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

  • Corn Country Bucks by TR Michels article copyright In much of North America white-tailed deer can be found in and near cornfields. In the Midwestern Corn Belt a majority of...

    Corn Country Bucks

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    Corn Country Bucks by TR Michels article copyright In much of North America white-tailed deer can be found in and near cornfields. In the Midwestern Corn Belt a majority of...

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  • Cashing In On Metro Bucks by TR Michels article copyright Whitetail hunters are learning that the place to hunt for trophies may not be wilderness areas or farms, but in...

    Cashing In On Metro Bucks

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    Cashing In On Metro Bucks by TR Michels article copyright Whitetail hunters are learning that the place to hunt for trophies may not be wilderness areas or farms, but in...

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  • Foul Weather Turkey Hunting by TR Michels article copyright Even though the first day of the spring turkey hunt was cloudy, and a cold wind was blowing, I headed for...

    Foul Weather Turkey Hunting

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    Foul Weather Turkey Hunting by TR Michels article copyright Even though the first day of the spring turkey hunt was cloudy, and a cold wind was blowing, I headed for...

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  • February/March Deer Management by TR Michels article copyright February White-tailed deer in the northern and mid-latitude states should be on their winter home ranges, looking for remaining/preferred food sources. In...

    February/March Deer Management

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    February/March Deer Management by TR Michels article copyright February White-tailed deer in the northern and mid-latitude states should be on their winter home ranges, looking for remaining/preferred food sources. In...

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  • Advanced Duck Hunting Techniques by TR Michels article copyright Normal duck hunting techniques work well during the first part of the season on the “locals” and early season migrants. However,...

    Advanced Duck Hunting Techniques

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    Advanced Duck Hunting Techniques by TR Michels article copyright Normal duck hunting techniques work well during the first part of the season on the “locals” and early season migrants. However,...

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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 October 27, 2008 | 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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  • Seasonal Elk Activity by TR Michels article copyright Migration Because of their large size and food requirements, and because mountainous habitat forces many herding animals to wander during the summer...

    Seasonal Elk Activity

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    Seasonal Elk Activity by TR Michels article copyright Migration Because of their large size and food requirements, and because mountainous habitat forces many herding animals to wander during the summer...

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  • Hunting Merriams Turkeys on the Nebraska Plains by TR Michels article copyright The sun was already high in the sky when Bill and I saw our first Nebraska turkeys. They...

    Hunting Merriams Turkeys on the Nebraska Plains

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    Hunting Merriams Turkeys on the Nebraska Plains by TR Michels article copyright The sun was already high in the sky when Bill and I saw our first Nebraska turkeys. They...

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  • Wildlife Watching by TR Michels article copyright As I looked out the kitchen window last spring I was astonished to see three male Indigo Buntings and five male Rose Breasted...

    Wildlife Watching

    Posted on October 27, 2008 | No Comments
    Wildlife Watching by TR Michels article copyright As I looked out the kitchen window last spring I was astonished to see three male Indigo Buntings and five male Rose Breasted...

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