Hunters that kill big bucks on a consistent basis have a few traits in common. One of these common traits is focusing on the tiny details, which ultimately stack up and tilt the odds of success in...

There are a lot of different scenarios that explain if deer will return to the same area. The first step is to ask why they left in the first place. Deer leave because of a lack of security, food,...

If you plan on hunting close to a house in Illinois, you should know that you need to be at least 100 yards away from it. Additionally, if you're hunting outside the 100 yard distance, but are still...

To keep a buck coming back, you need to offer him security and food. The things that scare deer and keep them from returning is human pressure, social pressure from other deer, and potential...

The females in the deer herd live on much less land than bucks. Several radio collar studies have shown that a buck’s home range is about 1 square mile (1 section of land), and a does is about half...

You got to be prepared to set a treestand up in the dark. Pick your tree in advance so you know it will work with your equipment. Practice a routine for getting set up in the tree and be familiar...