Tagged with 'rut hunting'

3 Reasons A Box Blind Is Best For The Rut

Man posing with his ten-point buck wearing his orange vest for rifle season

The popularity of hunting from elevated blinds has dramatically increased in recent years. Hunters are finding a better success rate by using a stationary blind to spend most of their hunts. Could this trend be only that - A trend? Or could a box blind be the simple answer to many hunters' worries about where they should hunt? Is a box blind the best place to hunt during the rut?

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Staff Picks, ScentLok BE1 Voyage

Hunting, BE:1 Voyage Jacket, BE:1 Voyage Pant, BE:1 Voyage, hunting, rut, Staff pick, whitetail hunting, Scentlok gear, gear essentials

The rut was just starting to heat up and bucks were cruising. Like so many of my hunts during the rut, I was planning to sit all day. It was one of the first colder days of the season; temperatures were in the low thirties, but it was supposed to warm up a bit in the afternoon. I chose the ScentLok BE:1 Voyage Jacket and Pant for these conditions because the tailored, single-layer system has an ideal warmth-to-weight ratio.

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