Congratulations trophy whitetail deer hunter; you have found your free online deer hunting guide. This guide is packed full of great, useful deer hunting information you can use to become a successful trophy deer hunter. This is a guide to trophy whitetail deer hunting; deer management, land management, hunting strategies, hunting tips, equipment for hunting, the harvesting and processing of deer, and other very useful deer hunting information. Please check out some of the ads and advertiser links throughout the pages of this web site for more great hunting opportunities and other useful information. Thank you for visiting. Please come back often for new deer hunting information (note articles and stories listed with links - anything with an underline - at the bottom of pages and in "Site map 1"). Enjoy your passion, stay safe, and good luck hunting.
Your Personal Guide To Deer Hunting
My name is Steve Johnson. I was born and raised on a small dairy farm in north-central Minnesota. I was the eleventh child of twelve born to an early 1900 Swedish immigrant who became a carpenter and farmer. My mother, who's parents also immigrated from Sweden, managed our small dairy farm and family as my dad had to travel for his carpentry work. Needless to say, at times food and clothing were challenging items to come by with a family of that size. Whitetail deer hunting was part survival for us as you can imagine. Our dairy cattle were too valuable to depend on for meat. With a large family of twelve, seven girls and five boys, we had to be successful at hunting deer. Venison was a staple food for us starting in the November deer hunting season, and hopefully getting us through the spring if we had had a successful hunting season. My mother had some great venison recipes, so we didn't mind eating a lot of deer meat. I have a great venison jerky recipe that is a favorite in our family. Our dependence on hunting deer for food led us to deer herd management. We hunted the natural predator's of whitetail deer. Back in the 1950's and early 1960's, our state had bounties on these wild animals. The money we collected from these bounties helped offset the cost of raising hunting hounds. But we do live in Minnesota, and sooner or later we are going to have a harsh winter that will effect the population of deer. We never dreamed we could raise food plots and manage forest areas to help with their survival. Now, my passion is to ensure that the deer on and around our farm (yes, after marrying a beautiful local girl, we bought that farm from my brothers and sisters after my parents passed on) have sufficient high quality food (farming activity and food plots), water (spring fed pond, maintain a natural swamp drainage system), and shelter (planting of specific trees, for wind breaks, bedding areas, and small sanctuaries, and other plantings while working with the U.S. forest service). I am now retired from government civil service. I have also had the privilege and honor, of serving my country with more than 23 years of military service. Enough about me, lets get on to our passion.
Our goal is to be your online whitetail deer hunting guide for trophy whitetail deer with accurate, useful, and pertinent information. Our deer hunting guide is about hunting strategies, deer hunting equipment, the harvesting of deer, and an Information guide for whitetail deer hunting. This guide will help to enhance your trophy whitetail deer hunting experience and success as a hunter. As whitetail deer hunters we need to be informed. We should have a good basic understanding of the biology of the deer we hunt. We should know and understand them, the what and why as it applies to deer habits and habitat. We should learn about deer hunting history. By knowing the past we can look to the future. We need to be involved in the management of whitetail deer hunting. Local and state agencies need and want our input. We need to support the politicians and policy-makers who support our hunting values. We must realize and support the economic value of deer hunting. The fee's and taxes we pay as deer hunters are directly related to the quality of our deer hunting. Many rural economies depend on hunters. Manufacture's, local sporting good stores, restaurants, lodging facilities, service stations, and more, depend on deer hunting related sales for a major source of income. We must be ethical hunters. We have no choice. Ethics will and do come into play for us. Within our deer hunting camp rules, and on every hunting trip, we need to honor the rules of fair chase, the humane harvesting of deer, and follow all hunting regulations to the letter of the law. We all need to have a copy to study, and understand our own states D.N.R.'s and fish and game regulations. No exceptions, and no excuses are allowed for breaking game laws. Ignorance is not an excuse, all laws are published and it is the hunters responsibility to know and understand them.
