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Deer Movement Forecasts & Hunting Tactics


Kentucky Velvet Buck Scouting: Use This Late-July Window Before the Heat Returns
Late July is prime time to build a Kentucky velvet buck inventory without pressuring your best spots. Use the current weather window to check cameras, confirm patterns, and prepare for Kentucky bow season.
Mike Wertz
Jul 243 min read


Celebrating America’s 250th in Kentucky: Venison, Cookouts, and the Folks Around the Table
Celebrate America’s 250th birthday in Kentucky with a backyard cookout built around family, friends, and venison from last deer season. Here are Kentucky-based wild game recipes worth trying, clearly credited to their original sources.
Mike Wertz
Jul 13 min read


Kentucky Acorn Crop 2026: Early Mast Predictions and What They Mean for Fall Deer Hunting
Kentucky deer hunters should be watching the acorn crop right now. Hard mast affects wildlife movement, and early mast conditions could shape where deer feed and how huntable they are this fall in Kentucky.
Mike Wertz
Jun 143 min read


June in Kentucky: Why Scouting Safety Deserves Hunt-Season Respect
Summer scouting in Kentucky may feel routine, but June woods can turn risky fast. Here’s why ticks, snakes, heat, rough terrain, and even the threat of Alpha-gal syndrome deserve more attention when you're working in the woods.
Mike Wertz
Jun 83 min read


Why Kentucky Bowhunters Should Be Practicing Right Now
Long before opening day, Kentucky bow season begins with repetition, discipline, and confidence. Here’s why practicing now matters and where to shoot if you don’t have your own place.
Mike Wertz
May 283 min read


Memorial Day in the Kentucky Woods: Remembering the Cost of Freedom
In the quiet of a Kentucky morning, Memorial Day feels different. It is a time to honor those who gave everything and remember the cost behind the freedoms we often take into the woods with us.
Mike Wertz
May 253 min read


How Kentucky Deer Move in Mid-May: Green-Up, Creek Bottoms, and Fawning Cover
Kentucky deer are moving differently right now than they will in early season. Here’s how green-up, warm weather, water, and approaching fawn season are shaping whitetail movement across the Bluegrass State today.
Mike Wertz
May 133 min read


Kentucky Food Plot Planting in Early May: What to Put In Now and What Can Wait
Early May is a key food plot window in Kentucky. Here’s how to plant smarter right now, with seed timing, plot placement, and practical advice for deer hunters who want fall payoff.
Mike Wertz
May 83 min read


Kentucky Fall Deer Camp Planning: Why Outfitter Tents and Tent Platforms Are Worth It
A well-planned deer camp can make your whole fall hunt smoother. Here’s why outfitter tents work so well in Kentucky and why a solid tent platform is one of the smartest camp upgrades you can make.
Mike Wertz
Apr 264 min read


Common Mistakes Kentucky Hunters Make in Spring And How to Fix Them Before Deer Season
Most Kentucky hunters don’t blow their season in November. They do it right now in April. Here are the common mistakes that hurt whitetail success in the Bluegrass and how to clean them up before fall.
Mike Wertz
Apr 173 min read


Why Right Now Is the Best Time to Find Fall Beds and Prep Food Plots
Warm, stable April weather makes this one of the best windows in Kentucky to scout last fall’s bedding, confirm travel routes, and get food plot ground ready before green-up hides everything. Kentucky is sitting in a good spring window right now: pleasant today, warming through the weekend, with highs pushing from the low 70s into the 80s by Sunday. That matters because it gives you a clean, low-stress chance to learn a property before leaf-out gets thick and before summer gr
Mike Wertz
Apr 83 min read


Kentucky Whitetail Spring Scouting: Why This Warm-Up Week Is the Time to Find Fall Beds
Kentucky deer season is over, but April may be the best time to learn where your bucks will live next fall. Here’s how to scout beds, trails, and food-plot ground during this week’s warm-up without wasting boot leather. Kentucky’s deer season is closed now, and this week is giving hunters a real spring window to get after next fall’s homework. Forecasts show a cool start, then a fast warm-up into the 70s across central Kentucky and near 80 in the western end by late week. Tha
Mike Wertz
Apr 73 min read
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