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News & Tips: A Guide to Arrow Rests for Hunting and Target Archery...
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A Guide to Arrow Rests for Hunting and Target Archery

June 24, 2013
If you shoot a compound bow, you know that your arrow rest is an integral component. You might have even found out the hard way that there's a world of difference between a good and a bad one.   …
News & Tips: Game Camera Buyer's Guide
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Game Camera Buyer's Guide

May 20, 2013
Dental-product engineer Dean Reidt began tinkering with the idea of recording deer movements in 1985 and soon launched a new industry. The idea started when Reidt, a bowhunter, was waiting along a…
News & Tips: Traditional Archery: Turkey Broadheads for Traditional Bows...
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Traditional Archery: Turkey Broadheads for Traditional Bows

May 16, 2013
Turkey season is in full swing and, like most traditional bowhunters, I've long since settled on a broadhead. This was the result of trying out different approaches, talking to successful bowhunters…
News & Tips: Two-Way Radio Buyer's Guide
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Two-Way Radio Buyer's Guide

May 14, 2013
During deer season, I hunt with my sons Matt and Zach in an area that encompasses tens of thousands of acres of bottomland hardwood forest. The three of us keep in touch on our stands using two-way…
News & Tips: Choosing a Shotgun
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Choosing a Shotgun

May 9, 2013
Growing up in a farming environment, I learned the importance of having the right tool for the job. Part of my self-imposed duties involved walking the field edges in search of groundhogs. It was my…
News & Tips: Breaking Down the Different Bow Release Aids...
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Breaking Down the Different Bow Release Aids

May 8, 2013
The sheer amount of choices available in mechanical bow releases can be just plain intimidating to beginners and even frustrating at times to seasoned shooters searching for a new model. While…
News & Tips: 3 Turkeys Down in this Episode
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3 Turkeys Down in this Episode

May 6, 2013
Turkey Hunting: See a Bow/Gun Tag Team Nebraska Turkey Hunt Plus A Frosty Gobbler In Missouri  Watch this week as the Pro-Staff husband/wife team of Heath and Lindsey tag team a do-it-yourself…
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Short Soft Turkey Calling Got This Strutter

May 2, 2013
The second week of April I was guiding an older gentlemen and novice turkey hunter and decided I would hunt him from a pop-up blind at a location where I worked several birds earlier in the season.…
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Patterning Your Turkey Shotgun

May 2, 2013
Before each turkey season every hunter needs to pattern and understand their shotgun. It’s commonly misunderstood that with a single or double bead and limits of ducks and ring-necks taken with that…
News & Tips: Youth Turkey Camps Teach Skills
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Youth Turkey Camps Teach Skills

May 2, 2013
Over the last three decades I have conducted a dozen or more youth turkey hunting camps, most through the JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) program of the National Wild…
News & Tips: Traditional Archery: Turkey Tips
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Traditional Archery: Turkey Tips

May 2, 2013
The first week of turkey season has passed in my neck of the woods and the score is still gobblers 2, traditional archer 0. For some reason the birds I scouted have not shown themselves during my two…
News & Tips: Hunting Eastern Wild Turkeys
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Hunting Eastern Wild Turkeys

April 22, 2013
Birds can be flocked-up during the earliest phase of spring turkey season, and our turkeys were. Jim Martin and I had a plan in the early season to hunt a little old school going after dominant birds…