About Author: TR Michels

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T.R. has spent several years studying game animal behavior, including communication through vocalization, scents and visual stimuli; and ways to use this knowledge to attract game. He conducted a seven-year study to determine how weather and lunar factors affect deer movement and rut related activity; and the effectiveness of using scrape activity to determine when and where to hunt whitetail bucks. He conducted a four-year study to determine how seasonal and current weather conditions and lunar factors affect turkey movement, gobbling, and breeding activity. View Entire Bio

Posts by TR Michels

  • Since the first week of April I had heard turkeys gobbling in the woods across from the house, but my license wasn’t good until mid-April. Not being able to hunt...

    How Breeding Activity and Hunting Pressure Affect Gobbling

    Posted on May 11, 2011 | No Comments
    Since the first week of April I had heard turkeys gobbling in the woods across from the house, but my license wasn’t good until mid-April. Not being able to hunt...

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  • I always look forward to the first good snowfall of the deer season. Snow on the ground not only makes the deer easy to see against the white background it...

    First Snow Deer Hunting

    Posted on November 16, 2010 | No Comments
    I always look forward to the first good snowfall of the deer season. Snow on the ground not only makes the deer easy to see against the white background it...

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  • Understanding Geese by TR Michels article copyright Shortly after I began guiding goose hunts in 1987 I met Dr. Jim Cooper, one of the most highly respected waterfowl researchers in...

    Understanding Geese

    Posted on September 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Understanding Geese by TR Michels article copyright Shortly after I began guiding goose hunts in 1987 I met Dr. Jim Cooper, one of the most highly respected waterfowl researchers in...

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  • Understanding Elk by TR Michels article copyright Understanding what type of habitat elk prefer; where they like to bed, what they like to eat, and what they use for escape...

    Understanding Elk

    Posted on July 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Understanding Elk by TR Michels article copyright Understanding what type of habitat elk prefer; where they like to bed, what they like to eat, and what they use for escape...

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  • June Deer Management by TR Michels article copyright Whitetail bucks and does should be on their summer home ranges by June, and the does should be done fawning this month....

    June Deer Management

    Posted on May 15, 2010 | No Comments
    June Deer Management by TR Michels article copyright Whitetail bucks and does should be on their summer home ranges by June, and the does should be done fawning this month....

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  • Spring Turkey Calling by TR Michels article copyright When I hear the first sounds of the turkeys in the spring, just before daylight, I tree yelp softly to get their...

    Spring Turkey Calling

    Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Spring Turkey Calling by TR Michels article copyright When I hear the first sounds of the turkeys in the spring, just before daylight, I tree yelp softly to get their...

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  • Tracking And Stalking Deer by TR Michels article copyright I first picked up the deer tracks on the south side of a 120 acre wood lot. I was fairly sure...

    Tracking And Stalking Deer

    Posted on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Tracking And Stalking Deer by TR Michels article copyright I first picked up the deer tracks on the south side of a 120 acre wood lot. I was fairly sure...

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  • Duck Hunters by TR Michels article copyright Each fall as the cold descends upon the northern lands many species of waterfowl begin their migration south to warmer climates. Duck hunters...

    Duck Hunters

    Posted on November 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Duck Hunters by TR Michels article copyright Each fall as the cold descends upon the northern lands many species of waterfowl begin their migration south to warmer climates. Duck hunters...

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  • Stand Placement for Whitetails by TR Michels article copyright A deer stand is where you choose to hunt, and can be any location where you wait for the animals. It...

    Stand Placement for Whitetails

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Stand Placement for Whitetails by TR Michels article copyright A deer stand is where you choose to hunt, and can be any location where you wait for the animals. It...

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