Monster Bucks and Salad Dressing

When is the best time to see a Monster buck this time of the year? I’m sure if you are reading this column, you’ve probably been running trail cameras in your hunting area and cruising the roads glassing the bean fields, trying to catch a glimpse of a giant in velvet. I’ll bet some of [...]

Spooking Monster Bucks

Is it ok to spook a mature whitetail? If you do, what will happen? Will he turn nocturnal or leave the area completely never to return? Is there ever a good time to spook a big buck? All good questions and I wish there was a definitive answer. I don’t believe that if you do [...]

Monster Buck success

What’s the key to harvesting Monster Bucks consistently? It would have to be finding them, right? It doesn’t matter if you are the best bow hunter on earth and you can hit a paper plate consistently at 100 yards on every shot, if he doesn’t live where you hunt you won’t kill him! There’s an [...]

Monster Bucks out of state

Kansas Giant I have hunted for 3 seasons now, wireless picture sent to me via Smartscouter!
Harvesting big bucks in your home state consistently can be tough, but doing it out of state can be a real challenge! It’s next to impossible to scout anywhere like you can at home, but when you combine today’s technology [...]

Monster Bucks right now

If deer season opened up next week, how prepared are you right now? I know, it’s only the first week in July and the opener is 3 months away, but how ready are you? Have you found a buck you are interested in harvesting yet? Do you know where you have the best chance of [...]

Monster Bucks and the Moon

“Cody’s Buck”
If I had to name just one thing that has increased my success on seeing monster bucks during the daylight hours, whether it’s in season or during summer scouting, it would have to be paying attention to the MOON! I know there are many different opinions about the moon and what impact it has [...]

Monster Buck summer observation

Although it can be extremely hot and humid during the summer months here in the mid west, the dedicated hunter can accumulate some valuable information from June through September to help him score on a monster whitetail! Last week, I started on the subject of summer scouting and the best locations I’ve found for keeping [...]

Monster Bucks of Summer

During the summer months, hot temperatures and high humidity are great reasons to stay inside, but the big bucks are still out there and are usually more visible now than during any other time of the year! This is also a great time to figure out a game plan for a giant buck you are [...]

The Bow-Zone

OH CANADA! I don’t think it would have been possible for me to be more excited about my spring trip to Canada. Two weeks to chase giant black bears in Alberta and do a little shed hunting in the infamous Bow-Zone! Well, I don’t think it would have been possible for a trip to be [...]

Merriams and Sheds

I would like to thank the guys at American-Hunter for allowing me to post my columns and for all the viewer comments, I hope that my ideas on chasing Monster Bucks helps everybody harvest their biggest deer ever! As you can see, I have been chasing turkeys in Wyoming and harvested my first Merriam turkey [...]

Monster Bucks away from home

What can we do to increase our chances at harvesting a monster buck out of state this year? I hunt multiple states every season, and its the legwork you do in the off season that can greatly impact your success on out of state hunts! It’s really not much different than scouting for a big [...]

Monster Buck stand locations

When it comes to shooting Monster bucks, its all about location! For the past few weeks I’ve written about scouting for giant bucks during this time of the year, figuring out where their core areas are, deciphering their travel patterns, and locating weak spots along these paths. This week were going to take a look [...]

Shed hunting tips for dominant bucks

The mature whitetail is an amazing creature and may very well be the most sought after trophy in North America. The whitetail deer can see, hear and smell better than any animal in the woods and once a buck reaches maturity, he is a master at the game of survival. A big buck is a [...]

Super Cold Good Time To Harvest Deer

Much of the country has been hit by a severe cold spell as of late, and this is a great time to get that trophy that has eluded you, or fill the freezer. For the most part the rut is over in most of the country, and with bitter temps and in many locations, snow, [...]

LONG OVER DUE REPORT – NE, SASK, KS, TX

Sorry it has been so long since I checked in…I got back from Sask, and my wife and I got SWINE FLU!!! It was bad. Then I went to Nebraska for a 6 day bow hunt, but I was still sick with terrible viral bronchitis. The temps started out as record highs (82 degrees in [...]

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