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 we use to refer to the length of the two top loins on a deer that run along the spine – and provide delicious meals if done ...
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 and grinning have either been watching those big boys for a long time or got lucky that it crossed into their shooting lanes, but ...
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 out the Wicked Ridge RDX-400 that TenPoint Crossbow Technologies loaned me, the first time I had hunted with my brother on his ...
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 way. And you probably felt that some of the oldest bucks were tougher and feistier than other bucks, and because of their ...
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 my D-loop as my nerves began to flare, waiting for what I presumed to be my target 8-point buck, Charlie, to walk 10-yards into my shooting ...
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 West Virginia University. Some of my course teachings covered the latest science on white-tailed deer, and I had graduate ...