Deer hunting is increasing in popularity according to the National Deer Association (NDA), the leading conservation organization dedicated to conserving North America’s favorite game animal. The reports are in for the 2020 hunting season, and deer hunters harvested some 6.3 million whitetails nationwide! This number was the most since 2011. Also, when it comes to… Read more »
You’re driving along a road or highway and you see deer on the side– there are some who are alive, looking at you, and a couple who’ve been hit by a car. Why is it that people see more deer in November than other months? The Rut is Underway It’s that time of year. The… Read more »
At Tioga Ranch, you have the opportunity to hunt whitetail deer. When you get their meat home, it’s time to cook up some “venison,” which is the word for deer meat. When cooking venison, don’t treat it like beef from the supermarket! Otherwise, you’re apt to wind up with it tasting tough and chewy. Tips… Read more »
It’s time to talk about some changes to Pennsylvania deer hunting this year. Unfortunately, CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) is still spreading across the country. CWD can take over a year for symptoms to show… like drastic weight loss, stumbling, and listlessness. It’s fatal to animals and there are no treatments or vaccines. Therefore, Pennsylvania is… Read more »
What’s easier to hunt– deer or elk? Most hunters and guides agree deer are easier to hunt… Oftentimes elk hunting is a step up from deer hunting in the sense that a hunter graduates to hunting elk after they’ve mastered their deer hunting skills. Elk Hunting Versus Deer Hunting Elk are usually found in challenging… Read more »
With a new year comes new year’s resolutions, right? So what are some deer hunting resolutions to make for 2021? Take a Youngster Deer Hunting Have you ever taken someone younger on a hunt? This is a good year to introduce hunting to a youngster in your life. Why not train up a child to… Read more »
At first glance, a bull elk and a red stag deer might look very similar to you. Even the most experienced hunters have been known to confuse them, and until recently, scientists actually believed that elk were a subspecies of red stag deer. The truth is that bull elk and red stag deer are not… Read more »
As a hunter, going red stag hunting is one of the hardest things that you’ll ever do. It doesn’t matter how successful you’ve been when it comes to whitetail deer hunting over the years. Red stag hunting will push you to your limits and show what you’re made out of over the course of a… Read more »
If you’ve seen one deer, you’ve seen them all, right? Not exactly! While there are many deer that look the same, we promise that you’ve never seen anything quite like red stag deer before. Unlike other deer, they have a reddish tint to their coats. They also have unique antlers that appear to form a… Read more »