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• Take Charge! Process Your Own Game Meat - Maverick 5501 Meat Grinder Giveaway

  Contributed by jen on 05/20/11 1855 pageviews, 2 comments
  

  Using an outside service to process your wild game can be hard on your wallet. You have considered processing wild game on your own, but had your concerns. Lack of equipment and personal expense seem like obvious obstacles to a DIY approach. However, eating the same old steak day after day can get old. In my search for meat variety I took a serious look at how to process my own game, how much it costs and amount of effort it takes.
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• Two White Flowered Peas Better Than One

  Contributed by jen on May 27,2011 - 04:14 am 1636 pageviews,
  

  Written by Ed Haag
  
  New Buckshot Pea blend offers an agronomic-based response to excessive pre-season deer grazing while extending the longevity of the food plot. The two questions most asked by those who grew white flower peas in their food plots last year was as follows: How do I keep the deer from devouring all my plants before opening day? And where can I get my hands on more of that crazy new deer candy?
  
  
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• Take Charge! Process Your Own Game Meat - Maverick 5501 Meat Grinder Giveaway

  Contributed by jen on May 20,2011 - 11:18 am 1855 pageviews, 2 comments
  

  Using an outside service to process your wild game can be hard on your wallet. You have considered processing wild game on your own, but had your concerns. Lack of equipment and personal expense seem like obvious obstacles to a DIY approach. However, eating the same old steak day after day can get old. In my search for meat variety I took a serious look at how to process my own game, how much it costs and amount of effort it takes.
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• The Operation

  Contributed by jen on Feb 8,2011 - 03:02 pm 1404 pageviews,
  

  Archery Deer Hunt Tar Hollow, Ohio
  
  By Linda Kistler Burch
  
  
  All was quiet as the final stages of the operation were nearing completion. The surgeon, a 30 plus year veteran, was asking for various tools and input from his team as he finished the task at hand. Blood was spattered everywhere but the patient thankfully was not conscious, a good thing since anesthetic was not available. As the final and exacting cuts were made, I reached out and put my hand in the body cavity, dipped it in the blood, and to his shock, proceeded to mark the doctor's face with it, one smear on each cheek.
  
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• Calling All Bucks

  Contributed by jen on Nov 30,2010 - 05:13 pm 2064 pageviews,
  

  Proper Calling, Rattling, Scent Use and Scent Control for Fast Action
  Written by Chuck Smick
  
  The buck came in at a fast pace, looking for the two bucks fighting. I had just finished my rattling and calling sequence, when the deer came in. The deer hung up behind some heavy brush. A couple of grunts on the Knight and Hale 'Translator'? grunt call pulled the buck into an opening for a shot.
  
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• Bowhunting Eye Level Whitetails

  Contributed by jen on Nov 30,2010 - 04:46 pm 1973 pageviews,
  

  HUNTING WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS AND TRADITIONAL TACKLE
  Written By Chuck Smick
  
  The doe froze when the other deer that she was with spooked slightly, as I prepared to take a shot at the big lead doe. She searched the area and spotted my frozen form. After a long stare-down, the big doe decided that she didn't like what she saw and blew out of bow range in a flash. Well, that's bowhunting eye level whitetails. I continued to still-hunt the area and saw the group of whitetails again, but these deer never presented another shot opportunity. I decided to hunt another area and moved on to scout this new area.
  
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• Big Game and Tough Broadheads

  Contributed by jen on Nov 30,2010 - 04:31 pm 2491 pageviews,
  Broadheads

  Use the Right Broadhead for the Job
  Written By Chuck Smick
  I spotted the grizzled animal as it moved through the brush searching for a cool place to lie up during the hot day. When I moved to position myself for a clear shot with my longbow, the big wild boar busted out of the heavy brush and out of sight. Who said wild hogs don't have good eyesight; along with their great hearing and an incredible sense of smell. Hunting wild hogs is extremely challenging and exciting and they can be a dangerous critter to hunt occasionally. These animals can provide hunters with incredible off season hunting opportunities for bowhunters in at least 39 states. They also can provide successful hunters with some great eating on the barbeque during the summer months too.
  
