Deer Hunting 101 – What Do Deer Eat?

Deer, in their natural habitat, do not eat “deer feed” that can be purchased at the feed store. So, left to their own devices, what do deer eat? Deer are herbivores, meaning they only eat plants. While there are plenty of plants in the forest, not all plants provide adequate nutrition for deer. Much like humans, deer have preferences for certain foods and will eat them whenever and wherever they find them. When these foods are not available they will move on to acceptable foods (less nutrition and less tasty, but still acceptable.) If there is a lot of competition from other deer in the area, even these food sources may become depleted and deer will be forced to eat “foods of... [Read more of this post]

Merriam’s & Gould’s Wild Turkey Hunting Suggestions

Confidence, persistence and a lot of patience is what you need in order to harvest such a gobbler. The very first challenge concerning this type of wild turkey is getting close to the bird. As most of you know, Merriam’s usually travel a lot more distance than an Eastern to a call or even a decoy setup. Experienced hunters recommend confidence when calling and paying attention to what these birds might be doing.A friction call is recommended with these birds as they are louder and the sound will carry further in the Western prairies and mountains and that is what you want, the sound to travel great distances. Wild turkey hunters recommend that once you get close to them you should look... [Read more of this post]

Fall Turkey Hunting Fallacies

Here’s how I think we were misled about fall turkey hunting. Back when fall turkey seasons began, none of us really knew how to hunt them. So, out of reflex, we turned to the experts for advice. Of course, most of the experts were turkey calling champions. Their championships won them jobs working public relations for call manufacturers, so by then they were most concerned with gathering a flock of admirers from the less-experienced hunting populace. Truth is, at the time they didn’t have any experience at fall hunting, either When we asked them how to hunt turkeys during autumn, they figured out a way to make calling more important. “Find a flock, scatter it in all directions, and then... [Read more of this post]

AEP Ohio ReCreation Land

For the past few years four of us have trekked to the AEP Recreation lands near Zanesville, Ohio. The land formally (Ohio Powers) was used for drilling and mining and has now been “reclaimed” into a wonderful wildlife retreat. This area now offers all types of outdoor recreation including; fishing, camping, hunting, hiking, and horseback riding. Although there are plenty of campsites, we stay in a little bed and breakfast in McConnelsille. While there are numerous outdoor activities to be enjoyed, our trip is for one purpose; fishing. Fishing the over 300 AEP lakes and ponds is not for the faint hearted. This is fishing in its natural form. There are no boat ramps or docks. We fish... [Read more of this post]

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