Use these tips from the top hunting experts in the world to improve your hunting skills. Tips and articles come from Deer & Turkey Expo seminar speakers, as well as other well known hunting professionals.
Correcting Your Full-Draw-Position
by Larry Wise
Many bowhunters don’t have time to take shooting lessons. But we should, because proper preparation can minimize one of our greatest frustrations -- shooting and missing.
Ehrlichiosis? What is it, other than deer tick bad?
by Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson, a Wisconsin-based friend, was bitten by a deer tick while turkey hunting this past season. Soon after, he became painfully aware that deer ticks can give you more problems than just Lyme Disease. This one is called Ehrlichiosis, and it is bad.
You should know about this potential problem, because not enough medical people do yet. If you get it, it may not be properly diagnosed immediately. As Tom notes, there were only eight cases of this in Wisconsin this past year. But that was then and this is now... and it can be assumed that none of the eight enjoyed it.
Shotgun or Muzzleloader: Pros and Cons
by Dave Henderson
* The development of slug loads and slug-shooting shotguns has advanced more in the last 25 years than any other aspect of the firearms industry -- with the possible exception of muzzleloading rifles and loads.
First You Have to Find Him ...
Techniques for locating spring gobblers.
by Gary Sefton
* The two most important tactical problems confronting a turkey hunter when he or she enters the woods are location and location, just like the real estate motto. First you have to find the gobbler, and then locate yourself in a position to take advantage of his location.
Take Cover
by Gary Clancy
* Sometimes the best way, or only way, to roust a wise old buck out of his home thicket is with a decoy and the right tunes on a call or rattling antlers.
