Clearing Up Common Myths About Buck Scrapes
Mike Hanback A stinky scrape the size of a tractor tire is the most bewitching buck mark you’ll find in the woods in a few weeks. It is also the…
Mike Hanback A stinky scrape the size of a tractor tire is the most bewitching buck mark you’ll find in the woods in a few weeks. It is also the…
Mike Hanback A stinky scrape the size of a tractor tire is the most bewitching buck mark you’ll find in the woods in a few weeks. It is also the…
Tony Kinton Dreams don’t always come true. Some simply fade away with time; others actually materialize but afford little satisfaction. Rare it is to have dreams, even a single dream…
Kimberly J. Williams On a quiet, cold morning in January, thousands rise; dressed completely in camouflage, the hunters make their way to a duck blind. Weighted down by shotguns, ammunition,…
Tim Herald In my opinion, there is no more fun bowhunt than a good plainsgame hunt in southern Africa. The variety of animals you can see and harvest is unparalleled,…
Craig Boddington In just a few hours it would be a hot July morning, but a pleasantly cool dawn was just breaking when we took a stand on a ridge.…
Jim Klatt You could say being left standing at the dike isn’t as bad being left at the altar, but I think it really depends on what you’re standing in.…
Tim Herald Thirty years ago my father gave me a book about all the big game animals of North America. I wore holes in the cover pouring over all the…
M. D. Johnson I make no apologies to the mallard purists when I say there’s nothing wrong with greenheads, but there’s just something about divers. Perhaps it’s where they live-the…
Mike Hanback Luke Strommen pulled back his longbow string and launched a wooden arrow down through the cottonwoods. It arched through the air as if in slow motion, then buried…
Craig Boddington As standard cartridges go, the .280 Remington has one of the oddest histories. Based on the .30-06 case necked down to take a 7mm, or .284-inch bullet, the…
J. Wayne Fears Oftentimes your hunt really begins once you’ve shot or arrowed a deer. Only after you’ve recovered the animal can you call your hunt a success. Let’s look…
David Hart If you served your family a farm-raised, store-bought, hormone-injected turkey for Thanksgiving, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You’re a hunter, aren’t you? You probably have lots…
Mike Hanback At first I figured a guy on the next ridge had spooked the jittery doe that dashed past my stand. But then I questioned the spooky doe’s motives:…
Tim Herald Late season hunting equals spending lots of time on food sources, right? Well, that certainly can be a good strategy, especially in cold temperatures. After all, deer have…
Craig Boddington Nearly 90 years ago Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Kermit, journeyed to the Tien Shan Mountains of western China. His book, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, is a…
Rich Kostner As seen on MyBuckStory.com. There we were: Day One of our quest to harvest the beautiful black turkey of Wisconsin. My guide, Scott, had gotten me in range…
Doug Howlett For all the attention and concern given non-native species – think snakeheads, zebra mussels, released pythons, and even wild European boars – that are showing they can thrive…
Mike Hanback You thought you could smell pretty well? Get this: Studies show that whitetail deer may be 10,000 times more sensitive to odors than we are. Further, scientists say…
Ken Barrett Have you ever dreamt of shooting a deer with antlers so wide you have to reach for a yardstick to measure them? Have you dreamt of hunting, walking…
Doug Howlett Next to a hunter’s gun, bow and camouflage, a treestand has become as much a part of a deer hunter’s “essential” gear as anything else you will find…
Craig Boddington Introduced in 1963, the .300 Winchester Magnum was the last of Winchester’s family of standard-length belted magnums, following the .458 Winchester Magnum (1956) and the .264 and .338…