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  • Holding deer on your land

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine  Holding deer on your land By Steve Bartylla It didn’t exactly start off as a good afternoon for bowhunting. With the November temperatures in Schuyler County, Ill., hovering in the low 70s, I figured most of the rut activity would be taking place…

  • Deer Habitat is key

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine   A Needle in a Haystack   By Steve Bartylla In an instant, I went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. I’d watched the huge 10-pointer for about 10 minutes while the doe he followed stood in my shooting…

  • Big Woods Bucks

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Big Woods big woods bucks By Steve Bartylla As the big woods buck stood on the ridge, nose held high, it inhaled the alluring odor of the estrous scent I had placed well above its reach. It took several steps forward and began…

  • Alberta Whitetails

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine By Steve Bartylla When hunters go to Alberta to chase whitetails, they expect to be in for a good hunt. Tom Nitterour was no exception. Though he’d hunted with a rifle for 16 years, this was only his second year of bowhunting. Having…

  • Best stand locations

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Best stand locations How to Attack New Hunting Property – Part 2   By Steve Bartylla In part 1 of this article, I wrote about the initial stages of setting up to hunt a farm for Schuyler County, Illinois’ Sugar Creek Outfitters. You read about the…

  • Hunting bedding areas

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Hunting bedding areas Scoring in Bedding Areas – By Steve Bartylla BOWHUNTING WORLD October 2006 Scoring in Bedding Areas by Steve Bartylla Is Hunting Bedding Areas Too Risky? Not When You’re Armed With The Right Tactics I was in a jam. Intending to…

  • Bowhunting Tactics That Deliver Trophy Bucks

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Bowhunting Tactics That Deliver Trophy Bucks See larger image Share your own customer images I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon. 19 used & new from $11.40 See All Buying Options Have one to sell? Sell yours here Tell…

  • Using aerial maps and topos

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Using aerial maps and topos Between working as a consultant for outfitters and scouting properties for my own hunting endeavors, I can honestly say that nothing helps me locate killer stand sites as much as aerial photos and contour maps. They can tell…

  • Best New York food plot for deer

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Best New York food plot for deer Best New York food plot for deer is part of a comprehensive property plan.  It helps move the deer in a manner we can hunt without detection, and our 3 questions quiz will let you know…

  • Food plots for grouse

    → Get a FREE soil test at Elk River Turf & Tine Food plots for grouse   Food plots for grouse are highly effective for concentrating birds while you hunt.  The easiest and most effective Food plots for grouse are clover along logging trails or man made trails in the woods.  Grouse are edge creatures, much…