It was Friday, April 28th. My wife and I had just made it back from our last vacation as a family of two a couple of days prior, and the Ohio turkey season was already underway. My wife was, at the time, 33 weeks pregnant with our first child, and I
These days it is hard to make a trip to your local sporting good store without at least passing by a whole display of brand new trail cameras. There are white flash, infrared, black flash, camouflage cams, brown cams, you name it. The field is constantly changing with cameras getting less expensive, much
Last year, for the first time in over 15 years, I had failed to fill a single deer tag. A week-long trip to Pike County Illinois as well as several weekend hunts in Ohio and Indiana yielded very few deer sightings. By the time mid December rolled around, I had
You know what they say, “all good things must come to an end.” As spring turns into the beginnings of summer I sit back and reflect on what a great turkey season I had again this year. Did I kill a record turkey this year? No. Was I able to
Whether I am guiding clients or hunting for myself, the only clothing line I and my SELFILMED teammates trust is Sitka Gear. From early season antelope when it’s hot to late season deer in sub-zero temperatures, sitting in the stand or crawling on a stalk, Sitka has the latest and
If you have spent any amount of time in the stand on a cold and frigid morning, you already know how everything seems to squeak, creak, or rattle at some point. A misstep on your stand, a small shift in weight on your Huntmore chair, or even your jacket brushing
As the sun came up on the morning of October 27th, 2013 a dream became a reality and I found myself sitting 25’ up in a tree in the hills of Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Every bowhunter knows of the legendary tells and bucks that Buffalo County has produced over the
Laying east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the corn belt you will find vast open lands home to a diversity of wildlife living in the rolling grasslands, open river bottoms, deep canyons, and scattered crop fields. Deer, elk, and antelope thrive in this environment as well as a
Part Two: Topography Maps Aerial Photos are great for visually seeing what the habitat and surrounds look like on a new piece of ground your are thinking about hunting. But when it comes to finding those key terrain features that whitetails tend to travel, Topography maps are the answer. We will cover
Let’s discuss two of the most effective tools that most whitetail hunters overlook or disregard… Aerial Photos and Topography (Topo) Maps and what to look for in each. These two tools (Aerial/Topo Map) can and will become your top two weapons in your arsenal for hunting whitetails in the future.
Traveled from my home state of North Carolina up to our SE Ohio hunting lease this past weekend (July 28, 2012) with my dad, to hang a few trail cameras and respray some fields and paths that had been done back in late April and try to do some late afternoon buck
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