The October Lull in Kansas and Illinois

Kansas 2011
Even though it’s a tough time to hunt, the “October Lull” has been very good to me this year! In my last column I talked about a couple great bucks I was chasing in Kansas, and even though they are both still walking, I managed to take a great buck before I left for [...]

Monster Bucks in September

Solitude Ranch Buck 2011
My season started off in the Edmonton Bow Zone this year, unsuccessfully I might add, but I did have my opportunity! The week started off slow, showing up a week ahead of the season opener I thought I would have time to locate some deer worth hunting, not so.  The weather was [...]

Monster Bucks during Red October

There’s a special time coming, a time when conditions are perfect for harvesting a giant whitetail buck, I call it “Red October”. In the past few weeks I talked about hunting the Opener and the October Lull, both have there own unique characteristics and offer the hunter an opportunity to tag a good deer, but [...]

Which buck do you hunt?

Every summer I try to find the biggest buck I can chase around during season. Many of you do the same. Then, if you’re like me you try to set a goal of a specific buck or maybe one of a certain size range. This is fun stuff to debate with your buddies, but can [...]

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 Travel Patterns

For the majority of his life, a mature whitetail buck lives simply to survive. Since the day he was born, he’s taught the most basic survival instincts from his mother, but over the years he develops his keen senses, honing them constantly as they become the weapons that guard his very life. As the seasons [...]

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, [...]

The Trophy Bag Kooler: Hunting Gear Review

Product:
The Trophy Bag Kooler™
Product Description:
A unique soft sided cooler designed to keep your game meat cool when temperatures are warm while transporting from field to freezer. It comes in 8 sizes to handle big game quarters like elk to whole whitetails and small sizes for hogs and turkeys. This product is available in several [...]

AZ Monster Mule Deer…for The Zone

Last fall, Mark Young , of Adam Clements Safari Trackers, told me about a really unique mule deer hunt that he had sent some guys on in the desert of Arizona. The kicker was that an hour west of Phoenix there is a huge amount of agriculture that is being irrigated including alfalfa, sorghum, barley, [...]

S.A.B.O Bow Sight – Great New Design

Product:
 Today’s product is the S.A.B.O. Bow Sight made by Tactical Archery Systems.
 Product Description:
 The SABO sight was inspired by US military technology for rapid target and aiming point acquisition. It is a Superimposed Ambient Ballistic Optic designed specifically for archery. The superimposed dots are generated by ambient light gathered through fiber optics. No electronics are required [...]

Mineral Lick and Trail Camera Time

It’s that time again guys! Time to grab a shovel and some mineral and salt and help those bucks grow big racks, while posing for your trail camera. Building a mineral lick is an easy and effective way to get lots of great pictures of the bucks that are living on the land you plan [...]

Raven Wear Clothing Review – Cold Weather Gear for Monster Buck Hunters

Welcome to our “NEW” Preview and Review section at American-Hunter.com. In these reports we will be highlighting what we feel are some of the best products out there for today’s deer hunter. Many of these products are personally used by our staff, and some of us would not be caught in the woods without them.
We [...]

A Different kind of Deer Hunt!

I just returned from a fantastic hunt for an out of the ordinary whitetail. The small Coue’s whitetail lives in AZ, NM and Mexico, and weighs roughly 90 pounds. Though small in size, this deer is a real challenge, and a 110” B&C class Coue’s looks like he has lots of headgear.
My first two days [...]

IOWA Part II…

Here is the rest of my story…After taking the big 150″ 8 pointer, I went back to the same stand to shoot a doe.
A few does came out about 200 yards out, and then I looked up and saw tines in the same spot where I spotted my buck the evening before. When he stepped [...]

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