By Alex Comstock 

The October lull and nocturnal bucks. Two terms deer hunters like to use a lot during this time of the year to blame their hunting woes on. But what if neither of those existed? Like in the way you might think them to exist. There's something to be said for reduced deer movement in early October, but that doesn't mean you can't still be in the game when it comes to hunting mature bucks. I talked to one of the best at doing so at this time of year, Dan Infalt, and Dan provided a lot of insight at how you could still be a successful mature buck hunter this time of year.

By Alex Comstock 

This summer I was thinking about how at times I love to hunt by myself, and other times I will hunt with a friend. Some people only hunt with others, whether they simply like sitting together for the company, or maybe they film together. Others will only hunt solo, never wanting to sit with others, no matter how good of friends. This summer, I posted about this topic on social media to gather thoughts from others, and wanted to share them below. After you read through what a few other people think, and why they do what they do, I'll offer up my complete thoughts. 

By Alex Comstock 

Have you ever hunted a buck that seemed to be everywhere all of the time, but you just couldn't catch up to him? Last year I hunted a buck I had called Kobe, and had thousands upon thousands of trail camera photos, not to mention encounters as well, but I could never get him in bow range, even though I thought I had him pattered to a T. It raised a question that I wanted to address in this blog post today. Can mature bucks pattern us just as we can pattern them? Below are my thoughts. 

By Alex Comstock 

Early season hunting can be a very interesting time to be chasing mature bucks. Things can be changing in a hurry with crops coming out and food sources changing seemingly with the snap of a finger. Bucks have shed their velvet now, and a lot of them are shifting their home ranges. You need to be on top on your game and be ready to change on the fly if you want to put yourself in the best position possible to wrap your tag around a buck this time of the year. 

By Alex Comstock

There are so many tiers to hunting and everyone is at a different level. Some just want to harvest an animal, others are after mature bucks, and then there are the hunters like Tim Wells from Relentless Pursuit who are at the pinnacle of hunting and do things that I know I couldn't.

By Alex Comstock 

If I had to guess, I'd venture to say that probably most deer hunters would like to harvest mature bucks on a yearly basis or as close to a yearly basis as possible. Yet, when you get down to it, not many hunters actually do this. The are a multitude of reasons, but in this blog post, I'm going to go over three rules that if you have, and stay true to, will no doubt help you tag more mature bucks. The real question is, are you willing to commit to them?

By Alex Comstock 

Do you know what my wall would look like had I harvested every mature buck I've gotten trail camera pictures of? I wouldn't have any room for more bucks. Or even if I had harvested every mature buck that I've gotten over 100 pictures of...that would still be a long list! The point I'm trying to get across here is that getting pictures of a mature buck and harvesting him are two things that can be worlds apart. I think to some hunters, this point is obvious, but to some, it might be a helpful reminder that there can still be a long way to go to harvesting a buck even after capturing many photos of him. The challenge is how do you go from pictures to a blood trail?

By Alex Comstock 

Over my time spent hunting whitetails, I'm always asking questions about deer, mature buck movement, and how to become a better whitetail hunter. Today, I wanted to take a look at something, and that's whether or not certain days of the week could be better to hunt than others. 

By Alex Comstock 

There are a lot of different ways you can attack your hunting strategy when it comes to early season hunting. You can sit lots of observation stands, hunt food plots, water holes, try and watch a buck do the same thing multiple times before moving in on him...or you can get aggressive. Getting aggressive isn't always the best thing to do depending on your hunting situation, but if you can afford to risk getting aggressive, it could just pay off. Here's three reasons you should get aggressive if your season is already open or will be opening very soon. 

By Alex Comstock 

Today is finally the day. It's a day that I've been dreaming about since the second I walked out of the stand for the last time last year. Every season is a fresh slate, with new learning opportunities out there, hopes and dreams unscathed, and the unknown of what the upcoming season may present. Today marks the start of my 2018 deer season, and I could not be more excited. I'm in North Dakota and have high hopes of getting it done in the next few days, hopefully arrowing an early season mature buck. And with that, I wanted to touch on a few tactics that I feel are underrated which you could capitalize on in the next month during your early season hunting.