Pick Knee High Rubber Boots That Stay Put, Not Just Boots That “Say Waterproof”. The best knee high rubber boots for swamp hunting are 16-inch

My Take in Plain Words. No, rubber boots do not eliminate scent. They cut ground scent some, but your biggest scent problem is still your

Pick Boots That Stay Warm While You Walk, Not Just While You Sit. The best rubber boots for cold weather deer hunting are the ones

Pick One Based on How You Actually Hunt If you want the most “real blind” for late season sits and kids, I pick the Barronett

Pick a Brush-In Kit That Matches Your Cover, Not the Package Photo. The best ground blind brush in kit is the one that matches what

Pick One Right Now Based on How You Hunt. If you want the most solid blind for bowhunting the rut in farm country, I take

Pick One Goal Before You Place the Blind, Or You Will Be 30 Yards Off. The best ground blind placement for morning hunts is on

Pick the Right Stand, Not the Highest Stand The best two person ladder stand for hunting with kids is a wide, solid, quiet steel stand

Pick One. Here Is My Call. If you want the safer, more forgiving hang-on for uneven trees and all-day sits, I pick the Millennium M150.

My Take After 20+ Years Of Getting Winded Activated carbon hunting clothing works a little, sometimes, but it will not save you from bad wind

Make the Call Right Now: Unscented Shower or “Wipe Down” The best way to shower before a hunt without adding scent is to use a

Pick a Simple Scent System You Will Actually Use. The best scent control system for bow hunters is a clean base layer, rubber boots, a

How Long Human Scent Really Lasts Out There Human scent can hang around in the woods for 30 minutes or for 3 days. It depends

Pick a Real Scent-Free Detergent and Stop Chasing Magic. The best scent control laundry detergent for hunters is a true unscented, dye-free detergent like Dead

My Answer After Wasting Money On Scent Stuff. No, I do not think the Ozonics HR500 is worth the money for most whitetail hunters. If

Why Rattling Scares Deer Away Most of the Time Rattling scares deer away because most guys rattle too loud, too long, and at the wrong

How Loud Should You Rattle for Deer? I rattle just loud enough that a buck inside 150 yards can hear it, but not so loud

Real vs Synthetic Rattling Antlers, Here Is My Take For most hunters, real antlers win for sound and realism, but synthetic wins for weight, consistency,

Does the Primos Deer Call actually work, or is it just noise? Yes, a Primos deer call can work, but only if you use it

Store It Airtight or It Is Trash I store deer scent in the original bottle, inside a sealed zip bag, inside a small hard case,

Will Apple Flavored Mineral Attract More Deer, Or Is It Just For You? Apple flavored mineral does not attract more deer because it is “apple”.

Pick a Spot That Deer Will Hit in Daylight, Not Just at Midnight The best deer mineral lick location is 20 to 80 yards off

The Setup That Actually Works (And Why I Quit Overthinking It). A mock scrape dripper setup that actually works is a simple 5-gallon bucket dripper

Put the Camera Where the Deer Feel Safe, Not Where You Want the Photo I set my trail camera 10 to 25 yards off the