Treestand Safety
August 23, 2010 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting, Featured, Our Outdoors
By Nick Simonson
While in the throes of a hotly contested battle with the seat section of a new 15-foot ladder stand, I took a break from what is now becoming a late summer ritual to get a drink of water and my bearings while looking over the assembly manual. It wasn’t the antler fever-inducing [...]
Taxidermy Tips
November 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting, Our Outdoors
By Nick Simonson
At a near run, you step over the crest of the small hill to the other side that leads down to the oak bottom and wonder where the deer bounded after it left your sight. With the scent of gunpowder fading, you follow the sign in the brown leaves and dry grass [...]
Sportsmen Against Hunger
November 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting, Valley Outdoors
By Doug Leier
Good news for North Dakota deer hunters this year is that the Sportsmen Against Hunger venison donation program is back in full operation
Last year, the program only accepted deer donated by bowhunters, because of concerns over the possibility of lead particles from bullets remaining in processed venison.
In North Dakota, the program works like [...]
Taking Care of Your Deer After Harvest
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier
North Dakota’s recent bounty of white-tailed deer means that more hunters in more places have had a chance to put a deer or two or three in the freezer.
That’s quite a change from a few short decades ago when deer weren’t nearly as plentiful and many hunters made doe licenses their first choice [...]
Making Your Own Deer Hunting Rattlers
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
Our Outdoors
Nick Simonson
Do you hear that tick-tick-ticking? It’s either the second hand of the hall clock marking off the moments until deer seasons open up around the region or it’s the beginning of field combat between this year’s herd of whitetail bucks in an attempt to establish dominance.
From Sunday morning hunting shows to a seat [...]
Managing Food Plots
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
Our Outdoors
Nick Simonson
I can tell you the exact moment I became addicted to fishing; it happened while standing on the rocks my dad on the shore of the Sheyenne River just below the Baldhill Dam as we landed white bass hand over fist on a warm June Saturday nearly 10 years ago. Clearly, I can [...]
Common Questions on Deer Hunting Regulations
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier
Forget the remaining ducks and geese, step aside roosters and turkeys. It’s deer season. Officially the regular gun season runs Nov. 9 through Nov. 25, but make no mistake, deer season takes center stage until the tags are filled and garages are transformed into makeshift processing plants.
Between the hash marks of the season, there’ll [...]
Choosing a Scope
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Richard Burt
The most important piece of equipment you will buy for big game hunting in the open plains of North Dakota is a scope for your rifle. I believe that the scope makes the gun, and if you have a budget and have to choose between an inexpensive Weatherby Vanguard with a nice Swarovski [...]
FIVE STEP PROGRAM FOR QUALITY WHITETAILS
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Curt Wells
Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a bowhunter like the sound of hoof steps behind him. It can paralyze you with terror – unless you’re ready for it.
I heard that petrifying sound one November morning in North Dakota, just as the day filtered into the trees. It stunned me because I fully [...]
Bucks of the Vortex
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Curt Wells
If you’ve scouted and hunted whitetails long enough you’ve heard the sirens. They’re loud, but you’re the only one who can hear them. They go off just as you look around and find yourself standing in a place that has your hunting instincts in full alarm.
This place you’ve discovered, either by design or [...]
Deer Proof Landscaping
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier
One of the more frequent concerns I hear about, from nonhunters and hunters alike, is wildlife-human conflicts.
Whether it’s Canada geese in crops, raccoons in gardens or deer in hay stacks, the list is endless. More often than not, those seeking a means of limiting the disturbance of wildlife on their priority issue usually [...]
Small-Bore Centerfire Performance on Big Game
February 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Burl Johnson
I am, and have been for a very long time, an avid reader of hunting books and magazines. You know those things you wish you had the money from? Mine is to have invested that magazine money in energy stocks in the last three years. But many of the sporting magazines offer truly good [...]
Trophy Buck – Nelson Buck
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
Our Outdoors
Nick Simonson
The traffic has been steady coming into Quality Alignment and Brake Center, but many visitors aren’t stopping in for tune ups. Brian Nelson, part owner of the Valley City business is the main draw these days after taking what many are calling the largest buck shot in Barnes County in several decades.
“The first [...]
Late Season Bow Hunting
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Curt Wells
If you’re from North Dakota you take a lot of grief about how cold the winters are. It’s just a fact of life.
It’s also a fact that many of us like the cold weather, or more accurately, the change of seasons. But the cold weather does a couple of other things too. It [...]
Hi-Vis Decoying – Deer Decoy Strategies
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Curt Wells
I hate it when a buck doesn’t pay attention.
