I have a lot of great memories from over 35 years of bowhunting, but few compare to taking my first deer with a traditional bow. No, it wasn’t a big buck. In fact, it wasn’t…
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The Deer Hunting Fail That Put Me On a Path to Physical and Mental Fitness
Apr 16, 2025Nick Pinizzotto
The unseasonably warm start to the 2013 Ohio archery deer season made it difficult for me to get motivated, and it didn’t help that I had lost my mental focus. After making more than enough…
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The Joys of Serving Others Through Doe Harvest
Apr 8, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
It’s really hard to find time to hunt deer when your job revolves around giving other people opportunities to hunt deer. As NDA’s Director of Hunter Recruitment, I make plans to get out there for…
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4 Important Lessons Learned From Managing and Hunting a Small Property
Mar 26, 2025Brian Grossman
Purchasing a small hunting property has been one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve made. Not only is it nice to occasionally hunt right out the back door, but being able to implement changes to…
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How to Secure Permission to Hunt Deer on Private Land
Mar 19, 2025Autumn McEntee
Mentoring a new hunter at an NDA Field to Fork event is about as rewarding as it gets. Time spent in the blind is especially interesting because new hunters are full of questions about anything…
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Beat Cabin Fever: 8 Offseason Tasks for Deer Hunters
Feb 19, 2025Brian Grossman
Deer season may be over, but if you’re like me, the itch to be in the woods hasn’t gone away. Instead of sitting around waiting for next fall, though, this time of year is perfect…
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6 Reasons to Leave Your Trail-Cameras Out Post Deer Season
Jan 29, 2025Brian Grossman
For years, I’d put my trail-cameras out a couple months prior to deer season, watch them intently through the rut, and as soon as the season wrapped up, I’d venture back out to pull them…
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Mature Buck Harvest Rises to Another New U.S. Record
Jan 15, 2025NDA Staff
U.S. deer hunters took more than 3 million whitetail bucks in the 2023-24 hunting season and set a new record in mature buck harvest, as 43% of those bucks were estimated to be 3½ years…
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8 Worthy Resolutions for Deer Hunters
Jan 1, 2025Brian Grossman
A new year always brings with it a mix of emotions for me. I’m saddened because it marks the final days of Georgia’s deer season, but at the same time I love the feeling of…
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I Tagged My Oldest Doe Ever. Was it a Warning Sign?
Dec 18, 2024Lindsay Thomas Jr.
I was desperate. I was down to my last few days of hunting for the year, and my freezer would have been chirping if it was a smoke detector. The woods seemed desolate, too. I…
