Guide

I have been running ground blinds for whitetail deer for the better part of a decade, and I can tell you straight: a good ground blind beats a tree stand more often than most hunters admit. Modern deer look up. They pattern tree stands. They remember the silhouette of a climber nailed to a trunk, … Read more

I have spent more weekends than I can count hanging from oak and hickory trees trying to thread an arrow through a deer. After testing 15 different setups across three seasons, I narrowed down the picks that actually work when you are 18 feet off the ground with a bow in your hands. Choosing the … Read more

Mobile whitetail hunting lives and dies by what you can carry on your back. That is exactly why we spent the past two seasons putting the best climbing tree stands for hunters through the wringer on public land hardwoods, creek-bottom oaks, and frozen November mornings. A good climber turns any straight tree into your ambush … Read more

I’ve spent more than 200 hours sitting in ladder stands across three states, and I’ll tell you straight up: the best ladder stands for deer hunting are the ones you actually trust enough to spend a full day in. Halfway up a wobbly 17 footer at 5 a.m. with a 30 mph north wind, you … Read more

My hunting partner and I learned the hard way that dragging a 180-pound whitetail through a half-mile of switchback terrain is a back-breaking mistake. After that November hunt, we bought our first game cart, and I have spent the last several hunting seasons testing, dragging, hauling, and breaking different models so you don’t have to. … Read more

I learned this the hard way three seasons ago. I dropped a nice 8-point buck and pulled out a cheap folding knife to field dress it. Forty minutes of frustration later, my hands were cramped and the gut pile looked like a crime scene. That winter I bought my first real meat processing kit, and … Read more

If you’ve spent the last few seasons watching deer skirt the edges of your food plots without committing, the problem usually isn’t the plot itself. It’s that you haven’t given them a reason to show up on a schedule. After testing gear across three hunting leases in two states over the past two years, I … Read more

I grew up watching my grandfather haul canvas bags of decoys through knee-deep marsh water, and I have spent the last decade chasing mallards from Texas rice fields to the Atlantic flyway. That experience taught me one thing: the best duck decoys for waterfowl hunting are the difference between a circled-out blind and a limit-filled … Read more

Three days into opening week last season, I watched a longbeard hang up at 80 yards, gobble once, then walk away. The hen decoy looked fine from my position, but something was wrong. That night I switched to a Breeder Hen pose and committed to the best turkey decoys for spring hunting I could actually … Read more

A fouled barrel is an inaccurate barrel. After running more than a dozen rifle cleaning kits through my AR-15, a pair of bolt-action hunting rifles, and a precision .308 trainer over the past several months, I have learned that the difference between a good kit and a bad one comes down to three things: rod … Read more