Pick One Goal First: Cover Mistakes, Or Cut Odor. Dead Down Wind and “scent killer” sprays both help, but they do different jobs. If I

Decide If You Want “Low Scent” Or “No Human Scent”. You are never going to be 100% scent free, but you can keep hunting clothes

My Take After Using Both Calls In Real Hunts If I had to buy only one today, I would buy the Flextone Headhunter for $12

Pick a Call That Sounds Like a Real Adult Buck, Not a Squeaky Toy The best snort wheeze call for mature bucks is the one

How Often I Actually Grunt Call During a Sit. I grunt call less than most guys think. In most whitetail woods, I hit a grunt

Pick a Tarsal Gland Scent That Matches the Phase of the Rut The best tarsal gland scent for rut hunting is real buck tarsal from

Yes, You Can Use Too Much Deer Scent, And It Will Burn You. Yes, you can use too much deer scent. If your scent is

How Long It Lasts, In Real Hunting Terms. Doe estrus scent on a wick lasts about 2 to 6 hours in the woods before it

Pick One Based on Season, Not Hype. If I can only carry one deer scent in my pack, I pick acorn early and apple late..

Start With This Decision: Food, Scent, or Movement. The best legal deer attractant in your state is usually not a magic bottle. It is legal

Pick Your Start Date Based on One Thing: When You Want the Site to Peak The best time of year to start a mineral site

Lucky Buck Mineral vs Whitetail Institute. Which One I Would Actually Buy. If you want a cheap mineral to keep deer stopping for trail cam

My Take After Using Both Scents If you want my blunt answer, I trust Code Blue more than Tink’s 69 for getting a buck to

Make the Call Up Front: Are You Trying to Stop Theft, or Just Make It a Pain? If you want to keep trail cameras from

Pick One That Actually Triggers Fast, Not One With a Fancy Box The best budget trail camera under $50 that I trust to actually work

Pick the App Based on Your Patience, Not the Spec Sheet. If you want the least headache on a normal deer lease, I run Moultrie

Check Them Less Than You Want To. I check trail cameras every 10 to 21 days during summer, every 14 to 30 days in early

Buy This Card and Move On The best SD card for most trail cameras is a 32GB SanDisk Ultra SDHC, Class 10, UHS-I. If your

Pick a Varmint Guard That Actually Matches Your Feeder The best varmint guard for most deer feeders is a wide, metal cone-style baffle that mounts

Pick the Right Feeder for Thick Woods, Not the One That Looks Cool in a Catalog. The best deer feeder for thick woods is a

Stop Trying to “Outsmart” Raccoons and Start Beating Them With Setup The real way I keep raccoons out of a deer feeder is to control

Do You Actually Need an Official Score? No, your deer does not need to be officially scored unless you are chasing a record book entry,

What I Actually Pay for Deer Taxidermy. Most deer taxidermists charge $600 to $1,200 for a shoulder mount, $125 to $250 for a euro mount,

Do This First, Or You Will Hate How It Turns Out If you want a clean European mount at home, the fastest path is this.