  
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• Bears and Soap Operas

  Contributed by jen on Nov 27,2010 - 04:49 am 2012 pageviews,
  

  Written By Jon Nystrom
  
  I got a call from a good friend Butch Hunter. It was a strange call. Not that I don't talk to Butch fairly often. We try to get together in the summer to catch a meal or two of fish. Butch sounded a little stressed. I asked him what was bothering him. Butch said I have too many bears on my property. I haven't seen a deer in weeks. I got this big bear maybe 500 pounds that watches tv everyday through my patio window.
  
  
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• Rather be Lucky than Good when Elk Hunting

  Contributed by jen on Nov 26,2010 - 05:13 pm 2595 pageviews,
  

  I can't believe what just happened. Just 5 minutes ago I was snug in my sleeping bag dreaming of elk bugling and cows serenading love songs to a wanting bull. It all seemed so real and in fact it was.
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• Due Diligence

  Contributed by jen on Nov 17,2010 - 04:29 pm 1359 pageviews,
  

  Written By Linda Kistler Burch, copyright October 2010
  
  I stood there in what should have been a Kodak moment: a brilliantly colored fall woods, the angled mid-day sun glinting through the trees, a walk in the woods for several hours, thanking God for strength and health and my many blessings and dragging a deer back to camp.
  
  
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• Farmer for a Day

  Contributed by jen on Nov 17,2010 - 03:22 pm 1351 pageviews,
  

  Written by Marlene Odahlen-Hinz
  
  My husband, Jerry and I don't live on or near our hunting property s ofinding time to make improvements or just maintaining it can be frustrating. There is only a finite amount of vacation time I'm willing to give up because frankly, I'd just as soon use that precious time hunting the property rather than working it.
  
  
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• Scent Control

  Contributed by jen on Nov 17,2010 - 01:51 pm 1500 pageviews,
  

  Written By Marlene Odahlen-Hinz
  
  Everything has a specific odor. Bears don't smell like deer, deer don't smell like your golden retriever, and you're not going to confuse a slice of home made apple pie with a plate of deviled egg. An entire industry has been build around odor.
  
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• Finding Sanctuary

  Contributed by jen on Nov 17,2010 - 01:23 pm 1530 pageviews,
  

  Written by Marlene Odahlen-Hinz
  
  When we bought 80 acres in Western Wisconsin our goal was to manage it for wildlife. It was property we'd hunted for years so we were familiar with how the deer moved through it. Now that we actually owned it we knew we wanted to develop it for wildlife but since we were absentee landowners living 100 miles away we were very much aware that what ever projects we wanted to complete had to be done piecemeal. We prioritized a list of things we felt were important to improving the land in order to maximize our efforts with each visit to the land.
  
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• Second Time A Charm

  Contributed by jen on Sep 14,2010 - 04:55 pm 1654 pageviews,
  

  Written by Ed Haag
  
  Recovery Plot Secrets Revealed
  
  Just because it is already fall and your summer planted food plots appear to be failing there is no need to despair---a second try could be the charm . In the past if your food plots didn't show some serious growth by mid-September it was time to consider pulling the plug on Plan A and start looking for another site to set up your blind. 'Not so fast,' says plant breeder Kurt Braunwart. 'That might have been true in the past.
  
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• When Your Food Plot Is To Successful

  Contributed by jen on Sep 14,2010 - 04:40 pm 1817 pageviews,
  

  Written by Ed Haag
  
  It is a problem most hunters would kill for but for some lucky individuals it is a legitimate question. What happens if the deer love your food plots too much? When Mike Vose, owner and operator of Buck Fever Food Plots and Feed Products, planted white flowered peas in August to see what type of response he would get from the local whtetails he was hoping they would honor him with a visit or two in the fall.
  
  
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• Antler King

  Contributed by jen on Jul 11,2010 - 10:47 am 2890 pageviews,
  

  'Fit for a Queen'
  By Linda Kistler Burch, copyright June 2010
  Product review of Antler King Trophy Products Inc..

  Back in 2003, I bought a product called 'Honey Hole' by Antler King Trophy Products, Inc. I had no idea what it was at the time. I had educated myself by reading and research about developing and farming food plots, and I had hunted several seasons and knew where I needed help. The Honey Hole packaging promised results without a lot of hoopla, so I decided to try it.
  

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