Category: Games Calls & Decoys

Bringing deer to the stand is the key to a successful hunt. The old classic is corn, and the use of heavy and often expensive feeders. This is great, but can be illegal to use in some states. Plus, corn is almost always eaten by birds, squirrels, hogs and more. A good deer attractant will…

If you want to take down a wild boar, using bait or lures is by far the best way to do it. Boars are omnivores and will eat nearly anything edible they can find. The good news for you is that this means finding a suitable bait to lure one in shouldn’t be too hard.…

The art of using a double reed duck call is a sensitive one. A double reed duck call needs to produce a low raspy call. The call needs to be capable of producing a loud but realistic call. This is what distinguishes a good call from the rest of the junk. A good call also…

Hunting coyotes is one of the most fun and exciting hunts you can do in North America. Coyotes are ravenous scavengers that put small children and animals at risk every day. but hunting coyotes is also a challenge—they are cautious creatures that are also cunning and quick. A decoy makes it possible to draw a…

Coyote are very elusive predators, which means that any hunter who wants to bring one into range of their rifle is likely going to have to use some form of bait. But you can’t just put any kind of bait out there that you think a coyote will like and then sit down and wait…

Grunt calls are either one of the most deadly tools in the deer hunter’s arsenal or one of the most useless. We are going to presume that you live in Texas or the Midwest where such tools are most commonly used, and not like our long suffering author who is presently reduced to scouring the…

Baiting deer is a common practice that is legal in a great many states. Some allow it during hunting season, others require ending any baiting prior to the opening of hunting season. Some even encourage it as a way to help thin deer overpopulation. Whatever the reason, baiting is a great way to bring deer…

The purpose of deer feeders is to attract a deer to a specific location for either hunting or viewing related purposes. So, regardless of whether you would like to be keep the deer who graze out of your garden or are out deer hunting and want to attract a big buck near your tree stand,…

Snow geese are curious creatures. They are certainly in the goose family, but they are a separate beast when it comes to calling. Snow geese are noisy and loud, and they make distinct calls, and probably have the most variation of sounds in the goose family. This is why a good call is so important.…

If you want to bag a duck or two on your next hunt, a motion duck decoy will only make the job significantly easier. Even if it’s hard to conceive, real ducks really do fall for decoys when they see them moving realistically in their water. When hunting for any kind of waterfowl, you want…