Nick Winchell’s easy smile and unabashed enthusiasm for whitetails has opened a lot of doors. Since 2021, he’s won over four landowners’ hearts to gain access to their holdings, even one tract that ...

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Backstraps and tenderloins: Are they the same thing? The answer might surprise you if you’re a hunting newbie, and it even might be news to some of you old-timers! The answer is no, backstraps and ...

The first time you hunt from a deer stand could be one of the most dangerous. This is especially true in early season. As many hunters have experienced, wasps, hornets and wild bees find box blinds ...

One surefire way to learn if there is buck activity in your area is finding fresh rubbings on small trees, saplings or fence posts. Before the season starts, I have a buck indicator trick I like to ...

Photo: Buckmasters tip contributor Bill Neibecker uses empty box turtle shells to craft uniquely beautiful and functional turkey calls. Next time you find the dome of an empty box turtle shell in the ...

Many hunters look on still-hunting – the art of slowly creeping through the woods hoping to sneak up on a big buck – as something to do when deer sightings are slow and patience runs out. Regular ...

Mounting a deer can be pretty expensive these days, and sometimes we shoot a buck that’s decent, but doesn’t quite have what it takes to spend the money for a taxidermy bill. So, what do we do? Nearly ...

Many deer hunters who manage their own land dream of taking a "personal-best" buck they may have had a hand in developing. A worthy goal, for sure. But as in most all things, simply working hard ...

I am a hunter who prefers hang-on or lock-on style treestands. Screw-in tree steps are my favorite method for getting up and down. As you’ve probably experienced, getting tree steps started can be ...

It's a common dilemma for landowners who've decided to make the leap and install a food plot or two on their new hunting land, a move many figure will be the icing on the cake to their own personal ...

Steven Davis learned a couple of valuable lessons last season. For starters, an arrow might follow your trained gaze to the target, but that doesn’t mean it’ll hit where you were aiming. Also, even ...