The best dog food for puppies is a complete-and-balanced formula that matches your puppy’s expected adult size — small-breed, medium, or large-breed — fed on a consistent schedule and in amounts that keep your puppy lean, not chubby. Puppies aren’t
The short answer: pronghorn are not deer at all. Deer belong to the family Cervidae and grow branched antlers that are shed and regrown every year, while the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the only living member of its own family,
No — deer rarely eat ferns, and most common garden ferns rank among the most reliably deer-resistant plants you can grow. The tough, fibrous fronds are low in nutrition, hard to digest, and in some species mildly toxic, so deer
If you find a fawn lying alone in the grass, the best thing you can do in almost every case is to leave it exactly where it is and walk away. A fawn curled up quietly by itself is almost
The safe internal temperature for venison, according to USDA guidelines, is 145°F for whole cuts like steaks, backstrap, and roasts — followed by a 3-minute rest — and 160°F for ground venison, sausage, and anything mechanically tenderized. Those are the
Deer hunting in Montana means choosing between two very different hunts in one state: mule deer in open breaks and high country, or white-tailed deer in river bottoms and timbered foothills. The good news is that you rarely have to
Yes, deer have very good hearing, and it is one of the main reasons they are so difficult to sneak up on. A deer’s large, funnel-shaped ears act like satellite dishes that can rotate independently to gather and pinpoint sound,
Yes — deer eat sunflowers, and in most gardens they eat them enthusiastically. The tender seedlings, protein-rich leaves, and oil-packed seed heads are all appealing to deer, which makes sunflowers one of the more vulnerable plants you can grow in
A baby moose is called a calf. The name follows the same cattle-style convention used for the rest of the moose family: adult males are bulls, adult females are cows, and their young are calves. A moose calf is born
Caribou eat a mix of lichens, sedges, grasses, willow and birch leaves, mushrooms, and other tundra plants. In winter, their diet shifts heavily toward lichens — especially the pale, branching “reindeer moss” they dig out from beneath the snow. Caribou
Elk are primarily grazers, and grasses make up the bulk of their diet for most of the year. They round that out with forbs (flowering plants), sedges, shrubs, tree seedlings, and bark, shifting with the seasons: fresh grasses and forbs
Yes, Solar Panels Still Work in Winter, But Only If You Set Them Up Right Yes, solar panels can work on deer feeders in winter, but only if you have enough sun hours and you mount the panel where snow,
Pick One Based on Your Goal, Not the Label on the Bottle. If you want a drag rag scent to pull a cruising buck 20 to 80 yards off a line during the rut, I pick Tink’s more often. If
Pick One: If You Hunt Wet, Cold, And Walk A Lot, LaCrosse Wins. My answer is this. If I am deer hunting wet ground, creek crossings, or late-season cold, I grab LaCrosse more often than Muck. Both brands kill deer
Pick One Boot Before You Spend $260 Twice. If you want a light, fast boot for early-season hikes and warm sits, I would buy the Irish Setter Vaprtrek. If you want a stiffer, tougher boot for long miles, sidehills, and
Make One Decision First: Fix It Before You Cook It The fastest way to get rid of gamey taste is to cool the deer fast, keep it clean, trim the fat and tallow hard, and soak the meat in salt
Pick Your Goal Before You Touch a Saw To plant a hinge cut bedding area, I hinge cut low-value trees at waist height so they tip over but stay alive, then I stack the tops to make a tight, nasty
Decide If You Actually Need a QDMA Cooperative If you want bigger bucks and better hunting on small or pressured ground, join a QDMA-style cooperative by getting 2 to 6 neighbors to agree on harvest goals, habitat work, and basic
Pick the blind that keeps a kid still, warm, and safe. The best two person blind for a parent and child is a hub-style ground blind that is truly 70 inches wide or more, has a silent dark interior, and
Pick Lithium, Or Plan on Dead Cameras The best lithium batteries for trail cameras in winter are Energizer Ultimate Lithium AA for most AA cams, and VARTA Professional Lithium AA if you want a cheaper second option that still holds
Pick One. Kenetrek Or Crispi. If you want max ankle support and a stiff platform for sidehills with heavy weight, I pick Kenetrek. If you want comfort out of the box and a boot that feels a little more “athletic”
Paunch Shot vs Liver Shot. What I Look For First. A paunch shot smells like a gut bucket and the blood is thin, greenish, or watery, and the deer usually hunches up and walks off slow. A liver shot gives
What I Think Is Really Happening When Deer Circle Downwind Deer circle downwind of stands because their nose is their security system, and they want your scent before they commit. Most of the time it is not “random movement,” it
Make the Call Right Now. Are Big Bucks Leaving, Or Just Hiding. Big bucks do not “disappear” during gun season. They slide into the nastiest cover they can reach without crossing open ground, and they move at times you are