So many factors can confound successfully recovering a wounded deer. Some are unavoidable, but many are preventable. How you prepare, and how you react all factor into blood trailing a deer to its logical conclusion. Preventive Maintenance The process of successful...
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Minnesota’s 2024 Governor’s Pheasant Hunt
The State of Minnesota, has over 10,000 lakes, but that’s not all the state has to offer for outdoor enthusiasts like myself. I recently attended the 12th annual Governor’s Pheasant Hunt near Sleepy Eye Minnesota and was pleasantly surprised to find out that Minnesota...
Tips From Whitetails Unlimited: Why Your Trail Camera is Failing You
Source: Whitetails Unlimited Magazine Trail cameras are a great tool to monitor the deer you’re hunting, keep an eye on predator numbers, or just generally watch the wildlife on your property. That said, you may be missing out on a huge number of photos if you aren’t...
9 GREAT DEER STAND LOCATIONS By GameKeepers Magazine
Other than the rut, deer really don’t wander around that often. However, the daily routes they use will not be static because food sources and conditions are constantly changing. Each plant has a peak period of abundance, taste appeal, and nutritional value. Deer know...
Watertown, My Hometown, gary Howey
Growing up in Watertown, S.D., at that time the state was known as the Land of infinite variety, which it really was, with so many things to do, we weren’t ever bored, with the outdoors, offering numerous activities in the outdoors. When a town is named...
It’s A Drag and it, best Work. By gary Howey
Author with a Northern that latched onto a smaller Walleye when fishing at Carroll Lake Lodge in Canada, without the drag set properly, it would have broken the line. (Photo by Larry Myhre) No matter, what you’re fishing for, every reel has some sort of a drag: star,...
Close encounters of the wild turkey kind By Larry Myhre
It was a wet foggy morning in Central Missouri near where the Ozark River empties into the Missouri when I encountered this curious doe. She crossed an open field walking like a ghost through the mist then entered the trees where I was set up for turkeys. It's moments...