My soft grunts turned into pig-like snarffles as the big eight-pointer just kept striding away, into the stiff breeze. He crossed a small open meadow, then dropped into a creekbottom and up the other side. When he reached level ground again he finally heard my [...]
Offseason Deer Hunting Tips
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By the Nodak Outdoors Community
During the past month, I asked the Deer Hunting forum here at Nodak Outdoors to share some of their offseason deer hunting tips. While many you may already practice or be aware of, our community had some deer hunting tips to share.
Deer Hunting Tips
“Scout, Shed hunting, Scout, Repair or build new stands, [...]
Venison Recipes Come in All Forms
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier
When it comes to fish and wild game cooking, Uncle Lynn is the beginning and the end, though you may have to take this with a grain … err, dash of salt and pinch of pepper. His wild game cooking philosophy permeates from the mantra of “don’t hide the flavor, work with it [...]
Pronghorn Antelope Migrations
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier
When the topic is migration, most of us think about birds. Seldom do we associate migration with big game animals, such as moose or elk.
In western North Dakota, however, an ongoing study is shedding some interesting light on a big game species that does migrate. Pronghorns, also commonly called antelope, even though they [...]
Time to Move Your Tree Stand
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Bill Lytle
Well as we all know some parts of the state have had their first frost and with this first frost comes many things. We start to lose some of those mosquitoes that have been a pain in our butts the first few weeks of the season but also we need to try and [...]
The Problem with Buck Fever
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier
As October fades into November, for many people thoughts of ducks are replaced by visions of bucks. As we head into another season my mind is full of thoughts of buck fever.
In essence, the fever is an adrenaline rush, triggered by a deer, that sometimes causes hunters to do something that may be [...]
Early Season Deer Hunting Tips
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
With the bow hunting season quickly approaching, there’s a few tips to early season preparation that I feel are crucial to success. Most importantly is to not overlook the importance of scouting late in the summer, and preparing your stands well in advance to drawing your bow.
As the month of August rolls around, [...]
Spot And Stalk Hunting – The Lost Art
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
In recent days, the art of spot and stalk hunting has been overshadowed by the use of tree stands and ground blinds. With everyone’s busy schedules it is hard to find the time to spend either learning how to spot and stalk, or refining your already learned techniques. The techniques of the spot [...]
Still Hunting Strategies
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
The most successful hunters have learned to still hunt when stand hunting is not producing, or when the weather makes sneaking through the woods the best strategy to bag a deer. The best days for still hunting are rainy and windy days; both types of weather are normally below average for game movement. [...]
Pre-Rut Calling Strategies
February 19, 2009 by admin
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By Andrew Gegelman
Finally…the air gets cooler, the leaves change colors, and that wonderful smell of fall is in the air. You watch as geese effortlessly soar through the air on their yearly trip southward. It is an awesome time of year to be in the outdoors. It also means that “prime time” is approaching. The [...]
Bow Tuning 101
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
For most bow hunters, tuning their bow means being able to hit what they are aiming at. And for others they just hope their bow will become tuned by itself. But they are wrong. Tuning your bow now might mean the difference between trophy and tragedy.
First things first, you should not attempt to [...]
Dominating the Rut
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
Finally it is here, the Rut!! It is a time of craziness, bucks moving all hours of the day in pursuit of hot does, seeing deer that you have only imagined. One minute the woods can be silent the next there can be deer all around you. The trophy you have always dreamed [...]
Reevaluating Your Season
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
With hunting season now over, I like to look back on the previous season and remember my achievements, and failures. It seems like an eternity until next fall when we can get back into the woods in search of our personal trophies. Everyone likes to take up different activities to get us through [...]
Fletching Arrows
February 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
It might be spring, even though it does not feel like it. I mean come on, snow in the middle of May? Not a lot of hunting to do right now, but soon we will be back in the field in search of what ever game we choose. While there might not be [...]
Bow Hunting New Ground
February 18, 2009 by admin
Filed under Deer Hunting
By Andrew Gegelman
For most of us, sometime in our lives we will have to move to another town or another state. When this happens, like it recently did to me, you also move from your favorite hunting grounds, leaving behind those primo stands that months and years of work and fine tuning got you. You [...]
Flinch-Free Firing – Rifle Shooting Technique
February 13, 2009 by admin
Filed under Predator Hunting
Our Outdoors
Nick Simonson
An old neighbor of mine who was just as good at busting sporting clays on the skeet range as he was at busting my chops regarding my tales of fishing and hunting misadventure, asked me what my problem was when he read I didn’t get a deer on opening weekend a few years [...]
