Want to extend your effective range with a bow and tighten your groups? Of course, you do. Start shooting now. Habitual practice is like any workout program – endure a series of phases and reap the rewards. Phase 1: Make It a Habit Whether shooting before work or after dinner,...
Few things fire up deer hunters more than changes to their season, and in the past two decades, Wisconsin has seen plenty of fired-up hunters. Many newly proposed hunting policies, some of which were enacted, have been met with public dissension. The latest debates stem from the Wisconsin DNR Spring...
Delta Waterfowl's predator management efforts boost waterfowl production in the prairie pothole region. See how the organization targets nest-raiding critters. Click here for more Realtree waterfowl hunting content. And check us out on Facebook .
There was a time when having an old longbeard thumb his nose at you from 50 yards meant you got to chase him the next day. But modern guns, custom choke tubes, and advanced loads have made turkey guns deadly even farther. But tell the truth: Doesn’t a small part...
Big-water duck hunting calls for large decoy spreads, but hunters can’t always oblige. Whether you’re lugging blocks to a prairie slough or hunting a vast lake for an hour before work, sometimes you just have to deploy a small rig and hope for the best. And the truth is, small...
Years ago, my buddy Joe rolled out of bed before daylight, stumbled into the kitchen of the tiny South Dakota farmhouse and raised a John Belushi-esque eyebrow at the cluttered table. “High-fiber breakfast bars,” he muttered. “These have absolutely no place in duck camp.” The bars, packed by my health-conscious...
I have seen a lot of gobblers come running like racehorses out of the gate and die with honor, dodge swarms of shot to live again, and, like the sun on an overcast spring day, never show. Win or lose, I loved every one of them. Yet when I was...
It’s no surprise that many serious duck hunters have specific preferences about their shotgun dimensions, including length of pull, drop at comb and other particulars. But weight and barrel length might be the most hotly debated measurements. Conventional wisdom holds that heavy shotguns with longer barrels perform better for the...
Wild turkeys have big appetites. From large-bodied adults to broods of rapidly growing poults, they require considerable amounts of food. Their diets are varied, not only by region but by the season. Think of them as foodies of the bird world, with about a hundred different dietary items on the...
In November of 2019, paralyzed whitetail fawns were found in multiple locations on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, prompting an investigation from area agencies and universities. “From early November to mid-December 2019, MassWildlife received reports of deer displaying signs of paralysis in West Tisbury and Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard. Six affected...
Delta Waterfowl's hen houses have helped boost mallard production in habitat-challenged areas for years. Learn why in this new video. Click here for more Realtree waterfowl hunting content. And check us out on Facebook .
I travel for whitetails a lot. No two states I’ve ever been to use the same tagging and checking system. After digging a little further, I couldn’t find twin systems anywhere in the nation. There are numerous crazy differences in reporting harvests across America. Behind the Regs The extreme differences...
