few weeks every season. In Southern states, gun season might span months.
In my home state of...
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3 Reasons to Hunt the Late Season
For many reasons, the rut can be the best and most exciting time to kill a buck. Even sage bucks let down their guards this time of year, and there’s always a chance that one could run through your setup. As hopeful as rut hunting might seem, those same chance encounters can make it unpredictable...
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How To Spot Fresh Deer Sign
Whether you’re hunting the early season, rut, post-rut, or late season, finding fresh sign should be your top priority. After all, if you can consistently find deer, you’ll have a lot of success—and fun—during hunting season. You’ll find that phrase (fresh sign) in almost any article you read on...
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How to Kill a Buck from a Natural Ground Blind
One of the big trends in whitetail hunting is box blinds. What was once a Texas anomaly has spread across the whitetail’s range in a major way during the last decade. This is a great move if it fits your style and your budget.
The other end of the spectrum is the mobile craze, with its saddles and...
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Thanksgiving Hunting Traditions
I know a lot of hunters who observe some sort of hunting tradition around Thanksgiving, whether it falls on the actual day or encompasses that weekend. During this time of year, gun seasons are typically underway. From famed ladder stands to annual man drives or deer-dog camps down South, hunting...
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3 Men Cited for Poaching 34-Point Buck
Update: After a two-day trial, a jury found Alex and Dion Laffey not guilty of shooting the deer before legal shooting hours or using artificial light. Dion pleaded no contest to failing to register a deer and was fined $387, along with losing hunting and fishing privileges for a year. According to...
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Photos: Record-Book Whitetail Found Dead in Ohio
Jason Kline has been hunting a once-in-a-lifetime whitetail in northwest Ohio for the last four seasons. That pursuit came to an end this weekend when Kline finally got his hands on the buck’s rack—but it wasn’t the conclusion he hoped for.
Kline found the long-expired buck while shed hunting on...
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Official Scorers Confirm New West Virginia Whitetail Record
Jody Dalton killed a massive whitetail with his bow in Wyoming County, West Virginia, on Nov. 6, 2020. He speculated it would beat the current state record of 188 ⅞ inches but needed to wait 60 days to get an official score. On Jan. 13, 2021, official scorers measured the buck at West Virginia...
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Father Fatally Shoots Son in Ohio Hunting Accident
Here’s a tragic reminder that wearing blaze orange and knowing your target are so important. Last week during Ohio’s week-long rifle deer season, a father accidentally shot and killed his son during their annual hunting trip in Delaware County.
The incident occurred while the father-son duo was...
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Video: Whitetail Buck Fights Angus Bull
Hunter Weber of Buckley, Illinois, makes the rounds scouting for deer almost every day in November. Despite spending tons of time observing whitetails during the rut, he witnessed something last weekend that he’s never seen before. In an encounter that lasts just over a minute, a young whitetail...
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