Decoying, Part One |
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
If you haven’t added deer decoys to your bowhunting arsenal, you are missing some of the most up-close, exciting encounters you will ever have in th...
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The Shot Heard 'Round Kentucky |
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Monday, October 15, 2012 |
My daughter, Stephanie Gavin, has been exposed to hunting her entire life. I am a taxidermist, vice president of a local bowhunting club, and the re...
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Eclipse Eight |
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012 |
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...
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Keep It Fun |
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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 b...
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See More Deer |
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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 t...
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So You Want to Join a Hunt Club? |
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Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
The approval of your application for the Hit ‘n’ Miss Buck Club arrived today, and you can’t wait to write a check for the deposit on a year’s membe...
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Reading Body Language |
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
Communication among white-tailed deer always has intrigued hunters. North American Indians used crude calls to bring deer close, but only in the pas...
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Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow |
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
The oak tree is God’s gift to wildlife. Acorns are an important part of the food supply for nearly 200 animal species.
Bears in northern Minnesota w...
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Black Hawg Down |
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
Bouncing through the cattle pasture in a pickup, we were still within sight of the main dirt road when we spotted our first whitetail of the morning...
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Layering for the Deep Freeze |
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
Last November, while perched in a treestand overlooking the Missouri River just downstream from the confluence of the Yellowstone River, I was daydr...
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