Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2025 i Deer & Deer Hunting

The hunting community is laden with people who have different mindsets and opinions. We each have different hunting strategies, prefer different equipment and pursue deer for different reasons, whether for meat, antlers, an experience or otherwise. A hunter’s goals are as unique as they are, but many hunters are quick to overlook their goals in favor of doing what their neighbor’s doing — and it doesn’t make sense. We all know hunters who claim to be mature buck hunters but then shoot young deer, saying, “If I didn’t shoot it, my neighbor would’ve.” We also probably know someone who swore off using corn or crossbows or some technology they didn’t agree with, but then started using it after finding out their neighbor does. These situations demonstrate a phenomenon I call…

For bowhunters that hunt in heavily pressured areas, to travel out of state to one of the several big buck Midwestern states is quite thrilling as on a short-term hunt it is possible to reap tremendous opportunities at monster bucks on public, WIHA (free walk-on), and free-permission lands. These lands are not manipulated specifically for growing many easy to kill monster bucks like what is commonly done on ultra-managed properties in every state now, or what is commonly seen on most TV and YouTube fantasyland properties. Quite the contrary, due to a lack of immense hunting pressure in the big buck states they have more older age class bucks that grow much larger antlers than what most travel hunters are used to seeing back home. My sons Joe, Jon and…

During the summer of 1995, my family began raising white-tailed deer to research their behavior and nutritional needs inside a 35-acre enclosure we built on our farm. It contained a stream, a pond, mixed hardwoods, an apple orchard and 11 food plots. I had hunted wild free-ranging whitetails throughout North America and wanted to make sure that any buck we raised was what I call a real-world deer. I wasn’t interested in having deer that were genetically bred for big antlers, so the three bucks and two does we started with came from the Avery Estate located in the heart of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Once established, no other deer were purchased and no hunting was allowed in the enclosure. Except for the deer New York State mandated we test…

The BOG Death Grip shooting tripod is rock solid and versatile. It is a well named, well-thought-out, well-constructed piece of versatile hardware for long gun hunters and crossbow hunters. Using it, you can easily shoot from four positions — 1) standing, 2a) seated on a stool or 2b) seated on your butt, 3) kneeling or 4) prone. HANDS FREE WHEN TIGHTENED — With the Death Grip element and tilt locks tightened, this is a strong, unmoving unit. The tilt control item and left/right movement will be easily movable for necessary and controlled aiming. DEATH GRIP HEAD & LOCKS — The Death Grip is padded on sides and bottom; it won’t mar any long gun or crossbow stock. The moving side slides smoothly yet firmly on its base. The locking knob…

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The young whitetail buck, so young it had spindly antlers, was shot from an unusual location. It became a deer camp legend … and only a deer camp legend … because the circumstances of its creation were not a story for home or social gatherings. Yet I know I — and the circumstances surrounding it — existed. Many years after the fact, I saw a black-and-white photograph of it that my father, the youngest man in his deer hunting camp of that era, had taken. I saw that photo only once. Then it was put back in a shoebox in a drawer of the writing desk that was in my father’s office and forgotten. Years after that, when my father had died and his personal sporting goods and related items,…

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SERVES: 2 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 5 MINUTES INGREDIENTS: 8oz canned venison meat1 tablespoon olive oil1 clove garlic, minced (or ½ teaspoon garlic powder)2 tablespoons shawarma spice blend2 pitasTinfoil or waxed paper OPTIONAL TOPPINGS: Shredded lettuce Sliced tomato Thinly sliced red onion Sliced cucumber Dill pickles Hot sauce Tahini sauce Garlic sauce These shawarma wraps use canned venison, which makes them super quick and easy to prepare. I’ve listed a number of toppings which all taste great on shawarma – use some or all of them! Garlic and tahini sauce can be found in most grocery stores these days, but if you’re having trouble tracking them down, you can make your own using online recipes, or visit a Middle Eastern grocer. Same goes for the shawarma spice blend.…

For years, we were limited in the number of pages we could produce in our spring issues. Now that D&DH is once again independently owned, we changed those rules. One of the most notable changes is the bonus section you are about to read. Considering the fact that two-thirds of D&DH readers also hunt wild turkeys, we thought it was only fitting to tack some extra pages onto this April issue and include this special bonus section. This uarnhu ea Thand-picked content comes from our sister publication, Turkey & Turkey Hunting. And if you really like chasing gobblers, we have a full 68-page version of Turkey & Turkey Hunting for 2024. It is available in our online store (shop.deeranddeerhunting.com) and on newsstands, so be sure to pick up a copy…

Five seconds can seem like a lifetime. And five seconds can also foster a lifetime of tradition and commitment. Whitetail deer hunting is part of our culture in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and for many of us, deer hunting is a year-round activity, not just a “season”. As soon as the actual season is over, you are already planning for next year, based on this year’s information. Deer season also brings out every “expert” idea and opinion that anyone could ever imagine. If you have this… somebody has that. If you did this… then somebody did that. It doesn’t matter what the topic, the pros have you covered. From off-season hunting videos and analysis, food option discussions, pre-season scouting, camera placement, stand and blind setups, gear ideas, hunting tips and best…

Asour feeling overcame me as I walked the perimeter of the enormous center-pivot Nebraska cornfield. A 30-minute walk in the frigid pre-dawn darkness awaited, allowing for plenty of time to replay the previous evening’s hunt in my mind. The buck was working a licking branch about 80 yards from my stand when I raised the rolling block muzzleloader and buried the stock into my cheekbone. Leaning into the tree trunk, I squeezed the trigger and saw the familiar puff of smoke through the zero-power scope before the recoil forced my eyes to blink. The buck whirled and sprinted for the North Platte riverbottom. The sun was dipping below the horizon as I climbed down from my stand and walked toward the buck’s scrape. Much to my dismay, I couldn’t find…

Each October in California, hundreds of duck hunters from all across the Golden State flock to the Grasslands wearing chest-high waders and lanyards filled with their trusted duck calls, eager to kick off the beginning of waterfowl season. This year, hunting season in the Grasslands kicked off a bit differently. For the first time in Grasslands history, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife was holding a draw-only A-Zone Deer hunt across three of its pristine Wildlife Areas located in California’s Central Valley—one of those being Los Banos Wildlife Area. THE CALL In 1999, I began hunting for waterfowl with my dad at refuges across the Grasslands of California, primarily at Los Banos Wildlife Area. In 2011, my lifelong friend Garret Goeken began his journey as a waterfowl hunter. Since…

Because the main tool of turkey hunting is a shotgun, some hunters get the false impression that it produces a large pattern of shot, making it easy to hit a target. So, they tend to skip shooting practice. But with fine-tuned barrels and high-tech shotshells designed to take down gobblers beyond 40 yards, that way of thinking is far from reality. Whether you’re a beginner or have dozens of gobblers to your credit, perfecting your shot at the range will help you fill more tags. BE SURE YOUR GUN WILL DELIVER The first task is to ensure that your shotgun setup produces the best shot pattern possible. Whether you prefer a 12- or 20-gauge, or a 3½-inch or 2¾-inch shotshell, the golden rule for choosing a turkey shotgun is to…