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News & Tips: How Hunters Fund Conservation Through the Federal Duck Stamp Program...
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How Hunters Fund Conservation Through the Federal Duck Stamp Program

Many of the people who buy a federal Duck Stamp probably don’t realize how important this conservation program has been to the healthy duck and goose populations we now enjoy across the United States…
News & Tips: Windy Day? Tips to Make Sure It Doesn’t Screw Up Your Deer Hunt...
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Windy Day? Tips to Make Sure It Doesn’t Screw Up Your Deer Hunt

Every bow season I wait for the perfect wind for my favorite deer stand to arrive, then drop everything and head out. It has to be west or north. But with the warm weather typical of October in my…
News & Tips: Are You Taking These Precautions When Field Dressing Deer?...
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Are You Taking These Precautions When Field Dressing Deer?

Rabbit hunters have long known that wild bunnies can carry diseases such as tularemia. Deer hunters have been hearing about diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) for many years, but more…
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Are You Feeding Your Gun Dog Digestible Protein or Chicken Feet?

You’ve invested hundreds of hours on dog training to perfect its performance. However, for your hunting dog to perform at its highest level, you need to feed it a high-caliber, high-nutrition diet.…
News & Tips: Think You’re an Expert at Rattling Whitetails? Take This Quiz and See!...
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Think You’re an Expert at Rattling Whitetails? Take This Quiz and See!

Is there a Booner buck in the future for you? Or, are you good enough to get out there and rattle for bucks or do you need to find an old time rattler and pick his/her brain. Take this deer hunting…
News & Tips: Forget What You Know About Elk Hunting and Use These Tips Instead...
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Forget What You Know About Elk Hunting and Use These Tips Instead

Silence is sometimes golden, and when the woods are full of loud bugling and constantly mewing elk hunters, pressured elk simply go silent—and hunker deep into thick cover. Maybe you should also go…
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12 Tips to Recovering Every Deer You Shoot

At some point in your deer hunting career you will shoot a deer that runs out of sight before it dies.  The seriousness of the situation can range from the deer running into heavy cover 25 yards away…
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4 Common Duck Hunting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

With duck populations at the peak of long-term averages, expectations for every hunt are always high. The reality is, even when ducks are plentiful, hunts can fall short of expectations. And it may…
News & Tips: Bow Hunting Whitetails: Smoking One Tonight! (video)...
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Bow Hunting Whitetails: Smoking One Tonight! (video)

Dr. Grant Woods takes his shot at a big doe he processes that night. When Grant discovers a pattern of does that have been feeding in a food plot, he and Adam go hunting for venison!  Then Grant…
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Top Destinations for Bobwhite Quail Hunting

 “Dr. Babcock will be sick all next week,” the University of South Carolina bulletin board note read in the fall of 1926. The famous author and USC English professor predicted his onset of quail…
News & Tips: 5 Hunting Accessories You Need to Make Field Dressing Deer Easier...
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5 Hunting Accessories You Need to Make Field Dressing Deer Easier

It’s early in our bow season. I’ve got my stands placed and have watched a few deer show up under it. I haven’t arrowed an animal yet because I’m being selective in terms of size. When it comes to…
News & Tips: Why Deer Hunting From Natural Cover Ground Blinds is So Crazy Good...
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Why Deer Hunting From Natural Cover Ground Blinds is So Crazy Good

6 Tips for Tagging a Whitetail from the Ground 1. Increased mobility is perhaps the greatest advantage to hunting deer from a ground blind made from existing natural cover. Standing behind a…