Pick a Peroxide Strength and Stop Guessing For deer skull bleaching, I use 12% hydrogen peroxide “developer” for most euro mounts, and I avoid straight

How Long Until You Get Your Mount Back, Really. Most shoulder mounts take 6 to 12 months. If you drop it off in November, do

Decide Your Goal Before You Cut Anything The best way to cape a deer in the field is to do a clean shoulder cape with

Pick Your Humidity Window and Hunt It Hard The humidity level I like best for deer hunting is 40% to 70%. Below 40% I focus

Pick Your Goal Before You Open the App I use OnX Maps for one thing. I use it to cut time off my scouting and

Pick a Wind Checker That Shows Micro Swirls, Not Just “Windy” The best wind checker for bow hunting is a simple powder bottle you can

Pick the Pioneer if you want simple and tough, and pick the Ranger if you want comfort and speed. If I had to buy one

How Deep of Water Can a Hunting UTV Cross Without Wrecking It Most hunting UTVs can safely cross about 12 to 18 inches of moving

The Fast Answer If You’re Alone and It’s Heavy I load a deer on an ATV alone by getting the deer on a plastic sled,

How Long After a Shot Can a Dog Track? A good tracking dog can follow a wounded deer for 24 to 48 hours after the

How Far Can a Dog Track a Wounded Deer Before You Should Back Out? A good blood tracking dog can follow a wounded deer anywhere

Decide If You Even Need an Oxygen Tank in the Woods If you need an oxygen tank to breathe, you can still hunt, but you

Start Here, Because The Rules Change Fast. You get a disabled hunting permit by proving your disability to the right state agency, then applying for

Pick the Crossbow That Will Actually Work One-Handed The best crossbow for one handed shooting is a compact, well-balanced, low-recoil crossbow with a crank cocking

Pick One Chair Based on How You Actually Hunt If you hunt from the ground and you move even a little, I would buy the

What I Would Buy First If I Was Hunting From a Wheelchair The fastest way to make wheelchair hunting work is to build your setup

Pick One: Youth Crossbow For Close Shots, Youth Rifle For Easy Range. If my kid can sit still and keep the shot under 30 yards,

Pick Snacks That Keep Kids Quiet, Warm, and Hydrated The best snacks for kids on long hunts are quiet to eat, won’t freeze solid, don’t

Pick Your Copper Bullet Based on Your Real Range The best copper bullet for deer hunting is the Barnes TTSX if you want the safest

Pick One Box And Go Hunt If you put a gun to my head and made me choose one deer load across a bunch of

Pick One Rifle. Then Hunt With It. If you want a no-drama deer rifle for timber and 40 to 125 yard shots, I would buy

Pick a Lever Gun That Handles Fast, Not One That Looks Cool The best lever action for deer in thick woods is a short, handy

Pick One Caliber and Get Good With It For deer inside 200 yards, I would pick a .308 Winchester if I could only own one

Pick Your Scope Like You Pick Your Stand, Not Like You Pick a Catalog The best scope for a lever action 30-30 is a low-power,