Tarpon Addicts Play Ground;
“Welcome to Boca Grande”

By Rod Luke
It was certainly an impressive body count. Their silver corpses hung on public display from crude wooden timbers, their killers posed gleefully by their silver sides for the hero snap-shot. These black and white photos - dating back to the early twentieth century - […]

A Boy, a Lab, and a Model 97
By: Rod Luke
I heard the coffee cup “clink” as Pop laid it in the sink. He kissed momma, then his heavy footsteps headed down the stairs next to my bedroom. The front door hinges screeched like a red-tailed hawk at Pop’s exit. I listened as he walked down […]

Ticking Off the Monarch;
an In-depth look into Mock Scrapes with Tony Korfhage of Awesomeantlers.com
By Rod Luke
As the buck chewed on the overhanging limb above his scrape, my arrow blazed thru his chest and buried deep in the soil beyond the beast. A quick thirty yard dash ended when the bucks head hit the dirt […]

Cold weather gear that works.
By Rod Luke
The blistering cold seemed to slice through my layers of clothing like a sharp broad head. With temperatures in the single digits and winds clipping along at speeds that had to approach mach III, it was a huge surprise to see a handsome eight pointer enter the field in […]

staff report by WDNR
Hunters registered a preliminary total of 343,644 deer during Wisconsin’s regular nine-day gun deer season. There was nearly a 6 percent increase in the harvest of antlerless deer over 2006, and a 3.5 percent decline in the buck harvest, which wildlife officials attributed to the Earn-a-Buck rules in place in many deer […]

Finding the “Hot-Spots”:
Part II on rutting white-tails.
By Rod Luke
In part I of this article I talked about pre-rut tactics that typically fail us during the chase and breeding phase of the rut. In part II I’d like to talk about a few tactics that work well during the rut. First I’d like to clarify that […]

The Wrong Place, At The Right Time;
Part I on Rutting White-tails
By Rod Luke

At “Camp Lodi” (the name of our annual “Deer Camp” in central Wisconsin) you could feel the intensity level peaking as each of the hunters in camp were anticipating an action packed hunt. As guys put on extra layers of clothing, sipped coffee […]

Drew Moore of Iowa harvested his 1st buck with a Muzzleloader on 9/19/07
Great Job Drew! The buck had a 18 inch spread and has 12 scorable points. Drews new goal is to harvest his first archery buck. Good Luck young man.

“The October Lull”
By: Rod Luke
The campfire provided it’s mystique to the end of our first day at deer camp. Its warmth wasn’t needed as the temperature was a balmy 62 degree’s that evening. But, no camp is complete without the spiritual glow of a campfire. It simply provokes the primal spirit of the hunt and […]

By Rod Luke
Since 2001 Dr. Nancy Mathews has dedicated much of her professional and recreational time to understanding the travel and dispersal patterns of the whitetail deer. Dr. Mathews is a Biologist for the University of Wisconsin , in charge of gathering facts about how deer move and disperse across the landscape. The primary goal […]