It’s winter, and the end of season is near. But no worries — you still have plenty of time to punch a buck tag
It’s mid-December, and that bow tag is still burning a hole in your pocket. Most of your buddies have killed their deer, and you’re starting to worry. Maybe even panic.
I’ve hunted hard like I always do every year. What am I doing wrong? Did I miss the rut? Will I get my buck?
Let's Send Kids to Forkhorn Camps this Summer!
Nearly 500 youth ages 11-17 attend Forkhorn Camp every year. The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association team up with Environmental Learning Centers across the state of Minnesota to hold day camps and overnight camps during the summer months.
If you want to have the best guns for hunting, we made a list of the best guns you should own as a hunter. They’re also good for survival and personal defense. These are just some of them.
In Minnesota’s vast public land regions of the north, the prospect of connecting on a chocolate-horned bruiser buck can feel a tad daunting. The seemingly endless rugged landscape of interwoven aspen, balsam, beaver ponds, clearcuts, alders, and swampland make it difficult to even know where to begin. The northern regions of Minnesota hold fewer deer per square mile than the agriculture country so it goes without saying that it takes great effort and mettle to find success as a hunter. For many of us, this magical landscape, where wolves roam like shadows and ghosts of whipsaw loggers beckons us each fall with the visions of that dark-horned buck. Although this region intimidates many, there are ways to tip the odds in your favor this fall. One overlooked area that doesn’t get the attention it deserves is the ash swale.
MDHA is committed to preserving our hunting heritage, promoting habitat education as well as building and protecting habitat to benefit deer and deer hunters in Minnesota. The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association Hides for Habitat program is a recycling program that turns donated deer hides into dollars to be used for habitat. Since 1985, MDHA’s Hides for Habitat program has aided MDHA in our commitment with the collection of 1,002,953 donated deer hides to raise over $5.8 million dollars.
For decades, hunters and biologists have speculated and analyzed what really instigates and dictates the whitetails’ rut. Is it really the moon phase, or a combination of environmental and biological factors? Is the rut simply blueprinted by estrous females and their genetics; and what about those individual bucks that seem to be ahead of the ball game – dominating the whole playing field – even before does are receptive? Beside testosterone, a buck’s personal attitude also has a strong influence on its ability to successfully rut…..
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