Our View Outdoors
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Foraging for Dinner – Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms
Although frost tints the morning leaves the mushroom hunt continues. A secret oak grove harbors chicken of the woods aplenty. We love the simple flavor of this fungi. It’s bright colors are easily noticeable when foraging and aren’t easily mistaken for any other mushroom. No crazy trip or death march here. Just a great homemade…
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Archer’s Edge: Feeders & Trail Cameras
Feeders are a great way to manage the deer population on your land and effectively grow the bucks you want. By using cameras at these feeder sites it can also aid in observing the growth and deciding which deer meet your criteria for harvest. Feeding throughout the seasons is crucial in proper maintenance of the…
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Archer’s Edge: Finding Your Range
Its first week of hunting season and you have a buck standing broadside at 60 yards. Is this the right time to question if you can make the shot? By the time hunting season approaches you, the archer, should be comfortable and accurate at shooting 10-15 yards past your maximum range. If able, taking the time…
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Archer’s Edge: Scouting Your Vantage Point
Hunting season is right around the corner but it’s never too early to scout and place your tree stands. Finding signs of deer is only one aspect of scouting for the perfect tree. Although we would all like to have that mystic location that the deer always come to it is more important to be prepared…
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Hunting Camp Basics
Hunting camp can be as critical to the success of your hunt as a bullet or an arrow. Minor inconveniences can be overcome but major obstacles can dampen, or even end, your hunting trip. If hunting with others the obstacles can be magnified and escalate quickly. There are many different types of camp along with…
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Archer’s Edge: Take Your Best Shot
Standing 20 yards downwind from an archery target pulling back arrow after arrow might be excellent practice in the off season but when it comes down to crunch time the game has to be elevated. Varying your shooting style to more accurately depict the circumstances you’ll encounter on the hunt will help to increase your…
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Goose, Goose, Bacon!
Growing up there were many jokes about sky carp – I mean geese. The funniest joke was about the recipe for canning geese. After hunting you take the goose to your neighbors to offer up – neighbor after neighbor they keep saying no. This is when you get back home and (trash) can the goose.…