The older I get, the less inclined I am to hunt from an elevated tree stand, but I don't feel disadvantaged hunting from the ground. I see it as a matter of odds. Every motorcycle rider will tell you ...

There is no question the whitetail deer is the most popular big-game animal in North America, with a big following of avid hunters. Michigan alone has more than 500,000 deer hunters in the woods by ...

I’ve been in enough late-season tree stands to know a few truths about them: they are cold, they seem smaller than they did a month ago, they are a pain to crawl into and out of in winter. But wait, ...

During the peak of the rut, it’s often wise to pick a stand and wait it out. The randomness of deer activity requires patience from a deer hunter, and if you just wait long enough, that big buck will ...

Two weeks ago, I asked in this column for hunters to share with me their feelings about the use of enclosed hunting blinds for deer hunting. I’ve noticed more of these shooting houses – often equipped ...

The timber rattlesnake was only inches from his foot when the hunter discovered it. The snake struck at the hunter's chair each time it moved. The hunter was trapped in a small hunting blind. Snakes ...