Posts Tagged ‘harvesting’

Written By: Mason Payer “I can’t be the first one to give up, but what are we doing?” This was the thought that ran through my head as I pushed my bike and trailer up the steep dirt grade. Myself, my brother Graham and our hunting partner Derrek “Butters” Butterfield were only half a mile [...]

Written By: Chef John McGannon George and the draw After pursuing nature’s harvests for the past four decades, June 2010 will go down as one of the most exhilarating times for me as a hunter. The ritual of applying for all of the western states starts in January and runs through June. For those of [...]

Written By: Rob Dunham When my partner James Brion, the president of Magnum Hunt Club, told me we should film a moose hunt in the Yukon Territory, I was all ears. We needed content for Nosler’s Magnum TV, and moose hunts always make for a great show. Thinking about where to go for a trophy [...]

Written By: Jim Kinsey A large figure moved through the small stand of jackpines nearly 300 yards away as Jana and I peered intently at the ghostly shape. My fingers still cold from the crisp clear morning begged for warmth from the sun, which still lay hidden by a large mountain to our east. Slowly [...]

Having some basic survival equipment with you at all times can not only keep you comfortable in the woods, it can keep you alive. It is highly unlikely that you would become so lost that you could never be found, but it is possible that you could become lost or injured and have to survive [...]

This is the equipment that makes the difference between going hunting and going for a hike. Adding this hunting specific equipment to the clothing and survival gear from part I and II will complete the gear ensemble that you need to be an effective and efficient hunter. Rifle You wouldn’t be hunting if you didn’t [...]

The choice of when to go hunting is constrained by when hunting season is actually open. Deer season can last anywhere from just a few days to a week or more. In some cases, choosing when to hunt means choosing between first or second season as deer season is often divided up into two or [...]

Choosing a location to hunt requires the hunter to consider a variety of factors. Depending on the options available, one may choose to hunt public or private land, close to home or far away, in the same spot every year or in various hotspots. The number and or quality of deer in a certain area [...]

Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement. More important than caliber, bullet weight, velocity, or energy, shot placement is the most important consideration if you seek to quickly and humanely take deer. Proper shot placement will always guarantee quick, clean, one-shot kills. Knowing where to place your shot requires you to know which organs to target, [...]

Shooting a deer in the field is much different than shooting targets at the range. In the field, the distance to the target isn’t at exact intervals, the deer won’t hold still for long, and there are no benches. The basic fundamentals of marksmanship still apply just as they do on the range, but it [...]

Field dressing refers to the gutting and skinning of the game that you have harvested. Field dressing is the first step involved in preparing your game for butchering and ultimately consumption. Proper meat care is absolutely imperative if you desire to have good tasting, healthy meat from your deer. Once you have killed an animal, [...]

There is another way to field dress deer that has come to be known as the gutless method. The gutless method is just that, it eliminates the need to remove the intestines and internal organs from the deer. Rather than starting on the inside and working out, as in traditional field dressing, with the gutless [...]