Many trophy deer hunting strategies have been passed on from one generation to another. Some techniques work better then others. Much depends on the topography of the land you, as a hunter, will hunt on, which in turn will dictate what hunting strategy you choose. It's important to know and understand the hunting real estate you own or are privileged to use. Will these hunting areas be readily available to you throughout the year? Can you do the scouting required to find that trophy buck of your dreams? Maybe you'll be hunting real estate that a relative or friend owns. In our great country we have access to vast outdoor public hunting lands and areas that have been purchased and set aside with taxes and hunting fee's. In the area you hunt, you will still need to do your scouting if you want to be a successful hunter. By scouting your hunting area you will learn more about trophy deer sign and deer activity. You'll understand more about whitetail deer food and habitat; how to successfully develop and maintain food plots on your hunting land. Do you do your deer hunting alone? At times you will. Do you hunt with a group of deer hunters? How about guided deer hunts? Maybe a guided deer hunting trip to Montana is in your hunting future, if so you will want to research deer hunting in Montana. Strategies will differ and you need to know what strategy applies to your deer hunting methods.
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Within this deer hunting guide you'll find valuable information about hunting equipment. Your deer hunting equipment needs to match your hunting method and plan. One size does not fit all here. The right hunting equipment and hunting gear is critical to your hunting success and enjoyment. You must consider all your options. What's best for you and will fit your situation. What specific hunting equipment may give you that one minuet, main, vital advantage for a successful trophy deer hunt.
Have you tried hunting deer from hunting blinds? It is a great hunting strategy. What type of firearms will you hunt with? If you hunt with a rifle for example, what caliber should you be using or consider? What bullet weight, in grains, is best to use for your deer hunting situations? Do you need a magnum or does your ego need one? Sometimes it is nice to be the king. What rifle scope should I be using, and how much should I spend on one? But what if your hunting equipment causes you to hesitate or not use a quality deer hunting strategy; i.e., an expensive rifle set-up you won't hunt with in the rain. Or you say to yourself; "I'm not bringing this rifle through that thick, heavy brush, I'll scratch it all up." Now you have missed a hunting opportunity caused by having the wrong hunting equipment at the wrong time. Do you need more than one rifle? Maybe, maybe not; we can help you decide. Expenses and the cost of deer hunting equipment must and should be considered too. Your archery hunting equipment investment may add up and could be considerable if your new to archery hunting; but quality equipment is well worth it and will last. Your choice of firearms; either rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader, pistol, bow or crossbow will or should dictate the type and color content of the hunting clothing you will need. You also have to outfit yourself for the climate you will be hunting in. As a trophy deer hunter you will experience various climate extremes in the outdoors dealing with the weather; warmth, wind, rain, freezing cold, snow, etc., You must be prepared and have quality equipment and accessories. You should have a good daypack that can carry enough needed items like food and water, compass and map or GPS, phone, safety and emergency equipment, and other accessories you will want with you while hunting. You need to continually educate yourself and mentor young hunters. Young deer hunter's need to attend hunter education classes and pass proficiency tests before going field to hunt whitetail deer. Also, new products are developed and introduced throughout the year that will add to your equipment needs, wants and desires.
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To successfully harvest whitetail deer year after year a deer hunter should become a serious student in the art and skill of hunting deer. As your deer hunting guide, we'll help you to educate yourself and learn about the whitetail deer and how to hunt them. You'll enjoy hunting more, and will become a better hunter and sportsman. When that moment comes -- and it will -- that you have the opportunity to harvest a trophy whitetail deer (and every deer is a trophy to someone), take a deep breath, relax, and calm yourself. Pick a spot so your shot placement on that buck or doe will ensure a quick and humane kill. Soon; you will be into the field care, gutting your deer, and then the processing of your trophy whitetail deer; then its into your kitchen for some favorite venison recipes for all to feast on. Try some of our great venison recipes; venison potato sausage, venison stew, make your own venison summer sausage, venison chops, venison chili, venison crock-pot roast, venison tenderloin and wild rice soup, venison tenderloin tips, venison meatloaf, venison green bean casserole, and every ones favorite venison jerky. I have a great recipe for a venison dry rub for when grilling. Also; please try my venison marinate, you'll love it!
