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Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Good Mount Begins in the Field

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Good Mount Begins in the Field

Tip of the Week: A Good Mount Begins in the Field
You’ve just taken your best buck ever and you are so excited you can hardly think straight. While you should be on cloud 9 after taking such a buck, you need to think clearly if you plan to have it mounted.
When field-dressing your buck, [...]

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Sighting In

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Sighting In

Tip of the Week: Sighting In
It is absolutely necessary to sight in your deer rifle before you go hunting. You owe it to the deer to make certain your rifle shoots where you point it. Even if you just bought a rifle and the store bore-sighted the gun with a collimator, you still need [...]

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Ammunition

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Ammunition

Tip of the Week: Ammunition
You should shoot a variety of ammunition from your rifle or shotgun to see which works best in your particular gun. Just because a particular brand and grain size works for your buddy doesn’t mean it will work well in your gun.
Once you have found a bullet design and brand [...]

Buckmasters Tip: Ballistics Do not Have to be Complicated

Buckmasters Tip: Ballistics Do not Have to be Complicated

Tip of the Week: Ballistics Do not Have to be Complicated
I like to study ballistics charts because they help me fully understand what my ammunition will do at varying ranges. Most ballistics charts show bullet drop out to 500 yards and include information about crosswind drift.
Such detailed information is extremely helpful, especially if you’re [...]

Buckmasters Tip: Don’t Miss High

Buckmasters Tip: Don’t Miss High

Tip of the Week: Don’t Miss High
Ninety percent of the shots missed at deer are high. If you shoot at a deer and he just stands there looking at you, chances are good that the shot went high. When you get excited about taking the shot, you’re more likely to jerk the trigger, and [...]

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: The Rut is Critical

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: The Rut is Critical

Tip of the Week: The Rut is Critical
One thing every deer hunter should know is the approximate time of the whitetail breeding season in the area he hunts.
The rut is critical becuse this is the time of the season when a mature buck is most likely to move during daylight hours. The buck’s instinct [...]

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Take a Stand

Buckmasters Tip of the Week: Take a Stand

Tip of the Week: Take a Stand
The most effective way to hunt white-tailed deer is to take a stand in a productive spot and just sit there quietly. Mobile stands such as treestands and tripods are practical because they allow you to adjust to deer movements.
Stands work for a number of reasons. We play [...]

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