Browsing Archive: September, 2012

How many deer are too many deer? A look at the numbers reveals we are right about where we need to be

Posted by Jesse White on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, In : Deer Hunting 
    So far this fall, after four mornings and roughly 16 hours in the deer stand chasing Minnesota whitetails with a bow and arrow, I've seen 10 deer.
    That's a pretty good average if you ask me and I have a feeling it's going to be a another great season for my crew and I. In fact, it should be a lot like last year where we didn't see a lot of deer but four out of six of us bagged deer.
   Of course, not everyone in northern Minnesota is going to have a great season this year. In some place...
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This bow hunting thing isn't as easy as it looks, or: How I learned to love my rifle

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, In : Deer Hunting 
    One hour into the 2012 archery deer season - and my archery hunting career - two does came storming out of the woods heading west to east.
    One doe ran right by my stand, not passing 15 yards in front of it, while the other one stopped directly in front of the stand and immediately turned back toward the west, ears high and on full alert.



    Being the professional journalist that I am (even though I don't get paid anymore, which isn't really that much of a difference from when I was get...
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It's been a long time coming but I'm finally going to chase whitetail deer with a bow and arrow

Posted by Jesse White on Monday, September 10, 2012, In : Deer Hunting 
 

  Saturday morning, Sept. 15, (and plenty of mornings after that) I'll be in one of my favorite deer stands hunting big bucks with a bow and a couple of arrows and I'm pretty excited about that.
   I've talked about trying the Minnesota archery deer hunt for years now but never got around to it. One thing or another has always come between me and hunting deer in the most basic of forms.
   But this fall I'm going to go for it. In July, I bought a bow worthy of the challenge and I've spent eve...
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I love a good challenge and grouse hunting offers it

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Grouse hunting 
  

    While I hate to admit it, I must confess: I wait all year for fall to roll around.
    Don't get me wrong, I love summer and boating and swimming and barbecues and baseball and all that other fun stuff.
    But when the calender flips from July to August I instantly get restless. I NEED September to roll around as quickly as possible so I can get out into the woods and back on the trail of game.
    First on the list of course is the grouse.
    For those of you who are unfamiliar with wha...
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The View From My Stand


Jesse White A former outdoors writer and reporter for the Mesabi Daily News in Virginia, MN, and the Daily Tribune in Hibbing, MN, Jesse has been in the newspaper business for nearly 20 years. His numerous awards over the past two decades include five first-place awards from the Associated Press; two first-place National Newspaper awards; and a first-place Minnesota Newspaper Association award. He is an avid hunter and angler and enjoys guns and archery.
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