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Entries for August 2011
How important is paper-tuning your bow?
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The bottom line about paper tuning is you should do it if its important to you, but don’t sweat it if you don’t have access to a paper tuner.
A good pro-shop technician can set up a bow that will be very close to being in tune. If your field poin...
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How well can a whitetail hear?
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Under good conditions, how far away can a deer hear a grunt call? How about a rattle bag? What about under poor conditions?
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Getting on Paper
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It’s a safe bet that most hunters expend more ammunition before the season opens than they use the entire season. And, with centerfire cartridges costing $20 to $25 per box, getting a new rifle or new scope on target at 100 yards can be an expensi...
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Five-Alarm Buckmasters
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Deer hunting in Texas can be like going to a chili cook-off when all you've ever tasted has come from a can. It'll leave eyes bulging, mouths spitless and fry the circuitry between brain and trigger finger.
That's why folks who book hunts in the L...
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Confessions of a Cull Hunter
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Deer hunting can mean stress, most of which we thrust upon ourselves. In my case, the trouble began the moment I committed to an abbreviated, two-day hunt. A full day into it and with nothing to show, I was really starting to feel the pressure.
L...
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NY looking for summer wild turkey survey volunteers
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From New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
-- New York residents are being asked to participate in survey for wild turkeys in August by recording observations of turkeys in forests and fields around near their homes.
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Okanogan limited entry deer applications due Aug. 17
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From the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
-- Washington hunters have until Aug. 17 to apply to hunt deer on the 6,000-acre Charles and Mary Eder unit of the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area in northeastern Okanogan County.
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Colorado’s remaining big game licenses on sale Aug. 9
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From the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife
-- Thousands of big game hunting licenses that did not sell during the license application and draw process go on sale Aug. 9 at wildlife offices and Colorado Parks and Wildlife license retailers st...
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Rain storms lead to New Mexico reopening WMAs
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From the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
-- Several Wildlife Management Areas that were closed because of high fire danger have now been reopened, thanks to recent rain storms across the state.
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