Tag Archives: deer hunting tips

Deer Grunt Call: 7 Sequences That Pull Bucks Into Bow Range

Bowhunter holding a deer grunt call tube in fall woods

A deer grunt call is the cheapest piece of gear in your pack that can flip a hunt from boring to filled tag in under thirty seconds. Used right, it pulls cruising bucks off the line they were already walking and bends them toward a treestand inside 25 yards — bow range. Used wrong, it […]

How to Make a Mock Scrape: 7 Steps to Pull a Mature Buck

Bowhunter walking forest path scouting for mock scrape locations during whitetail bowhunting season

A mock scrape is a deliberately created scrape that imitates the bare-ground signposts whitetail bucks paw out under an overhanging branch — and when it’s built right, bucks usually start working it within 48 hours. The trick is not the dirt. It’s the licking branch above it. Get that branch at the wrong height, hang […]

Blood Trailing Techniques: Reading Sign to Recover Every Animal

deer blood trail

Master blood trailing techniques every bowhunter needs — from reading arrow color to grid-searching when the trail dies. Recover more game with these field-tested skills.