(By Ryan Kirby) https://ryankirby.com/pages/score Artist Ryan Kirby has spent his entire career studying the external anatomy of the deer he paints. As a bowhunter, Ryan studyied the internal anatomy of the deer. He states, “It’s crucial to understand the anatomy of a white-tailed deer to make clean shots and quick recoveries.” In ‘The Anatomy &…
Bowhunters need three types of targets to maximize their chances for success. Unfortunately, (Or fortunately) the speed of today’s faster compounds and crossbows make traditional targets obsolete. Archers need a bag-style target designed for target points, a foam target to test broadheads, and a “life-like” 3-D target to maximize arrow placement. Especially, if you are…
Late season big buck hotspots are easy to locate if you know what to look for. Lots of sign, big deer numbers and shrinking amounts of quality late season deer habitat create predictable private and public land deer hunting. Here is how to find whitetails to hunt when the conditions turn cold. Whitetail Habitat…
Five years ago the Whitetail World received the news of a new Official World Record. On November 2, 2018 , Luke Brewster sent a Grim Reaper broadhead through the biggest buck ever killed by any weapon in America. The buck is known ‘The Mufasa Buck’, and was aged at 7 1/2 years old and netted…
By now most pumpkins have long passed the pumpkin pie stage. Most are sitting on porches or in back yards where they will eventually rot and their nourishment dissolve into the soil. Pumpkins make great deer food in late season and you can use it in a number of ways. First, your local deer may…
Robert Hoague, Webmaster of Bowhunting.net Over the years I’ve met lots of deerhunters who had plenty of advice and information. And as time passed I saw things happening in the deer woods that were different than I’d heard about. And, noticing that, I started playing off what I saw and learned, more often than what…
Bruce Ryan Has Tips for Bowhunting in Snow Just because the firearm seasons are over, and Bucks may be warier is no reason to pass on what may be some of the best hunting of the year. Sure, the tactics you used earlier this year may no longer be as productive. Still, by changing your…
Join Grim Reaper Pro Staffer Ryan Boyd as he takes on a Giant crop eating Wild Boar Hog on video and later enjoys a back strap feast! Join Grim Reaper Broadheads Pro Staffer Ryan Boyd as he Bowhunts A Huge Wild Hog.
Dawn, it was another warm morning when I settled into my treestand for a sunrise set. November 2, pre-rut much hotter than normal. The breeze was flat as glass and humidity hung thick throughout the timber canopy. Adding insults to my poor odds, the full moon had yet to set so with all the looming…
