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 ...

Bucks tolerate a lot of natural noise in the woods, but the wrong call at the wrong time will send them out of your life in a blur of white tails. Deer calling works only when it sounds like real deer ...

Deer calling is a skill that can elevate your hunting experience, but knowing when and how to call is as crucial as having the right equipment. It’s tempting to rely on frequent calls to lure deer, ...

It was late afternoon on Oct. 31 when Nate Daniels of Elwood, Kansas, climbed into an oak on his 40-acre lease. Daniels knows the Doniphan County property well, since he’s hunted it for 13 years. From ...

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

This spike buck was the first of three to respond to a call on opening day. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen It was already 7:30 on the opening morning of the New York firearms season when I climbed ...

In mid-December, Benjamin J. Durrett sat in a ground blind overlooking a food plot, surrounded by pine and scrub forest, and blew on a buck grunt call just before dark. "At about 4 p.m., a 10-pointer ...

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, ...

Nate Daniels with the massive buck he tagged in Kansas. It was late afternoon on Oct. 31 when Nate Daniels of Elwood, Kansas, climbed into an oak on his 40-acre lease. Daniels knows the Doniphan ...