“I dreamed a dream in time gone by, When hope was high and life, worth living.” - Les Miserables How many of us, from time to time have sat in quiet moments of meditative thought conjuring up images of lofty goals, aspirations and essentially where we would like to see ourselves someday? We call… [Read more…]
March 13, 2012
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” - Winston Churchill The huge buck I was photographing suddenly came to full alert. His posture tensed as he began to intently stare in the direction from which he’d originally come. I took curious pause from behind the camera to see what had this buck’s… [Read more…]
March 6, 2012
“Indeed, there have been many changes from the days when deer hunting meant packing off to the woods for a full season’s stay in the old hunter’s shack. The call of the North Woods was once answered only by the hardy souls to whom the ruggedness of camping in the rough was accepted as… [Read more…]
February 28, 2012
February Column Editor’s note: One week each month we will run the, Ask The Deer Tracker post. Anyone wishing to send a question for future posts can e-mail it to, rgbernier@gmail.com Q. – I recently killed what I believe to be a very old buck as his face and muzzle were very gray. Is there… [Read more…]
February 21, 2012
(Part III of a three part series) “If whitetails occasionally experience ‘psychological highs’ – and I think they probably do – one such high time for northern subspecies must be during the spring break-up, when snow finally melts and gives way to fresh sprouts of nutritious herbaceous forage.” - John Ozoga For… [Read more…]
February 14, 2012
(Part II of a III part series) “Nothing in nature is more common-or more marvelous-than the exactness with which creatures, wild and domestic, pursue a persistently confident course, whether down the seacoast, over the boundless plains, or far into the wildest forest. The fact is, they all carry compasses.” - Archibald Rutledge It is difficult… [Read more…]
February 7, 2012
(Part I of a three part series) “Doubtless the great depth of snow was the original cause of the fall migration of deer, and the habit had finally become so fixed by inheritance that long before there was any apparent necessity, the retirement took place.” – George Shiras III Like a caravan of… [Read more…]
January 31, 2012
“I used to believe, I still do, that if you give something your all it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, as long as you’ve risked everything put everything out there. And I’ve done that. I did it my entire life. I did it with the game.” – Billy Chapel In… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
January column Editor’s note: One week each month we will run the, Ask The Deer Tracker post. Anyone wishing to send a question for future posts can e-mail it to,rgbernier@gmail.com Q. – When do bucks typically drop or shed their antlers in the winter and why do some deer lose theirs earlier than… [Read more…]
January 17, 2012
“I’ve yet to know an experienced whitetail hunter, then or now, who doubted the moon’s importance in determining hunting tactics and timing.” – Former Buck Sense columnist -John Wootters It easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, and even easier to completely dismiss research that runs contrary to what… [Read more…]
March 20, 2012
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