March madness: It’s about a lot more than basketball

Unveiling the New Standard in Digital Riflescopes: Wraith --  Sightmark is introducing the Wraith Digital Riflescopes: the future in high definition. The new Wraith digital high-definition riflescope from Sightmark has 10 different reticles and 9 color choices .. Introducing the new Wraith digital HD riflescope. The advanced 1920×1080 HD sensor provides full-color clarity in daytime; simply hit the left arrow to enable night mode with classic emerald or black and white viewing options. An included 850nm IR illuminator provides enhanced image brightness and accurate target acquisition to an astounding 200 yards. NOTE: the IR is removable for hunters who live in states where emitted light is illegal.

The Wraith allows onboard recording and video export so your favorite moments can be shared with your hunting buddies or on your favorite social media platforms. The Wraith also includes: Memory slot for up to 64GB of storage, 4 hours of battery life from 4 common AA's, Micro USB port for external power and 4-32 optical magnification; with 1-8x digital zoom.

If you follow the QDMA on social media or content shared on their website - you know that QDMA is putting a lot of emphasis on the seriousness of chronic wasting disease (CWD), wanting all whitetail deer hunters to understand the disease and the implications it could have on the future of whitetail deer hunting.

They are always trying to give hunters actionable items we can all do to help fight CWD. Inevitably, though, when we share CWD related content - people question why they aren’t seeing mass die-offs of deer from CWD like sometimes occurs with hemorrhagic disease (EHD), or they’ll go as far as saying EHD is a more serious disease - That simply is not true according to QDMA.

While EHD is serious, there is no greater threat to the future of white-tailed deer than CWD. Deer herds recover from EHD’s sudden strikes, but CWD is slow and takes years to erode a herd’s ability to sustain hunter harvest without declining.

41 St Annual Alaskan Bowhunters Association 2019 ABA Info .. Ken & Anna Vorisek have bow hunted throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, as well as Africa and New Zealand.  Living in Alaska has allowed them to hunt some of the most remote and beautiful country in North America. Anna was the first lady to complete an archery Grand Slam of North America wild sheep.

She is also the only woman to have taken all 29 North American Big Game animals with a bow and arrow. Ken has hunted with bow since childhood and has also completed his Super Slam of NA big game animals, along with taking many African and New Zealand species.

From BigDaddy at HuntSports .. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent this bulletin today .. all you turkey hunters may be interested in this information:   Let's Talk Turkey

An abundance of mature Rio Grande tom turkeys are predicted for this season. Turkey Program Leaders advise that early in the season, toms will still be “henned up” in early morning, so hunting will be better later in the day. He expects you'll have the best luck during the middle to latter part of the season.

Rio Grande turkey has an annual bag limit of 4 birds, and the general seasons are:

• South Zone: 3/16 - 4/28
• North Zone: 3/30 - 5/12
• Special 1 turkey bag limit (10 counties): 4/1 - 4/30

I read this today .. and could not get away from the thought that deer hunters might really better understand what is being said in this message about - Contentment in Every Circumstance. In the dictionary the tem elusive means - to evade grasp or pursuit such as elusive prey .. hard to comprehend or define ... and hard to isolate or identify .. Many people think contentment is elusive, because happiness and peace never last. But is that really the reason? It’s common to associate a state of satisfaction with a positive situation  ..

.. but Paul challenges this idea when he says, “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am” (Phil. 4:11).

Contentment isn’t something that comes naturally; it is learned. And what kind of classroom do you think God uses?

One of the more enjoyable late-winter activities for me is getting out with friends and family hiking in search of shed antlers. I wish I was fortunate enough to scour every square inch of the properties I hunt in search of them, but time just doesn’t allow that, and sometimes those pesky rodents beat me to them. I’ve learned a few things over the years to focus my efforts or to increase my odds of finding sheds, especially when time doesn’t allow you to cover entire properties.

It may seem oversimplified and to many is common sense, but focus your efforts looking for sheds where deer spend the bulk of their time in the winter and early spring and on days your success will be the greatest. Winter food sources, winter bedding cover and in between the two is where you need to be. Also, I typically wait for the ideal weather conditions to search to increase my odds. Here are a few tricks I’ve picked up over the years on where and when shed hunting has worked for me.