COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL In October 2019, I wrote about the deer problem on Staten Island. Actually, I wrote about the huge money that Mayor Bill de Blasio has […]
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OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Consider cutting down the doe population and donating that meat to Hunters Helping the Hungry
It’s Christmas Eve, which means we hunters have a week to get the last deer of the season in West Virginia. Maybe you have an unspent tag waiting to be […]
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Backstrap for Thanksgiving dinner
In my mind, it’s hard to choose what’s the best cut on a deer – the backstop or tenderloin. Either way, both are loins – backstrap is just the word […]
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: We’ve seen a lot of nice bucks on social media, use that to remember why we want better buck management in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The rut is in full swing, which means a lot of our social media feeds are going to be flooded with pictures of big bucks. Those gripping […]
A 10-point with a TenPoint: The story of buck No. 1
PENNSBORO, W.Va. – It seemed almost scripted as the 10-point buck walked out of the woods to our left. Scripted in the sense that this was my first time taking […]
SAMUEL: Some bucks rut hard, some don’t
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL If you are like me, you’ve always assumed that the older bucks chased does during the rut while the younger guys stayed out of the […]
OUTDOOR NOTEBOOK: Some of our luck is about to change in the deer woods
I squinted my eyes, trying to see movement through the briar-laden thicket as I heard a lot of noise coming off to my left side. I locked my trigger into […]
SAMUEL: Knowing the science behind whitetails can make you a better deer hunter
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL I’m a scientist … and a bowhunter. For 30 years, I used my doctorate in wildlife biology as a basis to teach college students at […]
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Deer season isn’t just a time to fill our tags, it’s also time to experiment with recipes
Before I was deep in the rabbit hole of the whitetail hunting world, I was exploring how to cook healthy and consistently delicious meals. I remember leaving my house in […]
COLUMN: What to know about deer and EHD
In two months, we’ll start to hear hunters talking about epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) killing deer. EHD is a sometimes fatal disease in ruminants, most importantly white-tailed deer. This […]
