I realize that hunting the same treestand too often can definitely have a detrimental effect on the chances of shooting a big buck from that location.  I also realize that one of the best chances you have to shoot a deer from a stand happens the first...

As I do from time to time, a few days ago I was talking a trip down memory lane and reading some of my old blog posts.  During my excursion back through the older posts, I came across a post from January of this year that outlined my outdoor goals for...

I can sum up my gun opener with two words: no deer.  Jeff’s son and I sat the entire day, with a minor break for lunch and to allow the younger ones to warm up, and still didn’t see anything.  We were surrounded by shots, and Jeff had deer around him...

Last Saturday, Jeff and I headed out for a bittersweet hunt – our last hunt before the Opening Day of Firearm Season.   I was setup in a stand that we had hunted a few times, and Jeff was setup in a new location.  On this morning, however, I decided...

Saturday, Jeff and I will be out enjoying the last day of bowhunting before the opening of Michigan’s firearm deer season on Sunday.  And then on Sunday Jeff and I, my wife, Jeff’s boys, and a bunch of our family will be out enjoying the opening day...