Traditional Archery – By Doug Besherse Hunting in the west offers unique challenges, especially if you are going after your critter with a stick. After several years of observing hunters that I have guided on spot and stalk hunts, I have...
Most right-handed people are right-eye dominant and most left-handed people are left-eye dominant. But this certainly isn’t true for everyone. For some people, hand and eye dominance are opposite – which creates a dilemma for participating in the shooting sports. If...
This is what this site is all about. We will try to guide you in the preparation of your expedition and give you some hints so that you get the most out of your day and get your limit harvested. If...
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer – By Steve Bartylla Part 4: A Seasonal Guide To Hunting White-Tailed Deer The rut is a phase like no other in both the white-tailed deer and bowhunter’s lives. Chaos reins supreme during this period....
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer – By Steve Bartylla Part 3: A Seasonal Guide To Hunting White-Tailed Deer Whenever I start thinking about bowhunting, my mind eventually drifts to the last few weeks of prerut. There is simply no other time I would...
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer – By Steve Bartylla Part 2: A Seasonal Guide To Hunting White-Tailed Deer I remember the day as if it were yesterday. I was thirteen years old, still in the infancy of my bowhunting career....
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer – By Steve Bartylla Part #1: A Seasonal Guide To Hunting White-Tailed Deer SCOUTING An Old Timer once told me “the only constant, in patterning deer, is change and the only way to keep up with...
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer – By Steve Bartylla Habitat Improvement: Volume #1 With this piece, I am going to start an article dedicated to habitat improvement. This is a subject that I really enjoy. Why? Because it offers the...
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer 3By Steve Bartylla Although it would probably be good to begin this piece with a description of the critical roles a whitetail’s nose plays in their survival. Then transition into a ridiculously futile attempt at...
Becoming a Student of Whitetail Deer By Steve Bartylla To be a truly great bowhunter, one must be able to find and accurately interpret the sign left by the game we hunt. Honing this skill is a task that requires constant...
