Through my many years, I have hunted from all sorts of deer stands, everything from a couple of two by fours nailed to a forked tree limb to later in life elevated stands with all the amenities of a ...

Maybe this sounds familiar: you’ve identified a great place to deer hunt, but you can’t quite figure out how to hunt it. Maybe there’s no suitable tree to hang a stand from. Or, a ground blind doesn’t ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. SHELBYVILLE, Ill. • Pat Highley is the proud owner of a deer stand to die for. How many deer stands have you seen, for example, ...

every season, I’ve always felt much more comfortable on the ground. Maybe it’s because I have more success there. Three of the last four whitetails I’ve harvested were from the ground. Or maybe it’s ...

When it comes to ground blinds versus treestands for mature whitetails, the choice for me has always been fairly easy. As in, if there’s any chance a treestand can work at a specific location, 9.9 ...

Two weeks ago, I asked in this column for hunters to share with me their feelings about the use of enclosed hunting blinds for deer hunting. I’ve noticed more of these shooting houses – often equipped ...