Deer

Putting On The Feedbag

As this runs, the rut in the north is, for the most part, finished, but things are still “happening” in the south. For whitetails, this time of year is all about perpetuation of the species and putting on enough weight and fat to survive the winter. Even though bucks cut their food intake for a period surrounding the peak of breeding, does continue “putting on the feed bag” throughout the fall months and into early

Big Game, Deer, Land Management

The “One – Two Punch” puts Antlers on the Ground

What makes a situation seem real to you? If you can hear it, smell it, see it…the more senses we satisfy the more the situation seems real. It’s the same for whitetails. However, our number one affirmation comes from a different sense than your wily rival. For humans it’s our sense of sight that really sells us the reality of a circumstance. For whitetails, as you’ve probably guessed, it’s their sense of smell. Yet still,

Big Game, Deer

Finding the Stand Site That Produced 5 Bucks That All Scored 150 or More

The next year, in 2011, I set up two tree stands in that same tree and took my 15-year-old son, Jake, to hunt there. As fate would have it, the buck Joe White wouldn’t let me shoot the year before started coming toward Jake. My son took that buck. This was his third deer taken with a bow, and his second bow buck. He scored 158 inches P&Y.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Dan Gritzner’s First Pope & Young Buck and the Secret to Finding Big Bucks on Any Property

In 2007, we began to see bigger and better bucks on our property than we ever had seen previously. About then, I started studying aerial maps to find out-of-the-way places on our property where nobody hunted. I looked for a funnel or an edge where no one else had been hunting. I wanted to identify these spots and then determine how to hunt them.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

How Mossy Oak’s Dan Gritzner Grows Trophy Bow Bucks Every Season

In about 2005, we increased the number of does we were taking off the land and started planting corn and soybeans for the deer. We also planted green fields with Mossy Oak BioLogic. We had some CRP property in the club, so we started taking better care of that. We have 240 acres on the farm and an adjoining 600 acres where we have permission to hunt, but we don’t plant any food plots there.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, BioLogic

Family Is What Hunting’s All About

As I remember that hunt, what I remember most is my dad and I in the woods together, trailing that buck, finding him, sharing the experience of taking the biggest deer of my life and dragging out the buck. I guess this is where I learned that the real joy of hunting is spending time with your children and sharing experiences that last a lifetime.

Big Game, Deer, BioLogic, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Bow

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