2017 Visit To A Timber Rattlesnake Den In Massachusetts
Animal World Experience-On a beautiful October day in 2017, I filmed a visit to my favorite Timber Rattlesnake den in
Tips and Tricks When Using a Game and Trail Camera
Find the Right Angle and Face the Camera in North or South Image washout due to sunrise and sunset could make the pictures resolution bad. To ensure the best quality of images, always face the camera in a northerly and southerly direction for less light interference. In this way, the camera can be spared in temperature changing due to sunlight.
I see a lot of does without fawns; did the coyotes kill them?
Not all antlerless deer will have a fawn or fawns when you observe them in the hunting season. Most of the females 2.5 yrs and older will have fawns, but very few yearling females will have fawns (typically less than 15% will breed as fawns: puberty is related to their weight). Again, regardless of predators, only about half of the antlerless deer seen can even have fawns.
After 160 years, a wild gray wolf turns up in Mass
A wild Eastern gray wolf roamed Western Massachusetts last fall before being shot to death on a farm, federal and state officials said yesterday. It was the first wolf confirmed in the state since hunters drove the species out more than 160 years ago
Navy SEAL explains how to survive a bear attack
In this excerpt from 100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition, retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson explains how to survive a bear attack. If you run into a black bear on a mountain trail, be grateful for your good fortune. Compared to polar bears and brown bears, black bears are much less likely to attack.
your quest to kill a turkey with a bow
Whether you’re just getting started in your quest to kill a turkey with a bow, or have been doing it for years, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more challenging critter to shoot than the wild turkey. A turkey’s vitals are tiny. Making matters worse, the super-small vitals are hidden by all the feathers. And the vitals seemingly shift depending on whether or not the bird is strutting. Like I said, they can be a very deceiving target. Here’s a...
Where To Shoot a Turkey with a Bow
Turkeys’ eyesight is absolutely incredible. If they could smell like a whitetail, coyote, or hog, we probably wouldn’t kill any. So, bowhunting for turkeys provides a challenge because getting drawn back can be extremely difficult.
WATCH AS A HUNTER DROPS A COYOTE WITH A 9MM TRACER
When this coyote came into the call, he was expecting an easy meal. Instead he got a 9mm tracer to the head. After missing an easy shot at a standing coyote, these hunters are able to capitalize on a second opportunity. The 9mm tracer ammunition makes this coyote kill shot one of the coolest you’ll ever see.
Finding the perfect turkey roosts can be the difference between a successful hunt and an empty-handed walk
Finding the perfect turkey roosts is something that can be done as late as the morning of a hunt, but it is preferably something that happens during preseason scouting. You should continue to watch the roost and update your information throughout the entire turkey season. There are two distinct parts to finding the perfect turkey roosts; the first is to know what to look for, and the second is actually executing and finding the turkey roosts while using them to your...