October 29, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
It was that time of the year, fall crisp air and a full moon days away. It was time to be in the deer woods. I was hunting an area that I knew had two good bucks that had made my hit list for 2012. I had one of those very bucks at 20 yards […]
October 25, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Noise is a major issue for bowhunters, and yet relatively few give it the attention it deserves, believing that a deer cannot possibly “jump the string”, when an arrow is shot from one of today’s “fast” bows. I shoot one of the fasted bows on the market the PSE EVO, advertized speed of 345 fps. […]
October 24, 2012
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Posted by: TJ Nagel
There are very few things I’ve been associated with over the years that have the ability to give such personal gratification as Archery hunting. Regardless of species hunted, nimrods have many limitations that other hunters are not presented with in their hunting career. The ability to ethically harvest any of Mother Nature’s creatures is invigorating […]
October 22, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Had the best bow hunt I have had this year so far! Didn’t get the shot off but I had deer start to finish. It was a warm Sunday afternoon and I wasn’t in a hurry to get to my stand. Got to my stand at 5:15PM and had just got settled in. I spotted […]
October 12, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Early! Early! Early! I can’t wait for opening weekend. I take the first chance I can to get out and hunt whitetails. I live for the openers; I like to use this time to hunt from a blind or a tree stand on the edge of a field, because one thing it does is allow […]
October 5, 2012
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Posted by: VOM
The Kansas Plan That Worked It’s not always that a plan works in the great outdoors but it worked for me during the Kansas muzzleloader season. I had set up several ground blinds along bean fields on my eastern Kansas farm prior to the opening of the season. Tagging along on my first hunt of […]
September 27, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Even without much rain this year the “No-Plow” food plots worked just as I had hoped. Sure the plots that got more sunlight did better but I didn’t expect them to grow like “field” plots. For review the landowner had harvested a few trees this past winter and we now had some openings in the forest […]
September 19, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Changing from shooting practice field points to using broadheads for actual hunting is usually the only transition hunters make before hunting season. Unfortunately, most broadheads don’t make the transition very well. A hunting buddy of mine manages an archery pro shop, I spend a good deal of time in there before the season, I’m stunned […]
September 14, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
When it comes to being as scent free as I can get, it’s a big deal. For many of you it’s as important as remembering to bring your bow and for some “not so much”. Removing human scent from your clothing and equipment should go without saying, but many bowhunters are either not aware of […]
September 11, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Okay it’s that time of the year to start putting together a Potential Hitlist of bucks we might like to shoot. Now I did say “potential” because trail cam pictures are great but they can be deceiving. Sometimes I just need to see that buck to know for sure if he is a shooter. Most of […]
September 11, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
Many hunters wonder why they flub easy shots at animals when they can stack arrows on top of each other, Robin Hood-style, on the practice course. Most times, the answer is simple: It’s all of that extra gear you carry into the woods that you don’t carry onto the practice course. If you’re like me, […]
August 29, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis Goettsch
…this isn’t the NFL, it means something A transition from Practice to Field: No matter how much you practice, you are not completely ready to head to the field until you change from practice mode to hunt mode. As an avid 3D tournament shooter, I have to make this transition every fall. To help […]
August 3, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis
These pictures are from two different cams that I pulled cards on August 1st, the trail cams are about ten miles apart but these are two of my better locations for getting mid to late summer pictures of bucks. Now I have good numbers of bucks on these sets, no real monsters but a few bucks worth watching. […]
July 16, 2012
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Posted by: Curtis
Clover Clover is considered by many to be the most universal deer food and the reputation is not without merit. I can’t lie to you, it’s my favorite; I use it on every price of land I help manage, some more than others. Clover is easy to establish in most regions of the country and […]