A Season of Hunting Big Mule Deer, Part II
It was early August when I returned my Nevada tag (backstory here). That still gave me the best month to scout an Idaho buck up. I find by early...
A Season of Hunting Big Mule, Part I
The mule deer season really starts for me a year or more ahead of opening day. To find good places to hunt big mule deer, you have to do...
A Season of Hunting Big Mule Deer
My favorite media to communicate through on Rokslide is this blog. While I love writing articles for our homepage, and our forums are downright fun and informative, it's the...
Building an Extended Range Muzzleloader, Part IV
In Parts One, Two and Three, I covered gun/caliber, energy requirements, powder, and loading procedure/development using a Vortex Razor HD LH 1.5-8x32 scope on a Knight Mountaineer. Besides load...
Trail Cameras for the Big Mule Deer Hunter
Trail cameras became widely used in the West in the mid-2000's. Watching the forums, TV shows, and magazines, I'd say they've only picked up steam since then. Seems everyone...
Scouting Season
As I've written over the years on this blog, scouting is the great equalizer. While you can never count on drawing a great tag or the weather, you can...
Hash Marks or Turrets? A Mule Deer Hunter’s Perspective
Before rangefinders came along in the late '90s, most mule deer hunters were banking their long range shots on the power of the gun to produce a flat trajectory....
Let’s Talk Research: Interview with Robert Hanneman of The Huntin’ Fool
With so many new members joining Rokslide, it stands to reason that many of you were not around when we launched in early February, 2012. Ryan Avery and David...
Let’s Talk Research…The True Value of Scouting
So you've got all your spreadsheets filled out with every bit of statistical data you could glean from every source imaginable. Good. Now consider that thousands of other hunters...
Let’s Talk Research… Part I
With the West's first mule deer application deadline of March 3rd around the corner, I thought it was time to talk about research and how I personally decide what...