Crossbow Hunting
Times are getting a little tough in the woods, fields, and creek bottoms of northcentral Ohio. Not for deer hunters who are doing very well this season, but for big, dominant, Type A, testosterone laden bucks. The problem is that the rut is more than half over, and many, perhaps most does have come into […]
Continue reading about Grunting and Rattling in Bucks Good for Bowhunters
Ohio’s archery season opened on September 26 (2009), but it didn’t mean much to many area bow hunters. Lots went out on opening day, of course, because it’s traditional, and some made a few trips later. But it’s during the rut that bow and crossbow hunters become serious, because deer move then, and the big […]
Continue reading about Bow Hunters:Tactics for Tree Stand Success During Deer Rut
This world is full of things an outdoorsman will never know, and just one of them is how many times a waiting bowhunter will have a trophy buck or even a small doe catch his or her scent and ghost away to safer climes. But I suspect it happens often. Too many archers don’t really […]
