Nearly two decades ago while I was packing for a late October bow hunt my buddy Lloyd recommended that I bring along a grunt call and some rattling horns. He advised me that the combination of ...

The dominant buck grunt is very similar to that of an adult doe or yearling buck, but with one very distinct difference: it’s much deeper. If you happen to hunt in an area that has a good adult buck ...

The consensus among many southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama deer hunters is that breeding-season (rut) activity has picked up since cold weather settled over the area earlier this week. In ...

I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

Most bowhunters now carry a deer call or two, but few use them on early season hunts. While it is true that calling is most effective during late pre-rut and the rut itself, if you go about it right, ...

As an obsessed spring gobbler hunter knows short of filling a tag the most satisfaction comes from having a prolonged dialog with a throaty bird doing its best to attract that hen who has got his ...