Pick One Based on Your Shot Distance, Not the Marketing. For most deer hunters shooting inside 200 yards, I pick a soft point because it

Pick Your Sticks Based on How You Actually Hunt The best shooting sticks for deer hunting are the ones you will truly carry, set up

Pick Your Straight-Wall Based On Range, Recoil, And How You Actually Hunt Ohio. The best straight wall cartridge for deer in Ohio for most hunters

Pick a Youth Deer Rifle That Will Not Beat Up Your Kid or Your Ears The best youth deer rifle that is not too loud

Pick One. Here Is My Answer. If you want the simplest, most forgiving deer rifle for normal shots inside 300 yards, I pick the .308.

Pick the Rifle First, Then Pick the Caliber The best deer hunting rifle under $1000 is the Tikka T3x Lite in .308 or 6.5 Creedmoor,

Pick Your Brand Based on How You Actually Hunt For most deer hunters, I would buy a Leupold VX-3HD or VX-Freedom before I bought a

Pick One Scope Setup and Quit Overthinking It The best illuminated reticle scope for deer, for most guys, is a 2-10x or 3-9x with a

Pick One: 3-9×40 or 4-12×40? If you hunt normal whitetail woods ranges, a 3-9×40 is the better choice 90% of the time. If you sit

Pick Your Magnification Like You Pick Your Stand Tree For most whitetail hunting in thick woods, I run 2-7x or 3-9x and keep it parked

Pick One. Here Is My Answer. If you want the safest buy for whitetail hunting under $300, I would pick the Leupold VX-Freedom. If you

Pick One Scope and Quit Second-Guessing It The best rifle scope for deer hunting under $500 is the Leupold VX-Freedom 3-9×40. I run it because

Pick Your Side Before You Spend $129 If you are buying budget binoculars for whitetail hunting, I would take Vortex over Bushnell most of the

Pick Compact Binos That Do Not Swing, Fog, Or Make Noise The best compact binoculars for saddle hunting are 8x or 10x roof-prism binos in

Pick A Side Fast: Maven Or Vortex? If you want the best glass for your money and you can live without walking into any big

Buy 8×42 Roof Prisms, Not Cheap Zoom Glass The best budget hunting binoculars under $150 are 8×42 roof prism bins from a real brand, and

Start With This Call. Morning Cruise Or Midday Cruise. Bucks start cruising during the rut at first light most days, then again from about 10:00

Decide If You Are Hunting Him, Or He Is Hunting You. If a buck keeps showing up just out of range, only in the last

Pick Your Approach: Moon Phase Matters Less Than You Want It To The best moon phase for deer hunting is the one that lines up

Kill the Grass First, Or the Clover Never Gets a Fair Shot If your clover plot is turning into a grassy mess, kill the grass

Pick Your Blend Based on Snow, Browse Pressure, and Your Soil The best brassica blend for late season deer is a simple mix of purple

Spray timing matters more than the brand on the jug. I spray Roundup on food plots when the weeds are actively growing, the forecast gives

Pick A Throw Based On What You Need This Month, Not What Looks Good On A Bag. The best food plot “throw and grow” for

What I Actually Worry About on a Deer Lease Yes, you should care about liability on a deer lease, and yes, you should have it