Steve Sorensen
Steve Sorensen of Russell, PA is an award-winning outdoor writer whose column, The Everyday Hunter®, offers hunting tips, strategies, and insights on how to think about hunting. His byline has appeared in the nation’s top hunting magazines including Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, Deer & Deer Hunting, Pennsylvania Game News, Fur-Fish-Game, North American Whitetail, Bear Hunting Magazine and more. He contributes regular website content to Legendary Whitetails and Havalon Knives and is a field editor for Deer Hunters Online.
Steve is also in demand as an event speaker, presenting programs on do-it-yourself Alaska moose hunting, whitetail deer, wild turkeys, and eastern coyotes, with new programs coming. E-mail him at EverydayHunter@gmail.com to invite him to speak at your next sportsmen’s dinner (or to tell him where your best hunting spot is).
The Curtain Hasn’t Fallen
You’d think a month-long season wouldn’t go so fast, but here we are already in the last week of pursuing spring gobblers.
If you watch...
The Everyday Hunter: The Password is G-O-B-B-L-E
A common debate among hunters is whether deer or turkeys are more fun to hunt.
People who prefer hunting deer might say, “Turkeys don’t have...
Use the Pre-Season to Build Confidence
We have only a short time until the spring season opens. With everything we have to do in spring, we have little time to...
Hunting, Fishing, and COVID-19 Questions
Rumors are flying. People are asking, “How will this new corona virus affect me?” Don’t bother to ask. It has already affected you, even...
The Everyday Hunter – Watching for the Wrong Bird
Are you looking for signs of spring? Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast disappoints us repeatedly. Crocus flowers sticking their heads up are a delight to the...
Turkey Calls — To Infinity and Beyond!
“To infinity and beyond” is the classic line from the Toy Story movie. But four years before Buzz came along, Eli Maor (a historian...
The Everyday Hunter: Poaching and Hunting — Not the Same Thing
“I’m going poaching,” said no hunter, ever. Poachers call their activity hunting, but it’s not hunting. Poaching is a crime, and hunting is not...
The Everyday Hunter: Trophy Hunting
Phrases I don’t understand catch my attention. As a writer I like words to have meanings we all understand. Words shouldn’t mean whatever we...
Everyday Hunter: The “Best” Deer Cartridge is about Physics and Biology
The cartridge you hunt with drops deer in their tracks every time, like Thor’s mythological hammer. So it’s the best. Right?
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Thank a Hunter
A little over 100 years ago the nation’s whitetail deer numbered about 300,000. In 2018, Pennsylvania and New York hunters harvested almost twice that...
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