Dr. Ken Nordberg – MidWest Outdoors https://midwestoutdoors.com Fishing, hunting, helping you enjoy the outdoors Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:56:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Four Things You Need to Know to Take a Big Buck https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/four-things-you-need-to-know-to-take-a-big-buck/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:56:21 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=210298   It has long been the opinion of most deer hunters that certain hunting methods are best for hunting whitetails […]

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]]> Buck Witchcraft https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/buck-witchcraft/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:18:49 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=193231 My first hint about why older white-tailed bucks are so skilled at keeping out of sight of hunters came to […]

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]]> A Twelve-Pointer https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/a-twelve-pointer/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:28:21 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=174058 “Take a look at that antler rub,” I said, pointing ahead. “No small buck made that one,” my son John […]

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]]> A Most Vulnerable Whitetail part two https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/vulnerable-whitetail-part-two/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:35:52 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=113784 Yearlings in the sights Hunting for whitetail deer is one of the most exhilarating of outdoor pursuits. A yearling buck […]

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]]> A Spike Buck as good as a 10-Pointer https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/a-spike-buck-as-good-as-a-10-pointer/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:38:13 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=41219 Spike buck or no buck? Ordinarily, my sons, grandson and I hunt mature bucks only, not a spike buck. We […]

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]]> Moving Quietly: It Isn’t as Easy as it Sounds https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/moving-quietly-it-isnt-as-easy-as-it-sounds/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:27:17 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=41684 Moving Quietly when deer hunting The old “take two steps and stop” routine millions of American still-hunters have been taught […]

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]]> Why You Should Learn to Stand Hunt at Ground Level https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/why-you-should-learn-to-stand-hunt-at-ground-level/ Thu, 17 May 2018 19:11:16 +0000 https://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=39964 Portable tree stands were unknown 50 years ago and stand hunting meant setting up at ground-level. Today, stand hunting usually […]

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]]> How Human Scent Affects Hunted Whitetails part three https://midwestoutdoors.com/hunting/human-scent-affects-hunted-whitetails-part-three/ Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:39:55 +0000 http://midwestoutdoors.com/?post_type=hunting&p=35365 Like every other animal in deer country, wherever a whitetail hunter travels on foot, an invisible carpet of scents marks […]

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