en-us http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal.aspx?id=30 10 Journals http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=901 April is already here.. can you believe it!? This past winter has been one of the longest and toughest I've ever endured here in the Midwest. With more than 100" of snow since January first and bitter temperatures even today, the second of April! The good news however, a longer Spring will mean m... 4/7/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=853 I married a first grade teacher in July of 2007. Every year she has me physically write down my New Years' resolutions onto a piece of notebook paper and stick them on the refrigerator for the whole world to see, or just anybody in my kitchen. She believes that by doing this, I will be subconsciousl... 1/7/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=817 My morning hunt was over on November 10th, 2007 much earlier than it usually falls this time of year. With little activity throughout the morning I sprang loose of my tree perch well before the usual time slot. By 9:30 a.m. I was already in the process of moving the stand I was in all morning a mere... 11/19/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=796 Sometimes it seems that chasing a wise ole' woods savvy whitetail really can take a toll on the human mind. It is only the end of October and these creatures of habit and deceit have got me chasing my tail like a wounded dog. I have been hunting this bow season for nearly 7 weeks now. I've mana... 10/28/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=76 The Illinois archery deer season starts rather soon. Will this 2005 season mark triumph or defeat? Will this, my tenth, full season on deer stand, hinder the results of countless hours in observation of a farm I know well? Maybe the owner sells for the progress of homes, and I see no rut hunt this y... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=132    Exactly sixteen days have already passed into my whitetail deer season 2005. At this time last season I already had numerous shots at animals, and a buck in the freezer. So what is happening to me this year!? Where have all the deer gone!?    With the onset ... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=152 October 22nd, 2005… a day that will live in infamy. Or at least a day that will live in memory for my overwhelmingly terrible season thus far.               I entered my home amongst the trees promptly at 5:40 a.m. and sat dreamin... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=204            What completes a good or even great deer hunter? His ability to adapt to his or her everyday setting? His ability to group arrows as tight as a knot at even the longest of distances? His knowledge of the woods and his quarry? Or even ... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=276      February - the shortest long month of the entire year.  If cabin fever has not reached into your soul just yet, just wait.  February is not over. Its still too early for shed antler hunting and too late for picking up a new and less cumbersome hobby.&nbsp... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=318 Often faced with a familiar question, I always give a different response.  The same principles hold true, only situations develop.  I do not consider myself a world class shed antler hunter, only a successful one.  I admit that my teachings have been by such a successful shed hunter t... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=342 No buck, I have ever personally hunted with bow, has ever had more of a documented life than the one you are about to read. With the first sightings in 2003, until the last in 2005, this one animal has lead one charmed life. With several photographs, shed antlers, and many frustrating encounters.. t... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=393 Archery season draws nearer. Each day passes quicker than the last and slower than the next. Many of us deer hunting enthusiasts are well into the 2006-2007 hunting season already! Food plots are starting to germinate, arrows are beginning to fly, all while the last whitetail does begin to fawn. For... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=657 It is inevitable.. the grass and leaves are beginning to green once again. With this ends my second favorite time of year and the sheds that follow within it. While October and November find me chasing the very flesh of the whitetail, March always has me chasing bone. It was a good shed season for m... 4/25/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=601 What a difference a year makes. Following an unforgiving 2005 deer season, this past season 2006 was undeniably one of my best. Perhaps the humiliation I endured throughout the 2005 deer season was all it took to take my own deer hunting to another level. Or perhaps, it was simply luck. Whatever it ... 1/25/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=557 The evolution of any one particular whitetail deer hunter is quite unique. Each one of us evolves throughout his/her life into the deer hunter that they alone want to be. And whether you hunt for meat, antler, or recognition, you learn more of your craft as each season passes. The process is slo... 12/7/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=539 "Are you stalking me? Cuz that would be super." - Van Wilder The morning of November 11th, 2006 started like any other morning I had spent in stand thus far this whitetail season. It was only 4:45 a.m. and I had a long wait ahead of me until the sunrise even began to peak. It was cold, a b... 11/15/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=525 The winds of change are upon us. October has faded into sweet November. Whitetail, Justin and I attempting to film a hunt in Wisconsin. already showing signs of chase, will soon begin the full out breeding season we all refer to as the rut. And within all the commotion that ... 11/1/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=409 Recently, I am certain you've read the countless efforts to abolish the World Hunting Association. Currently, I am hoping you've read the counter efforts to birth the W.H.A. into life. I say this second statement not because I support, in any form, what the W.H.A. is beginning to develop. I say ... 6/28/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=232 Every man who acts beyond the line of private life, must expect to pass through two severe examinations. First, as to his motives, secondly, as to his conduct…                       &n... 1/14/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=181 With my deer hunting season not quite going as planned, and after nearly 40 hours in the stand without so much as a deer sighting, I decided to write this letter to my credit card company.  Some say I'm going delirious, I say I'm just crazy.  You decide!       ... 11/16/2005