Jeff's Deer Blog
Mature Buck StrategiesImportant Whitetail Peak Rut Sit Strategy
If you value your annual whitetail rut time like I do, you will find it highly important to manage your daily sit opportunities, during the Peak Rut. One of the greatest daily treestand activities is to hunt stand locations that are designed for either morning, afternoon or all day specific sit opportunities.
Mature Buck StrategiesWindy Weather Whitetail Rut Strategies
During windy weather whitetails will still be on the move, but that doesn't mean that you should climb into your favorite wind-blasted treestand. Instead, when the wind pics up during the rut or any other time of the hunting season, choosing a stand where deer can escape the wind, can yield a great deal of windy weather success.
Mature Buck Strategies3 Whitetail Rut Habitat Hotspots
Dominance, does and water combine to create the holy triad of whitetail rut habitat hotspots! You can use those ingredients to create 3 sure-fire rut setups that can't be missed this season.
Bowhunting TacticsAll Day In One Treestand: Waste of Time?
As as the decades of deer hunting tick by, I find that my number of sits that are all day in one treestand, are less and less. While sitting in one tree for the entire day sounds cool on paper and may be a great way to impress your hunting buddies, the practice may not be the best use of your time, as often as you think.
Mature Buck StrategiesImportant 2017 Whitetail Rut Alert - Are You Ready?
In the North 1/2 of the Country, whitetail rut activities will begin in full force, this week! Like every other rut, the 2017 rut will begin soon and end quickly. It is important to make sure that you do not miss the beginning, because there are exceptional days in every phase of the rut!
Mature Buck StrategiesTop 5 Whitetail Rut Stand Locations
The top rut stand locations all have one thing in common and it may not be what you think! While food sources, bedding areas, staging areas, cruising funnels and waterholes can all be a great spot to tag a cruising buck during the rut, they will never a be a top spot if your hunting pressure has not been managed.
Mature Buck Strategies2017 Critical Pre Rut Whitetail Forecast Alert
Next week will go down as one of the best Pre Rut weeks in a very long time! The whitetail forecast in most areas, shows nearly a 30 degree drop in temperatures in a 5 to 6 day period and those days of the Pre Rut just can't be missed! Are you ready?
Mature Buck Strategies365 Day Trail Cam Rut Forecast
What does having a trail cam in your favorite location, tell you about the rut forecast? A lot, and believe it or not the off season days can tell you more about when to hunt this year's rut, than you may realize!
Mature Buck StrategiesFirst Sit For Whitetails Strategy
The power of a first sit for a mature buck, may be the single greatest whitetail hunting strategy that you can practice. For decades writers have discussed the undeniable potential when you create first sit opportunities however, a successful first sit requires more than just climbing into your favorite stand for the first time.
Trail CamerasBest Ways To Access Trail Cameras
If you don't access your trail cameras in a way that keeps you from spooking deer, then changes have to be made. There are several practices that are best for accessing your trail cameras but regardless of the method, they have all have one thing in common: The deer shouldn't be aware, that your camera is there.
Mature Buck Strategies5 Signs You Are Over Scouting Public Land For Whitetails
Scouting public land for whitetails really doesn't have to be that difficult. Scouting smarter is worth far more then scouting longer. I've experienced that it is easy to over complicate your scouting efforts, in particular when it comes to public land whitetails.
Mature Buck StrategiesMock Scrapes For Bucks That Work
Creating mocks scrapes for bucks that actually work, couldn't be any easier! Using a vine, a few feet of rope and a rake, you can make a mock scrape that works immediately, often and if located correctly, can easily define and strengthen your favorite line of deer movement.