Editor’s Note: Back in the spring of 2009, our late, great whitetails columnist Scott Bestul had the brilliant idea of enlisting the noses of drug-sniffing dogs to help shed light on a buck’s ability ...

A heavy-antlered 12-point buck materializes on the trail. He’s only five steps from bow range, but then he throws his nose in the air, goes rigid with nervousness, and waves the white flag. Game over.

I hope all of my faithful readers of "Guns & Cornbread" would agree that we don't deal with sensationalism around these parts. Those in the hunting, fishing and shooting world generally like things ...

It really stinks when you don't get a deer. Too often, whitetail deer get a whiff of human presence and hightail it before hunters sense their scents stink. Regular gun season for shotgun and rifle ...

Experienced deer hunters know that more deer are scared away by human scent than just about any other factor. Truth is, one of the reasons big whitetail bucks are so hard to kill is because their keen ...