Tag: John E. Phillips

"I saw a really-big 9 point that would probably score 140 and then I saw a monster buck that took ...

The bowman who relies on a blood trail and seeing the animal fall will lose more deer than he ever ...

Most archers try to locate where deer are feeding or a trail where they are moving to and from food. ...

Practice alone doesn’t make a better archer. Just because you’ve been bowhunting for several years doesn’t mean you know how ...

Howard Hill was the first white man to take an elephant with a bow, and did all of the trick ...

“I expect every piece of hunting equipment I own to fail at some time,” notes nationally-known bowhunter Dr. Robert Sheppard ...

Deer hunting with a bow and arrow is the most-exacting sport in the out-of-doors. To consistently be successful, you constantly ...

Part 2: What causes bowhunters to miss bears when the bear is in close? Brown bears are dangerous game. They ...

I decided I would get my hunters as close to the brown bears as I safely could. Then they can ...

When the bear began to move-down the mountain, I positioned myself where I thought he would come, near some grass. ...

The bear was traveling, eating and moving faster than me, even though I’d begun to run. Finally, the bear decided ...

When the time came to hunt, the outfitter took us to a swamp in a helicopter and dropped us off ...

“In the pitch-black darkness of the African night, I knew that the leopard was less than 20-yards away from me ...

While you must remove all bait and deer attractants from the property where you’ll hunt deer in many states at ...

If you’re in the woods scouting for squirrel season, you also can scout for deer. Look for acorns, the squirrels ...

Thanks to modern technology, motion-sensor cameras (trail cameras), deer attractants and deer lures all can help you learn whether there’s ...

Pinpoint where old home places once stood and you may identify the location of the old smokehouse, the old outhouse ...

Thayer compares his hunting strategy to his bass-fishing strategy. “If you're looking for a big bass in a big lake, ...

Once Thayer realized how productive his first 20-acre plot was, he immediately began to look for another small tract. “After ...

Every deer hunter’s dream is having quality private land for him and his family to hunt and manage. In many ...