Archery mule deer is inching closer and you can barely wait. Your gear is “dialed-in” as they say, with all the essentials for a successful hunt. Now it’s time to stuff that mule deer gear into your backcountry pack. You meticulously lay it out on the floor with the...
During the 18th and 19th centuries, you always found mountain men or frontiersmen with a bag slung across their shoulder. This bag was known as their “possibles bag” and had whatever was possibly needed for them to accomplish what they needed to do, hence the name...
Springtime is when songbirds are singing, bees are buzzing, and love hangs over dew-soaked valleys like a wet blanket. Hunting turkeys during this time of year is all about adapting your hunting behavior to turkey behavior, more specifically their reproductive...
Public funding and Conservation Dollars for Private LandownersI hear it all the time, why use public funding and conservation dollars to improve private land habitat when wildlife is a public resource? Shouldn’t we use those funds for public land? The answer is, it’s...
Medicine for the LandIt’s undeniable, throughout history fire has shaped most of our landscapes, specifically in the Midwest. Despite this, natural fires have mostly been eradicated in the Midwest due to the development of roads and land conversion to less flammable...
Pressure canning (also called bottling) is a great way to preserve wild game meat or make room in your freezer for the current year’s harvest. It works wonderfully on the tougher cuts such as the neck, chuck, or round. You can also use it on just about any cut because...
Don’t Discredit Early-Season HuntingBaseMap Ambassador Zach Bowhay, the author of this article, behind one of his early-season archery bulls.When daydreaming about elk, most bowhunters are undoubtedly picturing a big bugling bull advancing toward their cow calls or...
Firstly, we begin this article with a public service announcement. Trail camera technology, accessibility, and popularity continues to grow. Trail cameras have literally “changed the game” in how we hunt. Considering this, trail cameras are being analyzed under an...
Firstly, we need to point out why and how bear baiting is an important part of modern wildlife management. Humans are part of a much larger ecosystem, an ecosystem we disrupt. Humanity has always altered and managed the ecosystems we take part in. For example, ancient...
Millions of Americans take to the field each year and climb into their tree stand for a birds-eye view. Hunting from a tree stand is a unique perspective allowing hunters a sort of out-of-body experience in the woods. From this vantage point, you are able to see the...