A young, year-and-a-half-old, second-year (spike) red stag alone

The second major hunting event of the year began for me on December 19, 2025 — the “Christmas hunting season”. In summer, around July-August, I get two weeks of vacation, and now, in December, during the Christmas holidays, I likewise get two consecutive weeks to indulge my passion for bowhunting. In the week leading up…

Next hunting season I’ll be "hunting" not just with the bow, but with a camera too – I’ve put together a compact filming kit so I can document the most exciting moments of my bowhunting adventures. Mostly for myself, but if the footage turns out well, maybe I’ll share some of it with the community…

In chronological order; first a young boar wandered onto the feeder, and lingered for a bit more than 10 minutes. A few hours later, from 2:00 am, a serious sounder also discovered it for themselves, and spent more than 20 minutes rooting out the corn kernels that had been scattered nearly two months ago, now…

On a frosty winter night, with an almost storm-like wind, I watched this doe that appeared at midnight from up in the stand for close to half an hour. At first only with the thermal camera, then, once my two light-tech lamps (Aputure MC Pro), synced together and at first barely glowing red, slowly and…