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Entries for 'JTeel'
Ice Chest = Scent-free Storage
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With all the time, money and effort hunters spend trying to keep clothes scent-free, we usually end up storing them in something that isn't even airtight. Those large, plastic storage tubs with lids that we shove our clothes into certainly aren't ...
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Antlers Borealis
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Giant velvet-covered antlers reached up from the tundra like a stunted and denuded pair of alien oaks. My guide, Bernie Zimmerman, turned to me and said, "It's him," as the small aluminum boat glided to shore.
Perhaps 400 yards away was one of th...
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Eclipse Eight
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The day was unlike any other hunting day; it was the first morning for my brother, Chad, and I to be bowhunting the woods and cornfields of Illinois. Being from the small town of Rose Bud, Ark., and having hunted creek bottom and hill deer around ...
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Is This Deer Safe to Eat?
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Bob, The first time I checked my trail camera photos this year, I captured an image of a nice buck with what appears to be a large growth on the side of its mouth. I've never seen anything like this before. If I am able to harvest this buck, do yo...
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Ian's Last Buck
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-- It was the last day of the 2009 Wisconsin rifle season for me and my stepson Ian Fossum who loved to hunt. He had just turned 14.
Ian was able to sit in his stand all by himself, but on the eve of the final day, he asked me to take him out and s...
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Make Mine a .30-06
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Wanna shoot it?" asked Mr. Bennett, who then quickly added with caution, "It's a .30-06!"
I turned and looked up at my dad standing behind me. He smiled and nodded his approval.
I could not believe it. For most of my 8 years of life, I'd dreamed o...
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Five Hundred Reasons
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Faced with enduring the constant belching of diesels and smell of dirt and fuel, most deer hunters would've thrown their trucks into reverse and left in their own cloud of dust - the sanctity of "prime time" ruined.
Ben Spanjers thought about lea...
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Ole Miss to Honor Bill Jordan
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Bill Jordan, the creator of Realtree Camouflage and the host of the Monster Bucks video series and the Realtree Outdoors television show, will receive two prestigious awards from the University of Mississippi October 13 when Ole Miss hosts Auburn ...
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Ratchet Up Archery Targets
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If you're like most hunters these days, you try to save money wherever you can. As much as we shoot our bows in preparation for archery season, we can go through archery targets pretty fast, especially using broadheads. If you own a layered style ...
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Keep It Fun
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My son, Gregory, first hunted deer with me at age 9, during Pennsylvania’s 1997 winter doe season. A stiff breeze blew in from the north, and snow began to fall — an inch an hour — adding to the 6-inch blanket already covering the forest floor.
W...
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What Exactly is a "Mature" Deer?
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Last year I hunted with an outfitter who imposed an antler score minimum of 140-inches, or any "mature buck." I hear hunters use the term "mature buck" a lot, but I'm still a little confused about what that means, exactly. Can you help clear this u...
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Fall family project—Building a Deer Blind
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Hunting together as a family, whether for deer or bison or mastodon, used to be all about the meat. But today, hunting is also about parents and children spending time with each other in the great outdoors.
A perfect family project parents ...
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Buckmasters Big Red Chili
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Buckmasters annual Chili Cook-off is an event Buckmasters employees look forward to each fall. Everyone has a great time whether they're entered into the chili competition, the Halloween costume contest or simply standing by with a spoon, a judge'...
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From Passed Shot to Pass-through
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-- My story ends with a big buck down, but it begins with this huntress making a judgment call that some hunters won't believe.
As the 2012 bow season approached, every hunter who had put time and effort into preparing for the upcoming season was v...
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Feel Less Kick
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Recoil is the rearward motion of a gun on firing. Kick is the slap of the gun's movement we feel. One thing for sure about kick: The less we endure, the better we shoot. There are a few steps you can take to reduce recoil, from modifying your shoo...
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Dog Food Bag Archery Target
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Here's a great way to construct archery targets for field-tipped arrows by using empty dog food bags. You'll need two large dog food bags, the type that have an inside lining reinforced with plastic or a fiber grid, not just the paper kind. Open th...
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Holding Out for an Alberta Giant
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New York deer hunter Tony Vanditto is into guns, especially deer rifles. But he couldn't have predicted that a gun purchase would lead him to whitetail hunting heaven.
It was word-of-mouth testimony that lured him westward and across the border. ...
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Call your Senator!
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Buckmasters and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are encouraging all firearms owners, hunters and sportsmen to immediately call their U.S. Senators and urge them to vote YES on a critically important procedural motion that will allow the Se...
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See More Deer
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One of the basics of winning a game of whitetail hide-and-seek is to detect the animal before it sees you.
Truth be known, thousands of deer escape the meat pole each season because things happen the other way around. They see (or hear or smell) h...
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Multiple Fawn Births
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Here in Missouri, during the last few years, I have noticed an increase in multiple births of deer. A few years ago I saw my first set of twins, and in the last two years I have seen several sets of triplets. Any guesses as to what is causing this?
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