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 ...
All NEW podcast out Monday, November 9th Do you like hunting, fishing, hiking or any aspect of being outside? If the answer is yes you’ll LOVE this new podcast. The Outpost is an Appalachian-centric podcast devoted to telling the stories of the region and it’s natural wonders. This ...
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 ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL Here we are in mid-October, and bow season is off and running. Right about now is when we start to hear hunters talk about the lack of sightings of deer. Many hunters call this period the October lull. If one believes in the “lull” then they believe ...
As the weather has begun to shift, I’ve begun sleeping with my deck window open. The last few days I’ve been awoken by a familiar sound that's been missing the last few months: The short series of quacks of a mallard down on Cheat Lake. While it’s been incredibly nice to hear that ...