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.

What I Do Right After a Storm Ends I hunt the first 2 to 6 hours after the storm breaks, and I set up on

How Warm Is Too Warm, Really? For most whitetail hunting, once the afternoon hits 65 degrees, I stop expecting “good” daylight movement and start hunting

Does a Cold Front Actually Make Deer Move More, Or Is That Just Hunter Talk? Yes, a cold front usually makes deer move more, especially

Don’t Guess the Wind. Check It Twice. The best way to check wind direction while hunting is to use a small wind checker in your

Pick Your Sit Time Based on Pressure, Not Hype The best barometric pressure for deer movement is usually a rising barometer in the 30.00 to

Pick One App and Stick With It, Or You Will Second-Guess Every Sit The best weather app for deer hunting, for most guys, is OnX

Drag or ATV. Pick One Based on Access and How Far You Really Have to Go. If I can legally drive within 200 yards of

Pick Tires Based on Your Mud, Not Your Ego The best tires for a hunting ATV in mud are aggressive mud tires with deep, widely

The Answer I Give My Friends For most deer hunters, a UTV is better because it hauls more gear, keeps you drier, and is safer

Get It Quiet Fast So You Do Not Blow Out Your Spot The fastest way I have found to keep an ATV quiet for hunting

Pick One Based on This, Not the Brochure. For most deer hunters, I’d buy the Can-Am Defender if you want a tougher “work first” rig

Pick the ATV Based on Your Terrain, Not Your Ego. The best ATV for hauling a deer out of the woods is a 4×4 utility

Make the Call Early, But Do Not Rush It. The best age to start training a blood tracking dog is 8 to 12 weeks for

Start Here: How I Actually Find a United Blood Trackers Tracker Fast. I find a United Blood Trackers tracker by pulling up their member directory,