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Hunting Tips: 7 Times You Must Be On Stand During The Rut
It’s complex for deer hunting. There’s nothing easy about it. It’s hard to kill a deer — especially mature ones. Old bucks and does alike are completely different creatures than their younger counterparts. That’s why it takes serious preparation and well-thought-out plans to succeed in filling tags. I’ve noticed there are certain factors that seem…
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One Easy Way to Bring Big Bucks To You!
Mature whitetails are secretive, nocturnal creatures. Fortunately, you can break them of that “annoying” habit with this simple strategy. Probably three styles of deer hunters—those who hunt over food sources and take whatever comes their way, those who hunt the transitional routes between feeding and bedding areas and take whatever comes their way, and those…
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New 2017 PSE Evolve Cam System Hunting Bows
New 2017 bow lineup with a new twist that’s creating quite the buzz has been released this week by PSE. Their new EVOLVE Cam System (ECS) is being called an “unbelievable shooting experience.” The ECS was engineered by PSE from the ground up to deliver maximum “shootability” without sacrificing performance. It’s a cam like no other. The ECS…
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2016 Hot Gear: Cool, New Deer Hunting Ammo has Arrived
As well as match ammo for long-range and competition shooters, Hornady has rolled out a strong lineup of new ammunition for 2017 including additions to its popular deer hunting lineup of rifle cartridges and slugs. Hornady’s American Whitetail series of deer-specific ammo grows this year with the popular 6.5 Creedmoor, available with the 129-grain InterLock…
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Hot Hunting Tips: Don’t Make These Mistakes Shooting from a Ground Blind
Generally speaking, using a treestand or ground blind to hunt out of can provide many benefits to the crossbow hunter. First and foremost, it increases your opportunity to get within shooting distance of game, which in most cases would be 40 to 50 yards or less. Then the structures also keep us out of…
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2016Hot Gear: Easily, Quickly Measure Bucks with Trophy Tape
If you’ve ever been in camp when someone says, “I wonder what that rack measures” but were basically clueless about scoring it, those days of wondering are over. I’ve been in those shoes. Part of measuring a big buck is the actual taping process, which scorers enjoy. I think it’s similar to a craftsman creating…
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Hot Gear: Lightweight, Comfortable Muck Boots Pursuit Shadow
Boots extends its lineup of warm, comfortable and rugged boots for hunters with the new Pursuit Shadow Pull-On, the next generation in the Pursuit hunting boot collection. This premium lightweight hunting boot features a resilient outsole for stability with EVA midsole cushions, key design features to help reduce friction and heat-buildup with your feet, and…
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Hunting Tips:Success With Blind Ambition Fuels Crossbow
As we all known, weather is one of those uncontrollable variables that can really influence the outcome of your hunt. When peak rut hits, deer hunters want to be in the woods all day. However, steady rain and temperatures in the high 30s make that already daunting task seem nearly unbearable. The best you can…
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2016 Hot Gear: Easton 6mm FMJ Available in Retro XX75 Autumn Orange
Return back to the dark ages when we had landline telephones, vehicles with triangular windows for air vents and high-low clicker buttons on the floor and three television networks (four if you counted PBS), we had orange arrows. Its about the late 1970s, my father started doing a little bowhunting and then I got one…
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The Life Of Cabin Woodside
There is always a certain level of heightened anticipation when that Thursday morning rolls around, the Thursday morning before the Wisconsin gun deer season. I’ve spent the last several days putting all my hunting gear together (of course, most of it last night). The past three days were spent shopping for the food for all…