October 22, 2020
The 2020 whitetail season’s most anticipated stretch — the rut — looms just ahead. It’s when anything in our wildest bowhunting dreams could become reality. Here’s an example. During a morning hunt several years ago, I was hunkered deep in my camo parka to fight off a chilling November drizzle after a week of fruitless […]
September 24, 2020
Whether your bow season begins early or not, the annual build-up of hunting adrenaline amps towards rutting buck levels by the end of October. Combining major October cold fronts with the change of Fall foliage and an explosion of fresh buck sign, has a habit of luring us to our favorite treestands before they have […]
August 29, 2020
In my experience those opportunities are so rare and the sinking feeling of a failed shot, or even worse, a wounded bull, is devastating. So my answer to that… just don’t miss! Here’s how I tackle that challenge Equipment I make sure that my bow is well tuned and I know my equipment inside and […]
August 26, 2020
7 Ways to Keep Your Head In the Game this Fall Prepping for the upcoming season always leads me to reflecting on seasons past, refining gear lists, slinging arrows and exercising the legs and back for another year in the mountains. We seem to tweak, tinker, test and train nearly every facet of our […]
August 24, 2020
As a resident of Montana, I never thought I’d pass up opening archery elk weekend. I was relentless, borderline obsessed with the first days of elk season throughout my early 20s. September 19 still stands the earliest date I’ve tagged out on elk. As I entered my 30s, I finally could understand the value in […]
July 27, 2020
When we purchased our first property, 12 years ago, the main intent was to use it for hunting whitetails. We didn’t know what that would fully entail and how we would become engulfed in the chase until a few years went by. That’s when you start to fully understand the property and have already learned […]
July 6, 2020
Of course financial resources make these experiences possible, and if your budget is tight, you might believe an out-of-state journey is beyond your means. But before you write it off entirely, let’s see if we can shave some expenses off the top. Below are six ways that you can rework your budget to reduce expenses […]
March 24, 2020
The goal was to somehow build a range in our basement with a workbench area, and a place to store all my hunting equipment and gear. The endeavor was complicated at best, life-endangering at worst, so I had to treat it like a research project. There were a lot of structural questions on whether or not we would cave in […]
March 12, 2020
As a Land Specialist for Whitetail Properties, I have an appreciation for every part of the year that Mother Nature provides. We’re now five months past the action-packed peak of the rut. Old Man Winter is nearing the end of his visit, and longer spring days are in sight. The majority of headgear that we […]
February 10, 2020
I did not start shooting a bow with intent of shooting tournaments. I was simply flinging arrows in the backyard when I was still in the single digits. That eventually led to my first harvest with a bow at age 10 and I have been able to harvest a deer with the bow every year […]