Outdoor Life

6 min. di lettura

I’m standing on the shooting line without my bow. Arm outstretched, I’m holding an arrow in my left hand, aiming its point at a target downrange. “Don’t try to burn a hole in the target. Just look at the spot, and hold that arrow on it,” Tom Clum Sr.

Deer & Deer Hunting

5 min. di lettura

I remember the look of astonishment on my world history teacher’s face as he gazed at the picture, at me and then back at the picture. “Is this Photoshopped?” he asked incredulously. “No, it’s real,” I replied. In 2019, females comprised 21.7% of the

Deer & Deer Hunting

7 min. di lettura

Bowhunters love broadheads, and for good reason. Whether fixed or mechanical, the broadhead is what carves a wound channel and starts the hemorrhaging process. The biggest hurdle for bowhunters to overcome is often knowing which broadhead to choose.

Deer & Deer Hunting

3 min. di lettura

Your maximum effective range, or MER, is the point at which you can assemble five out of five arrows into the circumference correlating to the vital area of the animal you’re pursuing. Eight inches for pronghorns or small deer, 10 inches on average f

Sporting Shooter

8 min. di lettura

As a young lad growing up hunting with my dad, I’d listened to the old man, Ted Mitchell Snr, telling stories of chasing and bow hunting buffalo bulls and scrub bulls up in Northern Australia. It was something that I definitely wanted to do from a yo

Deer & Deer Hunting

6 min. di lettura

Regarding deer hunting, I generally strive to live by a to-each-his-own meantily. Sure, I have strong preferences on how I hunt and what I shoot while doing it. I’m a decidedly hard-core bowhunter with deep traditional roots, but as long as you’re no

The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters

3 min. di lettura

On a sunny, warm fall day in 1957, my cousin Mark and I were on safari along the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan. The Dearborn Hills golf course was our own little dream wildlife paradise, and we stealthily scooted along the fairway edges with our

NZ Hunter

8 min. di lettura

What other gear did I have with me? Pretty much just a sleeping bag and a knife. Was I OK? Yip. I have fond memories of those hunts as a younger fella – they were blissfully simple as I just went hunting. For some reason though, we outdoor folks keep

Deer & Deer Hunting

2 min. di lettura

Much of today’s high-tech deer hunting gear makes the hunt more enjoyable, but some items can lead to false hopes or expectations. Take compound bows, for example. With the sizzling new one-cam models, many beginning archers, and some seasoned vetera

Deer & Deer Hunting

1 min. di lettura

1. LIGHTED NOCKS: Outlawing lighted nocks is downright counterproductive. Lighted nocks don’t aid the aiming process or make arrows magically more lethal. They help bowhunters better mark shots and follow up more intelligently, increasing the odds of

Field & Stream

5 min. di lettura

LOOKING AT THE NUMbers, the compound bow business is in trouble. Pro shops are closing, and bowhunter numbers are falling. The reasons are no doubt complex (the steep price of the equipment, for example, hasn’t helped), but there’s been a big, undeni

Deer & Deer Hunting

5 min. di lettura

As a former big-game outfitter, I attended many game commission meetings. One thing that always amazed me was the whim-like manner in which many game laws were passed or how a small special-interest group had such huge influence on the process. When

Deer & Deer Hunting

3 min. di lettura

There once was a time when two types of hunters turned on each other and argued the woods wasn’t big enough for the both them — at least during the same season. One group argued their way was more pure, and any advancement in technology would lead to

Deer & Deer Hunting

2 min. di lettura

Nothing about this whitetail adventure seemed normal. It was late March, and the weather was suited more for chasing turkeys than deer. Even more strange, my ambush location was within sight of homes, a road and municipal buildings. Yep, you guessed

The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters

4 min. di lettura

As a female who loves to hunt, I guess that might make me a huntress. But I’m not a feminist, so I’m fine with simply being called a hunter. Not shy about my age, I happily admit to recently signing up for Medicare, so that makes me 65 and qualified

