How To Make Rattling Bucks Work

How To Make Rattling Bucks Work

Q:  I want to learn more about rattling in whitetail bucks. When is the best time of the year, the best time of the day, the best technique and do I need big or small antlers for rattling?  I’ve tried rattling many times but have never rattled in a buck.  I’ve even...
Greg Fischer’s Mauling

Greg Fischer’s Mauling

Don said he saw the whole thing from less than 100 yards away and when the bear hit Greg, his rifle flew up fifteen feet into the air and the bear was on him. Grabbing Greg’s leg, the bear gave its head a quick shake, fracturing both the tibia and the fibula, then the...
Deer Stand Serenity Or Is It Insanity?

Deer Stand Serenity Or Is It Insanity?

A deer hunter’s stand should be a sacred place — a peaceful fortress of solitude where a man, woman or child can go to sit peacefully surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature on a glorious fall afternoon. It should be a place free of all care, worry and...
The Baptism of Jamie McAlester

The Baptism of Jamie McAlester

The McAlesters were a family of hunters. They were also ruthless in their ways. Logan McAlester saw to that. He and his boys collected their meat any way they could, day or night, summer or winter. None of the McAlester clan ever paid attention to seasons or bag...
An Artist In Big Game Country: Mountain Goat Missed

An Artist In Big Game Country: Mountain Goat Missed

This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the August 1910 issue of Outing magazine. The very name of mountain goat makes you see the towering crests of peaks searching the sky, wrapped in clouds, the drifting snow swirling in veiled sheets from...
Antler Restriction Effects

Antler Restriction Effects

Q: I have been hunting whitetail deer more than 60 years and have a question about antler growth, genes and antler restrictions imposed in certain parts of Texas by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. I have had many conversations with game biologists, game...