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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,...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 9

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    I camped as close to the area I wanted to hunt as possible, but I was still about 90 minutes from where most of the deer...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 8

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  Seems like no matter the time of year, there will be good hunting days and bad hunting days.  The difference often lies in the conditions.  Typically the colder...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 7

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  Buck hunting is about logistics.  You can be the best hunter on the planet, but if you don't have the gear and a plan to be where...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 6

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  It's day six.  I was up at 4:45 to saddle the horse and grab a quick breakfast and coffee.  The weather report says a big storm is coming...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 5

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  On migration hunts, you have to pay close attention to the conditions- snow depth and temperature (and in some units, the calendar)- on a daily basis. The deer...
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Hunting the Rut & Migration: Day 4

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  With day 4 already here, I had hunted most of the immediate area on foot and by glassing from the truck.  I'd seen some good bucks, even one...