The 10 Best States for Mature Buck Harvest Have a New Leader
Aug 27, 2025Kip Adams
Deer hunters are taking historically high numbers of bucks in recent years, but amazingly the age structure of those bucks just keeps getting older. In the 2023 season, the most recent with complete harvest data…
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How to Build a Buck Rub Post
Aug 26, 2025Red DeBraal
There is nothing more beautiful in my eyes than watching a buck attack a homemade, handmade buck rub post. Here on my land in central Wisconsin, I won’t harvest a buck unless it’s bigger than…
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What You Need to Know to Film Your Own Deer Hunts
Aug 19, 2025Nick Pinizzotto
Self-filming hunts has become uber popular in recent years as the price of quality equipment has come down and getting footage uploaded to platforms like YouTube has never been easier. As an avid YouTube watcher,…
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8 Saddle Hunting Accessories You’ll Be Glad You Bought
Aug 6, 2025Brian Grossman
A while back I wrote an article discussing the five key items you need to start saddle hunting. That article covers the bare necessities, including a hunting saddle, tether rope, lineman’s rope, climbing sticks, and…
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These 8 States Badly Need to Boost Their Doe Harvest
Jul 30, 2025Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Two years ago, I rang the alarm about declining doe harvests in too many states. NDA is always careful to emphasize that doe harvest is not one-size-fits-all and should be set based on local information,…
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Fighting a Mystery Illness? Tell The Doctor You’re a Hunter.
Jul 16, 2025Lindsay Thomas Jr.
When Craig Harper woke up on February 5, 2019, he was deaf in his left ear. An audiologist told him he had permanent nerve damage and would likely never get his hearing back. But nerve…
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Lessons from 25 Years of Hunting (and Managing) Public Land
Jul 9, 2025Brian Grossman
It seems the popularity of public-land hunting has exploded in recent years. In part, that’s because outdoor media has popularized it as a cool and challenging way to deer hunt. But for many — myself…
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Recruited, Retained and Reactivated Hunters in Missouri
Jul 8, 2025Cheyne Matzenbacher and Cole Gander
NDA staff have been recruiting, retaining, and reactivating new adult hunters through our Field to Fork program in Missouri since 2019. Over that time, we have expanded our R3 efforts in the state not only…
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What You Should Know About Deer Hunting With a Suppressor
Jul 2, 2025Cole Gander
Suppressors for hunting big game have become increasingly popular in recent years, and – looking back now – it’s easy to see why. For the modern hunter, a suppressor offers a wide range of benefits…
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How to Host Your Own Field to Fork Hunt
Jun 19, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
Learning to hunt is a rite of passage that many take for granted. They grow up in hunting families with longstanding traditions and hunting camps. Their friends hunt. Their neighbors hunt. There’s hardly anyone they…
