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Thanks for the Tips, Buckmasters!
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By Penny Clayton
-- I’m Penny Clayton and I live in Arlington, Wash. I'm a disabled Gulf War (Desert Storm) veteran, and want to thank Buckmasters for the special hunts you do for the disabled and veterans. I cannot watch a show w...
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USSA Combats False Impression Left by Newsweek Hunting Story
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From USSA
-- Group Leads a Response from Leading Wildlife Professionals
The USSA led the way with a major effort to respond to a negative article on hunting that ran in the January 12, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine. In order to combat the ...
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A Most Memorable Hunt
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By Kevin Hackenberg
-- I have been archery hunting in Pennsylvania for about 15 years yet the most memorable hunt I’ve experienced was during October 2007. That was the first time I’d ever had someone in the tree with me&mdash...
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Honoring Grandpa—Hunting Buddy, Hero, Teacher
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By Clint Anderson
-- I sat perfectly still and listened to leaves crunch softly in the distance. I knew if I moved, I would be detected and all would be lost. I had waited too long and prepared too hard to risk losing it all now. As I stared into th...
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The Early Bird Doesn't Always Get the Buck
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By Chris Counts
-- Up before daylight, sit all day, don't make a sound and keep a watchful eye. Every hunter develops a philosophy about hunting white-tailed deer. Some hunt only in the morning; others swear by late afternoon. Some use lunar t...
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The 6-Point Squirrel
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By Ed Romero
-- I haven’t been hunting very long due to my work schedule, but a long-time friend talked me into starting to hunt with him. My boys wanted to start as well, so I began to spend my available time learning the sport and helping th...
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News Flash: Big Buck Down
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By Richard Potter
-- It was November 19, 2005, opening day of gun season in Wisconsin. My 19-year-old daughter Melissa was with me, just as she has been since she was 8. Melissa loves hunting and always has.
Melissa and I have an opening-morning t...
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The Thrill of Victory
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By Bob Kotte
-- I live in the small town of Highland, Wisc. Every couple of years or so, when I am able to pinch and save enough money, my buddies and I go on a hunting trip to Gunderson National Forest in Colorado.
I hunt in my local area, but a t...
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A Different Kind of Trophy
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By Tom Thompson
-- On Sat., Oct. 21, 2006, my 13-year-old son Ryan and I were bowhunting on private property in southern, Maryland. It was just after a cold front, and the weather was a sunny 61 degrees with a slight west-northwest wind. In other ...
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Making Memories
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By Wally Cummins
-- My hunting story took place when my girlfriend, Stephanie, and I hunted during the rut on Davis Island, which is a few miles south of Vicksburg, Miss. Our hunting club, Buckhorn II, is surrounded by the Mississippi River,...
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Three Wallhangers in 30 Minutes
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By Matthew Simone
-- Upstate New York might not be known for its spectacular white-tailed deer hunting or its monster bucks, but it is home to many outdoorsmen. About 30 years ago, my father, his brother, their uncle and cousins formed a hunting gro...
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It Runs in the Family
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By Lisa Price
-- Tip back in your chair at a summer cookout and ask Doug Treat how many days it is until archery season opens in Arkansas, and he'll know. In fact, he might know it right down to how many hours. All year long, except for hunting seas...
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Louisiana Youngster's Special Harvest
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From Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
-- For any 14-year-old boy, taking down an 8-point, 240-pound buck is a dream come true. However, for Krotz Springs, La., native Brandon Soileau, a trophy buck is just the icing on the cake of the ...
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All in the Family
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By Daniel Audy
-- The 2007 hunting season was something that I will hold in my heart forever. I used to hunt in Vermont with my brother, John, and his wife's family, with whom I am very close. I started hunting when I was 18 years old. While I nev...
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Two Deer for Two Brothers
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By Levi and Hunter Schmidt
-- Allow us to introduce ourselves: We are Levi and Hunter, the Schmidt brothers. We are ages 10 and 9 respectively. We are two brothers who each took bucks of a lifetime during the November firearms season in Missouri. We...
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Beyond the Harvest
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By Wayne DeLuca
-- It was Nov. 17, 2007, the last weekend of the Kentucky rifle season, and I had just come back from a hunting trip in Vermont. I had missed a shot at a small 3-pointer. My wife and I had just purchased 35 acres in Kentucky, and I d...
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Hunting in the Neighborhood
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By Michael Vanderstine
-- My buddies and I are what you would call urban hunters (city folk if you will). We are blue-collar guys who cannot afford to go to dream places like Montana or Kansas. Instead we hunt 5-to 10-acre areas that are 20 to 30 mi...
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Bad Weather Bucks
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By Randy D. Smith
-- I simply do not have the luxury of hunting on days when the weather is perfect. I'm certain most deer hunters are in the same boat. My home state of Kansas offers a total of 25 days for hunters to harvest a buck with a firearm. ...
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An Old Friend
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By John C. Phillips Jr.
-- I have put in many hard hours to grow and maintain the proper food sources that attract and grow quality white-tailed deer. For the past seven to eight years, I have planted many food plots as well as a variety of trees.
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