Hunting With a Disability
My name is Greg Traynor and I am a hunter with a disability. In 1999, at the age of 31, I had a diving accident. As a result, I am paralyzed from the chest down with limited arm movement. I use a power wheelchair for mobility, adapted hunting equipment and a service dog. Of course,…
The End of Spring Turkey Season 2013
We would like to congratulate all of the hunters who successfully tagged a spring gobbler in the 2013 season! Here are a few photographs of some WILD Jaeger Team members who managed to take a spring gobbler. Now that Turkey season is almost over here in the United States, we can soon turn our attention…
A LOOK BACK AT THE 2012 Season
By Jason (The WildMan) Hutcheson It was opening day of the 2012-2013 deer season and I was at work. I sat in the truck playing back the perfect scenario in my mind. A monster buck chasing a doe 20 yards from my stand. Of course, it had stopped to give me the perfect 20 yard…
Do It Even Though You’re Afraid!
By Angie Arthur Figure 1 “Photo” WILD Jaeger Pro Staff Angie Arthur I always wanted to learn how to shoot long range, but never had the guts or the opportunity to attend a school. I had checked into the various schools and found that they were rather expensive, and from the pictures I seen there…
Broadheads, Fixed or Mechanical
By Jason (The Wildman) Hutcheson Ohio Pro-Staff member and Mark Wiskerke, a WILD Jaeger International Pro Staff member For years now, there has been a battle over which broadheads work the best, fixed blade or mechanical heads. With all the broadheads on the market today, there are 3 important questions you should be asking. Are…
Austin’s Buck
By Austin Young My name is Austin Young. Hunting has always been a huge passion and obsession for me, beginning around the age of six. I have been hunting for almost 10 years now and am about to turn sixteen. Although I could talk about fifty or more hunting encounters, my proudest moment as a…
Early Season Scouting
By Jason “Wildman” Hutcheson With archery season right around the corner, I find myself sitting on different job locations looking out in the crop fields for deer. I started scouting the first week of August and will continue till the 2nd week of September. There are many advantages to scouting, but some disadvantages as well.…
Are You Ready?
By Greg Traynor As summer comes to a close, I find myself constantly thinking about the first day of archery season. I guess you could call it an obsession. Figure 1 “Photo” Greg Traynor in full camo in his Action TrackChair, archery hunting. I like to call myself a bow hunter and not an archer.…
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
White-tailed deer are the most common deer in the Western Hemisphere with 39 subspecies of this animal known to exist. Native to the United States (all but 5 states), Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America (as far as Peru). It has been introduced into New Zealand and some countries in Europe such as Finland…
Archery Mule Deer Close to Home
By Dason Lasater I leaned forward and peaked around the last sage bush very slowly. If my planning and calculations were correct, I should be able to see the big buck any step now, or half a step as the case was. I eased forward six inches at a time, primed and ready for a…