Hunting

Pennsylvania hunters finally have season dates for the 2015-16 season along with bag limits to start planning hunting trips. More than 746,000 antlerless deer permits have been approved and allocated to wildlife management units for deer hunters as final season dates and bag limits have been approved in one of the nation’s most deer-crazy states. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners has set hunting and trapping seasons ... Xem chi tiết

As an archery hunter, your main objective in the field is to get as close to your prey as you can, allowing for a closer shot with a higher chance for harvest success. This can seem like a monumental task if you are hunting white-tailed deer, since deer have more scent receptors in their noses than dogs. To get closer to more whitetails in the field, you must take steps to ensure that you are as free as possible of scents not ... Xem chi tiết

Many people assume that the red drip or purge that occurs in packages of raw meat, or when frozen meat is thawed, is residual blood. However, there is very little blood remaining in meat following animal harvest because of the thorough bleeding and removal of blood that occurs during commercial harvest and processing. In the case of wild game, typically there is also very little blood remaining in muscles following harvest. ... Xem chi tiết

“Should I worry about eating venison because of CWD?” This is a common question we get here at Deer & Deer Hunting, and you would be surprised at how often and how long that question has been posed to us. Let’s cut to the chase: A person has a much better chance of getting struck and killed by lightning than contracting a disease by eating venison. Don’t take my word for it, listen to those whose lives have been shaped by ... Xem chi tiết

If you want to drop a deer in its tracks with one shot, you need to first learn your deer anatomy. Study the deer’s skeletal system, and it will be much easier to drop a deer right then and there. But there’s a little more to it than that. Let me explain. A bullet to the brachial plexus will drop a deer in its tracks every time. In this week’s Whitetail Wisdom blog: Perfect shot placement of a shot is what all hunters should ... Xem chi tiết