Recent Content by PolarBoy

I have hunted Carlos Avery NUMEROUS times; I have family that lives a stone throw away from it. When I first started bow hunting, it was almost...

talking from the KIDS perspective: my dad never hunted. my mom never hunted. My father and i were always invited on the annual family deer camp...

it's all relative bud. but if i saw that thing within confident range, it would be in my freezer if i had anything to do with it.

I'll let you know Sunday when I get back to MN this Saturday! Friends/family aren't seeing too much yet from preliminary reports... hopefully...

Everyone has their preferences, and I'm sure people will scuff at this, but I have had very reasonable success calling in deer using a rattling...

I currently live in PA, but my family still lives in MN. I come back to join the annual hunting trip because nothing beats deer camp.

We have a stabile but growing wolf population in northern MN where I hunt, and we have started sighting wolves more and more in recent years. Our...

I have had success in open clearings/fields by food sources within relative proximity. Especially if there is water nearby. I think people refer...

I use decoys as a way to pull deer from out of range, which is why I prefer to use them in set-ups with high visibility. I have noticed that even...

Don't believe it. But I do believe deer get easier to see as the leaves fall and undergrowth fades. Even if I they are out of bow range, just...

I use Scent Killer Gold. Of course wind dictates everything, but I have gotten away with a few down wind deer encounters when I was using it. No...

Mid October onwards, and get louder as the days roll into November.

Awesome, straight-up stud.

Where I hunt, the buck/doe ratio isn't all that favorable. As such, I generally am weary about rattling too early or too loud, fearful that the...

Oct. 28th- Nov.4; Rifle opener in MN is Nov. 5th. Gives me a chance to get into the woods before everything turns blaze orange.