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Every Point Counts
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By Carl Redding
-- It was an ice cold morning during the start of southwestern Pennsylvania's rut. I was going to be hunting with a buddy of mine on a small piece of private property near the West Virginia border. The air was frosty cold with the te...
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The Season to Remember
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By Jessica LaMontagne
-- During the 2003 deer season, my dad took a 10-point buck. I witnessed the whole thing! I think I was in a bit of shock, but felt super lucky to be hunting with my Daddy that day. It was quite thrilling and exciting to watch ...
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Late Season Field of Dreams
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By Michael Lee
-- As the sun sank low on the horizon, the temperature slowly began to dip. The January air let me know how low the temperature was dropping, as I could clearly see my breath as last shooting light approached. Glassing the edge of the...
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Daddy, I Want to Go!
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By Marty Shaffer
-- "Daddy, I want to go!" Delaney, my 5-year-old daughter, enthusiastically awaited the reply.
The answer was as certain as the sun coming up in the East. "You bet!" I replied.
This would be Delaney's first ve...
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A Decade Down and Two Deer Up
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By Chris Harris
-- Until last year, I had taken a 10-year sabbatical from hunting. But then after the wife had half a dozen encounters with deer in one year on her 5-mile drive to the interstate, I decided that I needed to take up hunting again - i...
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Every Day is Thanksgiving
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By Doug Zeiters
-- I've enjoyed deer hunting for many years, so after a frustrating 2006 season of no bucks, a friend asked me to try turkey hunting with him. My friend, Ben Miller, is Amish and enjoys hunting, fishing, and the outdoors as much as I...
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Buckmasters' Budgetmasters (Hot Gear For A Cool Christmas)
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By Jeff Murray
-- Hunters looking for cool gifts to give (or receive) often fall prey to last-minute decisions and trite point-of-purchase displays. Do everyone a favor and look for this year's hottest gear ahead of time. For the budget-minded, he...
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The Whitetail's Scrape
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Text & Photos by Tommy Kirkland
-- As the hunting season begins, communication among whitetails increases through activity known as scraping. This natural function is vital for whitetails to set the stage for successful breeding. Although there ...
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Part 2: The Art & Science of Rattling White-tailed Deer
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By Russell Thornberry
-- How to Rattle Antlers
There are numerous considerations that enter into antler rattling, such as location, position, wind, etc. There are certain limitations when rattling from a treestand as opposed to rattling from a grou...
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Trespasser Scouts Missouri Monster
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By Randall Bowling
-- The hunt took place in Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. I received permission to hunt on a friend's property that sits next to the Osage River and has open fields and wooded areas. Nobody was allowed to hunt this land, and the owner had...
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Soldier's First Season
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By Douglas J. Saffell
-- Here I was at the young age of 36 and getting ready for the deer season to open. I was all ready to go and the night was closing in. I went to bed around 8 p.m. and awoke early the next morning to head out to the area my pos...
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Friday the 13th is my Lucky Day
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By Steve Kidwell
-- While bowhunting in Central Ohio one fall morning, I didn't know this day would be one of my best whitetail hunts ever. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1990, I sat on my stand watching a big buck chasing does from daylight until 11 a.m. F...
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Roll On!
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By Harry Fristoe
-- Last deer season was about as good as anyone could ever dream about. I took a nice doe during opening morning of muzzleloader season, and I took an 8-point buck on the opening day of the Texas rifle season. The following weekend ...
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A Shot in the Dark
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By Gregg Fuller
-- I was deer hunting in late December 2006 near the central Texas town of Comanche about 100 miles southwest of Fort Worth. I had already taken my allotted trophy buck, and was now working on my cull buck tag. We hadn't seen very ma...
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The Greatest Gift of All
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By Scott W. Johnson
-- I have been hunting for 40 years. I live in northeast Florida, and it is a tradition around here that we hunt with dogs. The woods are thick and the swamps seem to be endless. Once inside what I call a booger swamp you lose al...
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Blessings From Above
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By Larry Porter
-- It was a hot November day in western Tennessee. It was not a day that you would think much about deer hunting. The mosquitoes were out, and it was about 80 degrees. But I had two hours before my daughter's basketball game,...
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The Chainsaw Buck
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By Frank Delph Jr.
-- Maryland's muzzleloader deer season was approaching. I had just purchased a new Thompson/Center .50 caliber muzzleloader and had the tack driver outfitted with a Nikon Omega scope. I was eager to take to the woods. But there ...
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