Ask Wired to Hunt: Processing Deer in Warm Temps
Question: In Hot Weather, How Much Time Do You Have to Process Your Deer? Answer: Like all good questions, it depends. Generally, the faster...
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How to Beat the Bugs During the Early Season
It was already 80 degrees before the sun peeked over the horizon. I had sweat rolling like the Mississippi between my shoulder blades, but t...
164-Inch Velvet Buck Creates a Shooting Dilemma for Kentucky Couple
Logan Beach of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and his wife, Kaylin, had a problem. It was the afternoon of September 6, the second day of Kentucky...
Why You're Not Getting Early Season Bucks on Trail Camera
Summer is an unbeatable time of year for trail cameras in the whitetail woods. Deer are calm, movement is consistent, and patterns are easy...
A Pheasant Hunter Killed the New No. 1 Whitetail Ever Killed in the States...35 Years Ago
This week the Jordan Buck was officially supplanted from atop the Boone and Crockett record books. The Aiuppa Buck, a 207 ⅞-inch Illinois ty...
Tennessee College Student Arrows 160-Inch Velvet Buck After Class
Nineteen-year-old Ethan Owen, a wildlife and fisheries management student at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, rushed out of his gene...
Ask Wired to Hunt: Patterning Deer in the Big Woods
Question: I live in Michigan's lower peninsula and recently purchased a property in the upper peninsula. I love hunting up there but have ha...
3 Hot Weather Deer Hunting Myths
A lot of state’s bow openers will start in a matter of days. Just because deer season opens doesn't mean the thermostat will drop. Prime vel...
Ask Wired to Hunt: How to Find Hunting Access and a Mentor
Question: I’m a new bow hunter who doesn’t have access to private land or a hunting mentor. Where should I start? Answer: Learning to hunt o...
Ask Wired to Hunt: Mechanical or Fixed Blade Broadheads?
Question: Should I use a mechanical or fixed blade broadhead, and what brands do you recommend? Answer: If I had a dollar for every time I’v...
Is CWD A Silent Fawn Killer?
If there’s one disease that needs no introduction in the whitetail world, it’s CWD. Since its first detection in wild deer herds, chronic wa...
A Beginner's Guide to Trail Cameras
Trail cameras have become a staple for whitetail hunters, especially over the past decade. Where legal, they can be handy tools for locating...
3 Easy Ways to Summer Scout with Your Kids
On a recent ride to the grocery store, I pointed out a flock of geese to my daughters. My five-year-old piped up and told me she wanted to s...
How to Scout Clear-Cuts
Logging cuts, also known as clear-cuts, are some of the best places to find mature bucks in the big woods. They provide a focal point in an...
New York Adopts New Regulations to Increase Antlerless Harvest
When most people think of New York, deer hunting might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But this fall, roughly 500,000 resident hu...
Moultrie Edge 4 Solar: First Look
Moultrie’s new Edge 4 Solar looks to mitigate the problem all trail cameras share—battery life. Between the new, larger solar panel and the...
What I Learned about Whitetails from Year-Round Trail Camera Use
It wasn’t intentional, but I’m glad I did it. Over the last couple of seasons, I put out my usual summer trail cameras to gather pre-season...
Is Summer Scouting Overrated?
After hauling my two daughters through spider webs, oppressive heat, and a few meltdowns to drop a new trail camera at one of my hunting spo...
Why You Should Swap Your Compound for A Trad Bow This Season
For most of my bowhunting career, I've carried a compound bow. But the very first time I toted a bow to the whitetail woods, I carried a bor...
Will Technology Ruin Deer Hunting in the Future?
As an admitted bass geek, I paid somewhat close attention to the latest Bassmaster Classic, which was held on the Tennessee River earlier th...