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Entries for February 2013
Back in the Saddle
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-- When I look back a couple of years to the day I first saw this buck, I remember being immediately entranced by its size. My memories are still so vivid. The sun was shining brightly; it was a cool and crisp morning, and I spotted the buck walkin...
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Too Close, But Comfortable
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Of all the whitetail's keen senses, the hardest to fool is its nose. Most archers get off the ground to increase their odds of success, but not Canton, Ill., bowhunter Ed Kruzan.
"I hunted out of stands for years, but once I started hunting from ...
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Cold Weather Bow Practice
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If you're a late season bowhunter, you likely haven't target practiced while wearing your bulky hunting clothes. I highly recommend you practice shooting your bow with all the layers and warm clothes you'll be wearing in an actual cold weather hunti...
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Bad Glue, Good Glue
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J.D. McKinney can thank his dad, a belligerent squirrel and some bad glue for his first deer by bow.
He was but a green-gilled teenager when the state-record buck picked its way down the laurel-studded hillside back in November 1994.
Although ther...
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Spikes: To Shoot, Or Not To Shoot?
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Bob, I hunt in Bibb County, Alabama and have read several research studies on the subject of shooting spikes. Many biologists have differing viewpoints, but what are your personal thoughts on shooting spikes?
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Bear Camp's Magic Moments
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Recently, while cleaning out my hunting closet, I found my journal from a black bear camp. It's dated May 1997. The memories of Saskatchewan came flooding back when I opened the first page.
I'd forgotten how much fun this hunting trip was, my firs...
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Record harvest in 2012-13 for Kentucky deer hunters
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From Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
-- Kentucky deer hunters posted a record harvest for the 2012-13 deer season, which ended Jan. 21. Hunters took 131,388 whitetails, 56 percent bucks, 44 percent does. Firearms hunters report...
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