Pick the Right Cuts and Your Jerky Gets Easy The best cuts of deer for jerky are the top round, bottom round, eye of round,

Pick Your Temperature and Stick With It The best smoker temperature for deer summer sausage is 165 degrees to 175 degrees for most of the

How Long I Age Deer Meat in the Fridge (And Why). I age deer meat in a refrigerator for 3 to 7 days most of

Make the Call Early, Not After You Have Wrecked the Track I call a tracking dog as soon as I think I might bump the

Make the Call Fast: Bright Red Blood Usually Means Lung, Muscle, or a High Hit Bright red blood while tracking usually means you hit lungs

Make the Call Fast: Dead Deer, Hit Deer, or Miss? If you have no blood trail, you still have a very real chance of finding

How Long to Wait After a Gut Shot and What to Do Right Now If you gut shot a deer, I wait 8 to 12

Make One Decision Right Now: Back Out Or Keep Going. If you lose blood trail, the best move most of the time is to stop,

Pick Your Crossbow Like You Pick A Stand Location If you want the simplest, toughest setup that keeps shooting in nasty weather and you do

The Short Answer I Tell My Buddy at the Tailgate Neither Bowtech nor Mathews “shoots better” across the board, because the better-shooting bow is the

Pick One If You Want Less Headache If you want “set it and forget it” tough, I pick the Spot Hogg Fast Eddie. If you

Pick This Based on How Far You Actually Shoot If you hunt inside 30 yards most of the time, I would run a multi pin.

Pick One Rest and Stop Second Guessing. If you want the easiest drop-away to set up and live with, I would buy the QAD UltraRest.

Pick Your Rest Style Before You Buy Anything The best arrow rest for hunting in the rain is a quality drop-away rest with strong containment,

Which One I Would Pick, And Why. If I had to buy one single-bevel today for whitetails, I would buy VPA for most hunters, and

Pick One Set Based on How You Actually Get Wet. If you want the short answer, I grab Sitka Coldfront for late-season cold rain and

Pick pants that stay quiet, not pants that look tactical. The best hunting pants that don’t make noise are soft-shell or brushed-face pants with a

Pick the Pack Based on One Thing: How You Actually Hunt. If I had to pick one for most whitetail bow hunts, I would buy

Pick One Jacket: Quiet Beats “Warm” For Bow Hunting. The best fleece jacket for quiet bow hunting is a midweight grid-fleece with a smooth face,

Buy Used Mid-Layer Camo and Spend Your Money on Wind and Quiet The best budget hunting camo that works is used fleece or brushed camo

Pick Boots With Real Arch Support, Not Just “Comfort” Padding. The best hunting boots for flat feet are boots with a stiff shank, a wide

Do You Actually Need Snake Boots for Deer Hunting? No, you do not “need” snake boots for deer hunting most of the time. You need

Pick One Based on Your Feet, Not the Hype. If you hunt standing water, cattails, and mud for hours, I would buy Muck Wetland. If

Pick a Forced-Air Dryer, Not a “Warm Shelf” Dryer The best boot dryer for hunting boots is a forced-air model with a timer and controlled