What To Do With Your Deer Antler Sheds

by HuntingFreak
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As deer season comes to a close and winter sets in, a lot of hunters don’t hesitate to start dreaming about next year. That’s just how the hardcore hunter is wired, we can’t help but to dream ahead and start getting anxious about hunting those big bucks again. A great way to keep those juices [...]

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An Interview with John Walton from BigRockTrees.com

by HuntingFreak
Big Rock Tree Nursery

Last winter I sat down with a few friends to hash out some plans to build a better deer habitat. To get started, we decided to purchase some cuttings that we could plant the following spring. Through some online forums like the QDMA, we found that Big Rock Trees was highly recommended. We placed an [...]

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Tips for Hunting Big Bucks

by HuntingFreak
Big Buck Hunting Tips

Hunting deer is both challenging and rewarding. It’s also the reason so many of us love doing it. Like many hunters, when I first started hunting it really didn’t matter how much bone a buck had on its head – it was more about harvesting a buck regardless of its size. Today I choose to [...]

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Barronett Ground Blind Giveaway – Win a Snake Eyes Venom 375 Blind in Mossy Oak Break Up Infinity

by HuntingFreak
Barronett Ground Blind Giveaway

Yesterday you read all about the Barronett Snake Eyes Venom ground blind review. We talked about features and upgrades they made over last year’s model and added plenty of images of the blind. Now you have the chance to win a free Snake Eyes Venom 375 ground blind in Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity. The blind is the top of the line [...]

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Barronett Ground Blind Review – Snake Eyes Venom Series

by HuntingFreak
Snake Eyes Venom Ground Blind Review

We’ve talked before about how effective a ground blind can be for hunting. If you have never hunted from a ground blind, you don’t know what you’re missing. These days we set about as many ground blinds as we do tree stands. We get them out early, brush them in, and hunt them when the [...]

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A Guide to Quickly Sizing up a Buck

by HuntingFreak
Field Scoring Deer

If you thought dealing with manhood shrinkage while cold was bad, try walking up on a downed whitetail buck you swore was a monster – only to see a dink. It’s known as ground shrinkage and it can take the wind out of a deer hunter’s sails quicker than they can say big buck down. In the [...]

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The Basics On Digital Scouting

by HuntingFreak
Digital Scouting for Deer

Not many deer hunters will argue that they would enjoy hunting more if they felt confident that a mature buck was likely to pass their tree stand at any given time. This is where good scouting techniques come into play. Scouting for deer sign has certainly changed over the past several decades. Now we hear [...]

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Frigid Forage Monster Magnet Review

by HuntingFreak
Frigid Forage Food Plot

Planting a food plot for wildgame can be very rewarding. There is nothing like seeing deer feeding on something you have purposely planted for them. Whether it’s to supplement their nutrition, keep them on the property, or to draw them in closer for harvesting intentions – food plots are quickly becoming the norm when it comes to deer [...]

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Deer Hunters Checklist

by HuntingFreak
Deer Hunters Checklist

When it comes to hunting season, deer hunters need every advantage they can get over their elusive prey. This means bringing an array of equipment to help increase their odds of harvesting a deer. Whether it’s extra clothing to stay out longer on a cold day or the new deer scent you wanted to try, forgetting something sucks and [...]

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