Each summer, I begin preparing for the fall elk season by trying to get in shape. Every year, the task seems to get a little harder; especially since I am from the East where the trails are as flat as pancakes and the air is full of oxygen that my lungs enjoy breathing in. Out West where I elk hunt, the trails are steep and the air is thin which makes hunting very ...
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A few years ago, I wrote a journal entry about the small cabin I built in Northern Michigan. This humble cabin was built on a small river with two purposes in mind. I wanted a place for my friends and I to go to hunt, fish, and do several outdoor-related activities. I also wanted a retreat destination for my family. The problem is families need a few more amenities when t ...
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My cousins, Wyatt and Mitchell Wikman, couldn’t possibly be off to a better start on their outdoor lifestyle, thanks to their parents, family, and relatives. For these two boys, Saturday mornings are spent in front of the Outdoor Channel watching my hunting ventures, rather than Elmer Fudd and the millions of other cartoons. This past w ...
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The 10th annual Texas Deer Association convention will take place on August 21 to August 23rd in San Antonio, Texas. One of the highlights of this convention is the antler contest - I serve as chairman of the scoring committee. Although most deer are scored at the convention, I have had the opportunity to tape several large bucks early in August. On August 1st, I traveled ...
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The month of August has always been the foreboding month to something big. A time when hunting season is only weeks away, hunters are snatching new gear for opening weekend, and the fall season sales at outdoor retail stores are through the roof. Let me introduce you to the 2008 Bass Pro Shops Fall Classic. This past weekend was a stellar time to ...
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As fall rapidly approaches, bowhunters scramble to tune their equipment and fling hundreds of arrows to sharpen their technique. For with autumn, the archery season comes and along with it, the excitement that hunting archers live their lives for.
Fall is the traditional time of harvest. A time when a person enters the forest to stock the family larder for the long winter, which ...
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This spring, I implemented a food plot testing ground in my back yard, which paralleled my mother’s garden. With a little bargaining and schmoozing I was able to talk my mother into letting me ‘borrow’ a chunk of soil so I, too, could plant some goods! My plot wasn’t for eating, canning, or selling, but rather an observation experiment for "Wik’s World Outdoor ...
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Since we're deep into the off-season, I thought I'd post an account of one of the most memorable hunts I've ever been on. It took place the first days of August almost 3 years ago today... I was on the trail of Boone & Crockett that weekend. I thought every kid who grew up hunting in my area of southeast Texas dreamt about making the record books. I know I sure did. The B& ...
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As Hurricane Dolly developed strength in the Gulf of Mexico, my fishing companion, son-in-law Paul Ede, and I traveled south 200 miles to fish the bays around Padre Island. Upon our late afternoon arrival on the 21st, we found Josh and his dad Steve, owners of Xtreme Outdoors, pulling their boats from the water in order to prepare for the storm. Following a successfu ...
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One of the most highly anticipated summer events for Texas deer hunting advocates is the Texas Trophy Hunters Extravaganza, which took place in San Antonio during the second weekend in July. My wife Jan and I made a short day of it attending the popular event. A byproduct of the Texas Trophy Hunters Association, the extravaganza has expanded over the years to as far away a ...
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The old phrase, “Practice makes perfect,” is one not to be forgotten. Whether it’s studying schoolwork for a major exam, interviewing a high position job or simply the time spent in the field, improving your archery skills to a higher level takes perfect practice. As we all know or have found out, there are no scripts or guidelines in the deer or ...
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As Karen and I chatted about the 1999 bowhunting season, I was struck with a profound realization that changed the course for the rest of my bowhunting career. On the opening day of the second shotgun season, I called in a 5-point buck using a doe in heat bleat. My arrow hammered the young whitetail at fifteen yards while it scanned the landscape looking for the needy female who had becko ...
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Bowhunting a big, black bear from a treestand, 15-yards from its dining area, can be a tremendous thrill. Now, move the bowhunter to the ground, and just to spice it up a bit, put him in a wheelchair. Throw in a 300-pound Pope and Young class bear that seems to have no fear of danger and you have one thrilling scenario. Set that hunt in the far reaches of pristine northern Manitoba, just ...
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Since the theme of my wildlife
consulting business is to work with, not for, people, I have a rather
large number of friends associated with my business. One of my good friends is Dwight Belicek,
ranch manager for the McCall 501 Ranch located south of Uvalde. Dwight’s objective is to develop high quality
bucks on the expansive landholding he manages, so I spend ...
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A couple weekends back, I hosted the first ever White Knuckle Video School here in Iowa . After it was all said and done, I’m exhausted – but it was so worth it! We had a mix of current team members, new team members, and guys who were just interested in learning more about the world of video. Overall, judging from the feedback I’ve received, it was a big success; and ...
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With the heat of summer upon us many people forget about the
importance of scouting for the upcoming fall.
This is the time of year when the bucks in your area are the most
relaxed and the most visible. Often
times hunters will wait until September to glass fields looking for bucks. By the time September rolls around, most of the
bucks have shed their velvet and have ...
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It was 104 degrees in Jacksonville Florida during the Southern Trophy Hunters Big Buck Expo but that didn't keep folks from coming to the event. Lee and Tiffany Lakosky and Stan Potts were headliners in the Muzzy Hunting Camps and OEI Properties Land Camps.
Mike DiSario put together a panel of experts for the OEI Properties' Land Camps to discuss everything fr ...
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It’s the time of year again.
Bowhunters are starting to tinker with their gear to prepare for fall. I tweak my arrows on a regular basis. After all, it’s the arrow that gets the job
done. Building and tuning arrows has become
easier than it was ten or twenty years ago.
Small broadheads combined with a fall away rest on a bow us ...
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Turkey
season has come and gone, but I decided to do a journal entry on one of my late
season turkey hunts. In Michigan and much of the Midwest ,
the turkey season is open until the end of May.
While many Michiganders and Midwest
turkey hunters prefer hunting turkeys during the early season (usually the last
two weeks of April), I enjoy hunting t ...
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Sporting clays has started and we have been getting good turn-outs. We have replaced 6 of the throwers with new ones and gravel has been placed down around the shooting area!
Sporting Clays is every wednesday night from 4pm until dark. We have been grilling food having great time!
We have been working with Pheasants Forver on a native grass restoration area. We planted 30 a ...
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