A Season of Hunting Big Mule Deer

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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

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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

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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

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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...
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Hash Marks or Turrets? A Mule Deer Hunter’s Perspective

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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....
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Let’s Talk Research: Interview with Robert Hanneman of The Huntin’ Fool

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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...
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Let’s Talk Research…The True Value of Scouting

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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...
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Let’s Talk Research… Part I

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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...

Book Review: Larry Benoit’s Classic- How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life

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I’ve written before—both on this blog and in my new book—about the need to study other deer hunters if you want to be successful.  Deer have been hunted on...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 9- continued

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  (If you missed this mornings' post, you need to view it first here Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 9 or this one might not make much sense) To me,...