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Use this link to site map 1 for some great deer hunting stories about harvesting trophy deer and other great deer hunting information and links for the whole web site. Please check out Art's Trophy Whitetail Buck, Brad's Buck, Gary's Buck, Zack's Buck, and Emma's First Deer , for a good read.
In our deer hunting guide site, check out our information guide to research information about deer hunting that will be useful and informative for you and your situation. Click on this link for information to individual states D.N.R's and Canadian provinces for hunting information and regulations. Our information guide will be updated often with articles you can easily link to for valuable insights and more hunting tips you can put to use. In fact; bookmark this web site for quick reference and come back often for new, useful and pertinent information. It doesn't matter what your trophy whitetail deer hunting experience is. All of us can learn a new thing or two about hunting deer. The deer hunting book of knowledge is not complete. In the near future (mid 2009), I will write and publish an online e-book that you will be able to purchase through this web site at a very reasonable price (less then a couple delivered pizzas). You can then then download this e-book on your computer, laptop, and/or print it out if you want. Then; you will be able to take this book, packed full of facts about deer hunting, deer behavior, equipment, tactics and strategies, and other useful hunting information and hunting tips, with you to your hunting camp or on your hunting trips for great reference or just good camp reading. I will periodically update the material; and offer revised editions at little or no cost to those who have already purchased the e-book. This e-book will be much more detailed, filled with more facts, tips, references, recipes and just be fun to read. By reading and studying this book and web site guide; you will be a better informed deer hunter. Your deer hunting situational awareness will be more acute. This deer hunting guide will help you with the knowledge and confidence you will need to become a better whitetail deer hunter. Check out my live hunting video on field dressing a doe I harvested while archery hunting, October of 2006; it will help any deer hunter, new or old, with one of the few unpleasant aspects of harvesting a whitetail deer. Gutting a deer is the initial phase of deer processing. Done right; it is easy, can be done quickly, and it doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience. Soon, in the near future, I will publish another deer hunting video of field dressing a deer; this time with better camera angles. I'll even slow down a little too, OK?
I also have a great article about a disabled young neighbor of ours who lost both lower legs in a corn chopping farming accident in September of 2007. This young man was only 19 years old when it happened. Later that fall I guided and mentored this young man for a week as I helped him rifle hunt for deer around his fathers farm. He seen quiet a few deer, but never harvested one as he wanted a trophy buck. In 2008, I have made a special effort to help him hunt deer again; this time starting in the archery season. Within this article you will find valuable information about deer hunting with physical disabilities. If you are a disabled, work to continue your passion of deer hunting. You'll enjoy the rewards and it is great therapy for those around you and in your deer hunting camp.
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One of our goals in this comprehensive deer hunting guide is to help educate you so that you may attain that deer hunting experience you so dream of and long for. One of the ways I hope to do this is by making deer hunting videos; hunting videos that are educational. I will update and add hunting information and hunting tips as I learn them. By coming back and reviewing our hunting guide you will be able to pick up many more great hunting tips (did an old-timer, grandfather, dad or uncle ever mention chewing on pine needles to mask breath odor....or if hunting in cattle and farm country, go ahead, step in that cow pie (cow shit)....in fact....both feet please!). Just one hunting tip may allow you to fool that weary trophy buck -- imagine a 10 or 12 pointer, 150 point plus, walking into your shooting range.........just maybe....
As whitetail deer hunters, we are always in need of new deer hunting products; especially hunting equipment and hunting clothing. We are proud to show the world our hunting passion. We were baseball caps that display our deer hunting passion. We like the look of wearing a camouflage jacket out in public. I enjoy wearing top quality hunting gear, or hunting clothing that says: "I'm a deer hunter; I'm rugged, and I spend a lot of time in the wild. I don't do tea, and I don't snuggle".
Most of the time we have to budget for our hunting needs and desires. Here is a thought that works well for me and my hunting family; I buy deer hunting gifts for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries. These are just a few dates that we can fuel our passion and share it with others. You can also give family and friends a list of your own hunting needs for these special dates.
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