Deer & Deer Hunting

2 min. di lettura

We bowhunters have become victims of the “bigger is better” mentality that drives many Americans today; despite the negative impacts this often has on end results. The goal of any thinking bowhunter should always be quality over quantity. Here are fi

Deer & Deer Hunting

3 min. di lettura

Wrist-strap releases are by far the most popular among bow-hunters, and for many good reasons. Attaching the release to your wrist means it’s always with you and available for instant response to shot opportunities. Also, since most of us have at lea

Deer & Deer Hunting

2 min. di lettura

Ultimately, your whitetail bow should feel good to you; a bow that sits up straight at full draw without torque-inducing manipulation, including a comfortable grip allowing a lose, cradling grip, and a cam system promoting planting a pin on target an

NZ Hunter

4 min. di lettura

Dealing with that pressure can be very difficult. Whether you’re a seasoned rifle hunter and have just got into bowhunting or you’re new to close-quarters hunting full stop – movement, wind direction, noise and timing will never be so important. On

Deer & Deer Hunting

7 min. di lettura

It seems that in the world of whitetail bowhunting these days, things are forever changing — for better or worse. Calling tactics that were once foreign to most are now used by everyone, and scent products fill the shelves of every sporting goods sto

Deer & Deer Hunting

3 min. di lettura

I have a bad short-term memory. I forget details about appointments and conversations and a lot of other day-to-day stuff. I do, however, have some capacity to recall events from years ago, and some memories are so clear I can drill them down to the

Game & Fish West

1 min. di lettura

Do-it-yourself success on public land can be high for pronghorn hunters who do their homework. For bowhunters, that generally means locating a water source being used by pronghorns that isn’t already occupied by another hunter’s blind. Often, that re

Outdoor Life

3 min. di lettura

I enjoyed “Technology in the Field” [Editor’s Journal, Fall 2018]. I’m a bowhunter because I want to be close to take an animal. Though I use a compound, I feel like technology is encroaching on bowhunting. Battery sights that include rangefinders an

Outdoor Life

2 min. di lettura

IT WAS PAST MIDNIGHT—twilight in June in Alaska—when the bear approached. My heart was racing; he’d already come through twice without offering a shot. As he closed the last few yards to the bait, it was clear he was on edge. He took one more step, a

Outdoor Life

11 min. di lettura

WHEN JORDI VAQUER AND I FINALLY LOCATE THE HERD, it’s nearly noon and the big ibex males are bedded high in the rocks, soaking up the sun and recovering from what had sounded like a boisterous morning of rut-season sparring. Hours earlier, long befor

The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters

3 min. di lettura

Don’t forget to use your free classified ad! It’s once per year and you must have an active membership in good standing. Send to: TTHA Classified 326 Sterling Browning Road San Antonio, TX 78232-1220 You may fax your ad to (210) 523-8871, Attn: Debbi

NZ Hunter

2 min. di lettura

We all understand what Forest & Bird’s extreme ideological views are, but what we are truly up against here is the size of their bank balance not their membership. Those that oppose the existence of our deer, tahr, chamois and wild pigs are well orga

GRIT Country Skills Series

14 min. di lettura

Takinga shot at a living creature is a big deal. A poorly placed shot can result in serious suffering for your prey, and should be avoided to the greatest extent possible. You should honor the seriousness of taking a shot by preparing yourself and kn

Deer & Deer Hunting

6 min. di lettura

Each end every deer hunter has their favorite line of camouflage they wear in the woods, a favorite brand of broadhead. Some hunters prefer a ladder stand to hunt from. Others would rather use a climbing-style treestand. Here are one hunter’s Ten “Co

The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters

2 min. di lettura

Deer season is in full swing, and, as usual, many high-quality bucks have been reported. One of the biggest was a tremendous non-typical killed by our close friend, Laura Berry of Corpus Christi. Her son, Marty, guided Mamma on the hunt, which may be