When I was younger a group of us used to do deer drives to fill tags at the end of the season. Well about 15 minutes into the drive, the stomach rumbled and it was time to do the daily duty. Afterward, I didn’t have anything to wipe with and made the decision to sacrifice my socking hat. When...
This is a pretty good read for what your up against. Lots of good information.
https://www.abebooks.com/9780912299235/Hunting-Open-Country-Mule-Deer-Dwight-0912299231/plp
Another vote for the Mavens-I have the 9x45’s and they’re great. I’m picking up a pair of C1’s for my wife and kids to use this season. As mentioned budget spotters suck. Save your money for a bino upgrade and a solid tripod.
Asking around to see if anyone else takes the presence of CWD into account when applying for tags.
As an example, say a unit has a positive test rate for bucks over 4.5 years old of 35+% but winter kill has been mild the last 10 years.
Could the presence of CWD and its mortality rates be...
I’ve used an X2 for the last 5/6 years as a day pack and it’s worked pretty good. There’s a couple things that I don’t like, the shoulder straps dig pretty deep with a heavy load and the load lifters don’t have enough adjustment when the pack is fully loaded. Pockets and storage are pretty good...
I’m not familiar with hunting around Omaha, but I’d imagine any public land is going to be a fairly challenging hunt.
Although a slug gun is very effective at killing deer, you do have better options on weapons in this state.
I’ve heard of a hunting club called Big Red Outdoors that sells...
Probably the best thing I’ve ever learned is the importance of quality buck cover and how mature bucks use it. The cool thing about mature bucks though is that we can never stop learning from them. It’s a year round sport for some of us.