Pick Your Sealer Based on How Many Deer You Really Process The best vacuum sealer for deer meat for most hunters is the Nesco VS-12.

Stop Freezer Burn Before It Starts, Not After. The best way to prevent freezer burn on venison is to get the meat dry, cold, and

Pick Your Goal Before You Mix Anything The best venison marinade for steaks is a simple oil-and-acid mix with salt, Worcestershire, garlic, and black pepper,

Decide Fast. Track Now Or Back Out. If I have good blood and I know it is a lung hit, I start tracking right away,

Start Here: The 20-Yard Zero That Actually Works To sight in a crossbow at 20 yards, I shoot from a solid rest, adjust the scope

Pick One Crossbow Under $1,500 and Stop Overthinking It. The best crossbow under $1,500 for deer hunting is the Ravin R10. If you want the

Pick This Bow Based on One Thing If you want the lightest rig you can carry all day in a saddle or on a long

Buy This Kind of Bow, Not a Brand Name The best budget compound bow under $500 for deer is a used flagship bow from 3

What Actually Makes a Bow “Quiet” Enough for Whitetails A bow gets quiet when you stop vibration fast and kill string noise, not when you

Pick This Sight Based on How You Actually Hunt If you want bombproof and simple, I pick Spot Hogg. If you want the cleanest pin

Paper tuning gets you close, but it is not magic. Here is the direct answer. Paper tune your bow with a field point to get

Pick a Release That Takes Your Thumb Out of the Decision The best thumb release for target panic is a true back-tension style thumb button,

Pick One: Scott or TruFire? If you want a no-drama, buy-it-once wrist strap release, I would start with TruFire. If you want a cleaner trigger

Replace Them More Than You Want To. I replace mechanical broadhead blades after every deer, and after any shot that hits dirt, rocks, or heavy

Pick a Broadhead Style First, Then Pick a Brand The best broadhead for crossbow deer hunting is a quality fixed blade head in the 125-grain

Pick One: NAP Spitfire Or Rage Hypodermic? If you want the most reliable “it will still open” head for real-world hunting, I pick the NAP

Get Them Hitting Together, Not “Close Enough.” If your broadheads do not hit with your field points at 30 yards, your setup is not tuned

Sharpen Them at Camp, Or Leave Them at Home. I sharpen broadheads at deer camp with a small flat diamond stone, a leather strop, and

Which One Hits Harder in the Real World? If you mean “hits harder” as in bone-breaking, shoulder-smashing, keep-going penetration, I give that to Swhacker more

Layering for an all day sit is about staying dry, not “staying warm”. I layer for all day tree stand sits by wearing a thin

Buy this, not that, if you want rain gear under $200. The best hunting rain gear under $200 is a quiet polyurethane jacket and pants

KUIU vs Sitka: Which Is Worth the Money for Deer Hunting. Sitka is worth the money if you hunt a lot of cold sits, deal

Orange Camo Works Because It Is For People, Not Deer, and That Is the Point. Orange camo works for deer hunting because it keeps other

Pick a Boot Built for Miles, Not Marketing. The best lightweight hunting boot for walking miles is a real hiking-style boot with a stiff enough