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Not What the Doctor Ordered
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On March 16, 2008, Bill Coe of Conover, Ohio, was told by his doctor that he could no longer hunt with a compound bow. Although Bill values his health, he lives to hunt. At 72 years young, the retired plumber was devastated.
"I've always hunted w...
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Pack Extra Bootlaces
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One of the cheapest and handiest items you can put in your hunting pack is an extra package of bootlaces. In fact, I like to keep several packs.
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Jackie Bushman Presented Golden Moose!
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The Outdoor Channel, America's Leader In Outdoor TV, unveiled the winners of its 13th Annual Golden Moose Awards Powered by RAM. The network's annual marquis ceremony was held during the National Shooting Sports Foundation's annual SHOT Show on Th...
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One Shot, Two Bucks
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In 2002, my employer, Jim Bennett, decided that he would take three of us deer hunting in the Texas Hill Country in 2003 as a bonus. Mr. Bennett loves to hunt, but more than that, he loves to give. Chad, Joe and I had never had this kind of opport...
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Is it possible to age bucks from trail cam photos?
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Bob, what's the best way to age a buck from trail camera photos? I'm including a photo of a buck on my place, which I guess to be 2 1/2 years old based on face, neck and legs. Can you tell me if I am correct?
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The Elusive Black Deer
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-- Hovering over my rifle, I observed a rare black phased whitetail buck through my riflescope as it gazed toward the doe that had just jumped the fence on my property line. I couldn't control my hands shaking which threatened the culmination of my...
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The Tungsten Revolution
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The gobbler is answering every cluck and yelp I throw his way, but he's clearly not interested. Three hens are accompanying him toward the roosting area higher in the draw.
Guide Roger Dubs and I have been chasing this band of Merriam's up and do...
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NSSF Responds to Biden
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From National Shooting Sports Foundation
-- All Americans share the goal of wanting to make our communities and children safer by reducing violence in our society, like the tragic incident that occured last month in our community of Newtown, Conn...
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Yamaha Launches "Assembled in USA" Rhino Sweepstakes!
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Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., is giving away a Tactical Black Special Edition Rhino 700 FI to help raise awareness and money for the Honored American Veterans Afield (HAVA) and Feed the Children charities. Yamaha's second "Assembled in U.S.A." sweep...
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Deer harvest 14,921 for alternative methods portion of season
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From Missouri Department of Conservation
-- Missouri hunters harvested 14,921 deer during the statewide alternative methods portion of the fall 2012 firearms deer season, which ran Dec. 15 through Dec. 25. Top counties were Oregon with 320, Frank...
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Illuminated Nocks Light the Way
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I just wanted to pass on a very useful tip for illuminated arrow nocks that my husband and I recently discovered while tracking a doe in the pitch-black darkness.
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A Buck Barometer Named Chris
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It was a slow day at work.
Don Wilson and his partner were sitting in the office when Don's cell phone rang. It was his best huntin' buddy, Chris Snyder, calling to report that the bucks were on the move in Brown County, Ohio. Don looked at his b...
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WV hunters take 131,444 deer in 2012
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From West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
-- Preliminary counts of game checking tags indicate West Virginia hunters harvested a total of 131,444 white-tailed deer during the 2012 bucks-only, antlerless, muzzleloader, archery and youth/Cla...
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Breakfast with Whitetails
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One of the benefits of being an outdoors writer is the bonus of hunting and wildlife photography – deer in particular – as part of the job. Most of my whitetail encounters are made from fall into spring, which is why I decided to have breakfast wi...
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Can There Be Two Ruts?
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I hunt in Elmore County, Alabama and have noticed what seems to be a mini-rut around the time of Thanksgiving and another in mid to late January. Do have any idea why this is, and do you have tips for how to hunt during the lighter rut period?
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King for a Day
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-- On November 9, 2012 I harvested a beautiful 17-pointer in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, but my story starts a couple weeks earlier. On October 26, I was hunting in the stand we call the Honey Hole. It was about 4:30 p.m. when I heard the crun...
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The Art of Jeweling
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"Keep in mind that you are going for a total effect. The whole is much more dramatic than a single swirl."
Jeweling is the process of polishing small swirls into the surface of metal. Also called Engine Turning and Damascening, it is usually done ...
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Where Wheels are Useless
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The transition from railroad engineer to skipper was easy for Billy Gearen.
Although the 36-year-old might've preferred rails and crossties to the Kaskaskia River's swift current, there was little choice in the matter of reaching his deer stand. S...
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NH 2011 fall hunting season results available
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From New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- Preliminary numbers are in for New Hampshire's deer, bear and fall turkey hunting seasons. The estimated statewide deer kill for New Hampshire’s 2012 season was 11,590 deer, up 4 percent from the f...
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Law expiration makes crossbow use unlawful for big game
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From New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
-- Provisions in the New York Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) that allow the use of crossbows for big game hunting, as well as eliminate a permit requirement for hunters with physical ...
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