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The first coyote of trapping season is in our Duke Trap. Watch this episode to learn what other critters coyotes are probably killing in your area.

Are you staying successful during late trapping season? We’ll share our trapping tips for when temperatures plunge.

Tasty ways to share venison – made easy! The right tools produce impressive results at home. Watch this quick how-to for venison summer sausage. Be a hero.

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Late Winter Inventory

Which bucks made it through season? Keep cameras rolling now to find out!

The final evening of bow season didn’t let us down! Adam connects and lays his eyes on what could be next season’s prize!

Trapping season continues and the predators have been working our Duke traps. Learn how we change our sets as the season progresses and the temperatures become colder.

Are there many cedars on your Proving Grounds? Watch to find out why we are aggressively trying to remove these trees. We will share the steps we take to turn cedar thickets back into productive areas for wildlife!

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Deer sign remains very visible even after season closes. Scout new areas! Odds are good that you’ll find a new hunting location.

Imagine your buddy’s face when you show him the beautiful venison brats you’re cooking on the grill. You can do it. Tracy and Daniel will show you how.

In most of the whitetails’ range, the does have been bred and the late winter stress period is here. There are ways you can help deer during this stress period in addition to providing quality forage. These include providing quality trace minerals and balancing the predator and prey populations. We’ve got tips to help you with both these management practices.

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The winter stress period is here. This can be a very tough time on both pregnant does and post rut bucks. Providing Trophy Rock Four65 during this stress period benefits the entire herd! Don’t wait untll fawns are born and antlers are developing. Make sure deer have access to quality trace minerals now!

Seth Harker was on a mission. His plan was to figure out a tricky old buck whose pattern was a riddle. The answer to this riddle was a cold weather pattern that narrowed Seth’s search to a patch of Eagle Seed beans.

When temps rise, try the clover! That’s what Grant did and deer weren’t the only animals he found. Watch as Grant arrows a fine winter turkey!

Pee-eww!!! There’s a skunk in the trap! We don’t actively target skunks, but skunks will demolish turkey and quail eggs. The big question: Once you’ve caught a skunk, how do you get a skunk out of the trap? It could be a stinky situation. We will show you how we do it without getting a dose of cover scent!

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Reminder!

Now is the time you can take predator pressure off poults ’n fawns.

A pattern based on Reconyx images helped us develop a strategy to encounter this buck. Watch this great
footage, as Matt Dye and Adam Keith see big white antlers coming through the woods.

Adam is bow hunting when a fine buck comes into range, but something stops Adam from shooting, and he wisely takes a doe instead.

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Do you have a clover plot?

Deer often prefer clover during the late season as a food source when the temperatures are warmer than normal.

Remember your first deer? Watch our Pro Staff and their kids have some fun and learn some great lessons!

Now is a great time to reduce nest robbers on your property. Enjoy more turkey and quail with a handful of Duke Dog Proof Coon traps. We will show you how we use them.

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Want more turkeys on your property?

Now is a great time to reduce nest robbers.

Watch this episode to learn how.

Late Season Hunting: Did you know temperatures can tell you where to hunt deer? Watch this episode as Grant uses temperature (and a bow) to bring home venison!

Then Ryan Arnevik and Rory Heims share their Iowa gun opener hunt. Rory has some unusual shot opportunities and makes the most of each one.

Clover Mountain Venison Sausage: We’re making homemade venison sausage! We’ve got some easy tips and tools, so you can do the same!

Tip of the Week:

Each week I usually offer a tip, this week I’ll offer a tip that is the most important I’ll ever share. I hope you will literally slow down and take time to enjoy creation this Christmas but most importantly, take time to celebrate the real reason for Christmas.

Late season deer hunting is here! Watch as 4.5 year old buck “Rocker” steps into the beans. Grant and Adam are on him and ready.

Remember your first deer? Watch Brecka Pittman’s excitement as she tags her first deer – a dandy Oklahoma buck!

It’s time to trap so we’re gonna make the most of it. This is the most important time we have to remove fawn nabbers and nest predators! We’ve got some easy trapping tips that will increase your success.

Habitat improvement: Follow along as we expand a staging area to improve its huntability. We’ll share how we do it so you can do the same on your Proving Grounds.

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Warm temps in late season?
Deer movement may be slower.
Hunt closer to bedding areas that are near food plots.

With the final days of Missouri’s gun season approaching, Grant has a plan and heads to the woods with his Winchester. His strategy started years ago with habitat management and it paid off with a big mature buck!

What happens when you put time and effort into your hunting property? Big things happen! After two years of following Grant’s management plan, owners Doc, Graham and Norman show us some great Kentucky gun hunting. Three bucks go down during opening weekend!

“Deercember” is here and food sources can be dynamite hunting! We’ve used the Hot Zone electric fence to protect Eagle Seed beans in key areas. Watch as we finally open the gates and await the cold winter conditions. When deer start to pour in, we’ll be ready!

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The forecast calls for calm weather throughout most of the whitetail’s range this week with temperatures being normal or above normal. These conditions should result in normal to less than normal amounts of daytime deer activity. If the deer herd is healthy and fawns weigh at least 70 pounds, hunting where several fawns are feeding has good odds of producing sightings of mature bucks as some of the female fawns will likely become receptive.

A mature buck named July was playing hide and seek with Adam. July was winning the game until they finally met in a plot of Eagle Seed beans. Watch to find out what happens!
Aaron Kicklighter’s gun opener was going badly. The wrong wind forced him to sit on the ground. Then the incredible happened. This hunt happens fast, but we got the footage!

Argh! Seth Harker could not believe what happened. He just arrowed a big buck called Subzero but he forgot to hit record on the camera. This week, Seth’s hunting during the Missouri gun opener when a big buck steps out. His Winchester barks, and this time Seth hits record!

Trapping season is here! We don’t waste any time getting our Duke traps into action. You shouldn’t either. A good trapping program removes more predators than just shooting the occasional coyote you see.

Tip of the Week:

Want more deer and turkey on your property?

Shooting the occasional predator will not be enough.

A good trapping program can reduce enough predators to increase the deer, turkey, and quail on your property.

Note from Grant:

It’s just rained several inches throughout a big portion of the whitetails’ range and the temperatures dropped several degrees after the front passed. This weather created some ideal hunting conditions!  If the front just passed where you hunt get out and enjoy Creation!