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Hand holding phone showing land lines in HuntWise app, hunting maps with property lines concept.
Hunting Tips

Why You Need a Hunting App with Property Lines

By Cody Barhorst on November 24, 2025

Hunting apps can take the guesswork out of hunt planning and improve your strategy in the field. Before you hunt, it's essential to know where you can legally pursue wild game.
Hunter with knives and deer on ground to field dress, know deer anatomy concept.
Deer

How to Field Dress a Deer: A Step-By-Step Guide

By John Gay on November 19, 2025

The quality of your game meat starts from the moment you release an arrow or squeeze the trigger.
Buck deer in back of ATV showing the shot, deer shot placement concept.
Deer

How to Determine the Best Deer Shot Placement

By Cody Barhorst on November 14, 2025

As hunters, we all are chasing that elusive mature buck that we've been getting pictures of for months if not years. However, if you put yourself in the right situation, have a little luck on your side, and your trophy buck walks out in front of you, you're only 75% of the way there.
A hunter uses a deer call, calling bucks concept.
Hunting Tips

Calling Bucks During the Rut: 5 Tips for Success

By Melisa Geleott on November 13, 2025

Calling in a deer is one of the most exciting things you can do as a hunter, especially during the rut. It means you are perfectly positioned and communicating directly with the nearby whitetail.
Deer buck looking over brush with dusting of snow, November deer hunting concept.
Deer

The Year-Round Hunter In November: November Deer Hunting (How to Tag Out)

By Kyle Wilson on November 3, 2025

It is now that magical time of year that every deer hunter waits for: November! The weather is changing, animals are preparing for winter, and deer are active in a late-in-the-year rut season.
Deer skull and antlers on fence, best times to hunt concept.
Best Times to Hunt

Best Times to Hunt: The Ultimate Species-by-Species Guide

By Teri Williams on October 24, 2025

Hunting at the wrong time (or at a less-than-ideal time or at the spur of the moment) can be fun, but it's also likely to leave you heading home empty-handed.
Several geese on the ground after hunt, what is poaching concept.
Hunting Tips

What is Poaching (and How to Report It)

By Teri Williams on October 16, 2025

As ethical hunters, we have a duty to be proactive in the ongoing conservation of all animal species we encounter, as well as the habitats and ecosystems that support them.
Hunter smiles with bighorn sheep after hunt, surplus hunting tags concept.
Hunting Tips

What Are Surplus Hunting Tags (and How to Find Them)

By Teri Williams on October 8, 2025

Missed out on the draw? Sometimes, securing a tag can be one of the biggest hurdles to a hunt, especially during peak application times, when preparing for a hunt on a popular target species or in high-demand zones with intense competition for tags in draw hunts. 
Hunter with buck deer after hunt in front of cooler, hunting whitetail before the rut concept.
Deer

A Guide to Hunting Whitetail Before the Rut

By Cody Barhorst on October 6, 2025

For most people, the beginning of hunting season for whitetails comes with lots of anticipation, and everybody is eager to get out in the woods. However, it's not uncommon for hunters to go out once or twice and get discouraged, so they decide to just not waste their time and wait for the rut to start.
Arrows with deer skull and antlers on truck tailgate, archery season whitetail concept.
Deer

The Year-Round Hunter in October: It's Archery Season, Whitetail Hunters

By Kyle Wilson on October 1, 2025

It's October, which means it is finally that magical time of year for deer hunters! While there are some states whose season openers start in September, most open in October. It's archery season, whitetail hunters!
Bull elk at the edge of a field, elk hunting concept.
Big Game

The Year-Round Hunter in September: Elk and Big Game Hunts

By Alec Pratt on August 28, 2025

What are hunters doing in September? It's time for elk and big game hunts!
Deer feed on the ground, what to put in a deer feeder concept.
Deer

What is the Best Thing to Put in a Deer Feeder?

By Melisa Geleott on August 19, 2025

Whether you're an experienced hunter looking to help condition deer over the harsh winter period with a brand new feeder or a nature lover who enjoys watching these stunning creatures from the comfort of your home, knowing what to load into your deer feeder has a direct impact on the frequency and number of deer visitations on your land.