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Four Lessons: Hunting Bedding Areas

  • January 19, 2022
  • Bill Winke
  • Hunt Blog
  • 3 Comments
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Because my strategy was so unique this past season, I learned more in 2021 than during most any year I can remember.View post →

My 2021 Buck – Part Three – Tagging the Buck

  • December 13, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Hunt Blog
  • 76 Comments
  • 29 likes
Finally, on November 12, the pieces came together and I was able to tag the buck. Interestingly, I shot him from the same stand where I had spooked him two weeks earlier.View post →

My 2021 Buck – Part Two – The Action Starts

  • December 12, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Hunt Blog
  • 8 Comments
  • 13 likes
After sighting the buck on only my second day, I started hunting him as carefully as possible.  That involved sleeping on the ground near my stands to keep from spooking deer coming and going.View post →

My 2021 Buck – Part One – Solving the Big Riddle

  • December 10, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Hunt Blog
  • 11 Comments
  • 17 likes
Despite a lack of trail cam photos going into the season, I was able to tag my top target buck. Here's how it all came together.View post →

How to Hunt Ridges

  • February 15, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Hunt Blog
  • 9 Comments
  • 14 likes
How to Hunt Ridges
The buck I shot this past season offers a good example of the challenges and opportunities of hunting ridges in bluff country. Mentally it's easy; physically it's hard.View post →

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