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HUNTING’s Best Whitetail Draw States for 2013

Ask most serious whitetail hunters which state boasts the best odds for taking a buck with true trophy potential and most will offer an unhesitating “Iowa.” It’s also one of the hardest to get tags....

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A Hunter’s Guide To The Perfect Meal

Photo by Holly A. Heyser. What is the perfect meal? Honestly, it’s an unanswerable question. One moment it might be a big slice of pepperoni pizza; another it’s a steaming bowl of grits, sweetened with...

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How to Train For The Toughest Shots in Hunting

Let’s face it—big game animals present large target areas, so how is it that we miss? A big part of it is plain old buck fever. This has different manifestations, but it’s some combination of...

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Coyotes and Deer: Can These Predators Bring Down Mature Bucks?

They work in teams, pushing their prey into hopeless situations and baiting them into exhaustion. They rip flesh, tear throats, and attack hindquarters, causing shock and loss of blood. The pursuit is...

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20 Biggest Typical Whitetail Bucks of All Time

Before there were deer hunting celebrities with their own TV shows, NASA-grade clothing to block scent or entire companies devoted to whitetail management, there were men in wool shirts with old war...

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How to Design the Ultimate Scent-Free Deer Hunting Room

Every great idea has an inspiration. This one came last November when I was sitting in the kitchen at Copper’s Creek Outfitters in Illinois City, Ill., gnawing on a piece of home-cooked fried chicken....

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20 Biggest Non-Typical Bucks of All Time

As hunters let’s face it: we like big bucks and we cannot lie. The form, the mass, the natural beauty—what’s not to like? Bigger is always better, and despite what people may tell you, size really...

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TV Host Spook Spann Violates Probation; Gets Jail Time and Hunting Ban

The U.S. Attorney’s Office released a statement on July 31, 2013, stating TV host and celebrity hunter William “Spook” Spann had violated his federal probation and must serve 30 days in jail. Spann was...

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10 Best Days for Hunting in the Rut

A good day to hunt whitetails this fall is any day you can get off work. But knowing that some days will be better than others, we went through the calendar, analyzed moon phases, predicted the weather...

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Deer Farms: Hunting’s Ticking Time Bomb

Illustration by Mike O’Brien They have names like X-Factor, Rambo, Powerpoint, and Stonecold. They bear freakishly large, even grotesquely shaped, antlers, and they walk as if they might tip over from...

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Petersen’s Exclusive: Trail Cam Captures Arrow Hitting Buck

Setup: Double Bull Primos Blind overlooking water and a cottonseed feeder Shot Distance: 15 yards Gear: Parker Compound Bow, Easton Full Metal Jacket 400, Muzzy four blade 125 grain, Little Goose by...

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Viral Video: Buck Attacks Dead Buck in Colorado

As every experienced deer hunter knows, a rut-crazed buck will do a lot of strange things. Including fight a buck that’s already been killed. In a November YouTube video submitted from a Colorado mule...

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