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Hot Gear: Power Through Hide, Bone with Gravedigger Extreme
Bloodsport’s Gravedigger Extreme Cut on Contact head has a fixed blade that plows through hide and bone and expanding blades that continue to tear through organs for a lethal combination. Two new broadheads give deer hunters a powerful 1-2 punch to blast through hide, bone and vital organs with razor sharp fixed and mechanical blades.…
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#LetsGoShooting During National Shooting Sports Month
There are countless celebration days and months in America, and now the shooting sports have one of their own. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has declared August to be National Shooting Sports Month, a time to celebrate one of America’s great pastimes — target shooting — and to encourage newcomers and experienced shooters to #LETSGOSHOOTING.…
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Record-Class Fort Campbell Buck Killed by Vehicle
The giant buck hit and killed by a vehicle at Fort Campbell, located in western Kentucky, on July 27 was still putting on bone as evidence by these huge antlers covered in velvet. (Photo: Fort Campbell Fish and Wildlife) An astounding record-class whitetail buck estimated to be at least 7.5 years old with giant antlers…
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What Kind of Gear is in Your Deer Hunting Backpack?
While most hunters agree that a backpack is an essential tool for all types of hunting, they often have different views about just what should go into them. I’m a pack junkie. I have packs from more than 15 years ago and some I’ve gotten recently. Big daypacks, small waist packs, shoulder strap packs, packs…
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Legislative Approval Opens Private Land Sunday Hunting
The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted legislation that will enhance opportunities to hunt on Sundays. This legislation provides immediate changes for hunters on private lands and gives authority to the Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) and other public landowners to implement new options for Sunday hunting on public lands. Sunday hunting laws have been changed in North…
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Make the Most of Your Warm or Cool Season Deer Hunting Food Plots
Whether you’re planting and maintaining warm- or cool-season food plots, the Firminator can help you with all phases of planting. Warm season food plots, which are extremely attractive to deer, are part of superior management programs for serious hunters. The Firminator is ideally suited for putting in warm-season crops. It combines a heavy-duty disc harrow,…
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Do We Really Need One-Hole Rifle Accuracy for Deer Hunting?
Getting the most from your rifle and scope doesn’t always mean you have to punch a single hole or cloverleafs in the target. Doing that is fun, though, especially if you’re a diehard accuracy enthusiast. I was 12 or 13, and we were at my uncle’s picnic table sighting-in our deer rifles on Thanksgiving weekend.…
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Cool Deal: Free Trail Camera with New Crossbow
Customers who purchase a TenPoint Technologies Carbon Phantom RCX or Carbon Nitro RDX this fall will receive a free Muddy Pro-cam 10 trail camera with a mail-in rebate form. The Carbon Phantom RCX has quickly become one of the industry’s most-popular models. Featuring the new RCX Cam System, it utilizes a 16-inch power stroke and a lightweight…
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Free-Range Fun and Some of the Best Deer Hunting in America
The author is all smiles after bagging his North Texas buck. Despite its impressive size, this buck was considered to be a management deer that was on the decline due to its age. The buck was aged at 8.5 years old. Definitely a fantastic buck! North Texas offers some of the best deer hunting in…
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6 Tips on How to Kill Big Bucks in Unlikely Places
If you scout, do your homework and are patient you may be rewarded with an open country Plains buck. The author killed his best rifle buck with some basic legwork, meeting landowners from bowhunting trips and then going out with a goal in mind. (Photo: Darron McDougal) If you’re looking for a diamond in the…