by John E. Phillips | Feb 17, 2020 | Fishing
As winter begins to fade and water temperatures begin to rise, crappie anglers know that the spawning season is approaching. Knowing when crappie spawn, pre spawn crappie locations, and how to catch them while they are spawning will have you filling your ice chest...
by John E. Phillips | Nov 23, 2019 | Hunting
One of the most effective deer calls to lure big bucks within bow or gun range, in Texas and the Midwestern states, is rattling antlers. Because of the vast amount of open land, the deer there can hear you from a long way off, and you can see them coming. Although the...
by John E. Phillips | Oct 23, 2019 | Hunting, Wildlife Management
Planting a green field doesn’t guarantee that you’ll take a buck on it. Some produce high-quality bucks every season, while others rarely if ever even yield a buck. What factors make hunting food plots great, and what makes them a waste of time and money? ...
by John E. Phillips | Oct 7, 2019 | Hunting
“He was the biggest buck I’d ever seen in my life,” a hunting friend told me when I met up with him in the woods. “The buck had at least 22 inches between his main beams and had well over 12 points on his non-typical rack, but somehow he smelled me. Although I’d taken...
by John E. Phillips | Oct 7, 2019 | Hunting
Since I always took all three of my children to hunting camps with me, one of the requirements I had about joining a hunting lease was that it have a house or a cabin where my children and I could stay whenever we went there to hunt or fish. I also wanted to know...
