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Going Semi-Guided For Deer

Going Semi-Guided For Deer

By Mark Melotik

Several years ago I was bowhunting Kansas with a couple buddies, and a few days in we were on the trail of my friend Jared’s hard-hit buck. As we followed the winding blood trail it eventually led us into an area that made the hackles stand up on my neck. The isolated, sign-filled spot reeked of a big-buck hangout. Better, because we were ...

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