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Shed Hunting, the Fast Track to Herd Inventory
While shed hunting ,the author found this whitetail buck dead and scavenged by coyotes. (Photo: Mark Kayser) Nobody loves to inventory a business’ goods, but when you’re spring shed hunting a herd inventory is in order. As you walk the whitetail woods be on the lookout for clues that reveal the health of your herd.…
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Eastern Tactics for Hunting Western Whitetails
Mark Kayser celebrates after a super Wyoming hunt for this great buck. With large cities strung up and down the East Coast and some of the highest whitetail hunter densities per capita, there’s no debate where the most savvy whitetail hunters hang their hats. These hunters grew up with whitetails, honed their skills at deer…
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Votes Are In and the DDH Whitetail Madness Champion is …
Legends and Innovators, Stars and Women, all of them the most well-known and biggest names in hunting in the last 200-plus years. That’s not hyperbole. Consider just a few of the names: Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, two of America’s earliest pioneers. Bill Jordan, founder of Realtree Camouflage, and Toxey Haas, founder of Mossy Oak camouflage,…
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Mississippi DWFP Hires First Female Director of Wildlife
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) has chosen its first female Director of Wildlife Resources with the hiring of Amy Blaylock, the agency announced Wednesday. Amy Blaylock The announcement comes after the hiring of Russ Walsh as the Wildlife Executive Staff Officer. “We are proud to have Amy accept…
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Turn Your Truck Into a Mobile Deer Hunting Tool
Fred Eichler turns his truck into a mobile hunting tool that has what he needs for hunting trips, emergencies, tight spots, maybe even an overnight stay or two if necessary. Planning ahead and being aware of needs can help you have a mobile rig with the right gear. My truck is my home away from…
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Hot Gear: Protect Your Ears, Enhance Your Hearing
The older I get the more I appreciate what’s left of my hearing. Rock concerts, power tools and repeated exposure to gunfire have taken a toll over the years. Now that I’m older and wiser, I always take measures to protect my ears while shooting and hunting. You should, too — and why not do…
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Highland Deer Stalking: Part 2
The Ghillie’s Office a short walk between desks What are you doing for your birthday? I’m going to be on a freezing hillside in the snow and rain, lugging a rifle along as I’m beasted up and down the highlands by the ghillie. Really? My happy place There have been a lot of stories told about the highland…
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Highland Deer Stalking Part 3
The week races by, we are either on the hill, or drying out in the cottage. Where we feast on venison from home and cakes from the supermarket. There is no internet so evenings are filled with military history programs on obscure TV channels. Even the comedy was military history. I quite like military history…
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Highland Deer Stalking Pt 4: The Gear List
This wouldn’t be the SBW blog without a round up of the kit used. Some of the kit used was tried and tested on other adventures, some things I’ve seen that would answer problems we either had or could have had. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think I’ve left out. Here’s my thoughts.…
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SBW Now On Steemit
I’ve been having a look at a new blogging platform. There’s some interesting stuff over at Steemit.com but there was no Hunting stuff so I’ve done a major rewrite of the last Scottish adventure. I’ll be adding to this post as stuff goes live later today in the mean time heres my info post https://steemit.com/hunting/@sbw/the-suburban-bushwacker-from-fat-boy-to-elk-hunter…