As we sit in the summer heat we realize that many states will be open for archery hunting in just a few short days, 60-80 days to be more “roughly” exact. Many states today have some sort of lull between open seasons, and some of you might be considering an out of state trip…
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These economic times are tough for all of us and we all need to make our dollars stretch as far as possible. For lots of us hunting is not only a means of recreation and relaxation but also a way to supplement the freezer.
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Well here we are in that hot thing we call summer. I don’t know about the rest of you but I’d much rather it be fall or winter and cold, you can always put on more clothes to be warmer. But- in the summer you can only take so much off! So you find yourself, if you’re anything like me drooling over back issues of hunting magazines, and watching the same DVD’s and videos over and over again, that you have seen so many times that you know the script you can call the exact time of the shot, recite
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On Christmas Day 2005 I learned that my life long dream of going to Africa was going to actually happen. Through a friend of a friend I was going to be able to spend 45 days on the Dark Continent. To make the day even more special, my terminally ill father handed me a Holland & Holland 500/465 double rifle as my Christmas present from him. It would not only save my life in Africa it proved to be the last present he ever gave me.
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In June, many duck and pheasant hunters will mentally circle the backside of October as a key window for waterfowl and upland hunting. In similar manner, deer hunters also key out the dates, times and places for hunts, stake a claim to vacation time if needed, and anticipate the coming fall season.
I think it is a safe assumption that most hunters would like to go to Africa at some point in their lives. I cannot remember a time in my young life that the mystique of Africa didn’t grace my mind at least once a day. My father and mother knew this and bought me countless books on African hunting. I read them all and bought more as I grew up. Little did I know as a child that my love of hunting would provide me an opportunity to live my dreams of Africa.
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The 2009 North Dakota Legislature continued a recent nationwide trend by creating a few new opportunities designed to recruit and retain hunters.
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Dear Mr. Leahy & Mr. Robinson: I am in receipt of your letter of March 30, 2010. I will address your points factually and straightforward.
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Getting our youth out to enjoy and appreciate nature is a real challenge these days. Especially because parents are competing against high tech video games that are made to simulate exactly what we want them to experience, without having to do any work.
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Whether you love them or hate them, feral hogs are a force to be reckoned with. Texas has long considered feral hogs, feral with no seasons and few restrictions on harvesting them. In Oklahoma however, this practice has not historically been the case.
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While I was born in the ‘70s and remember a few events and places, like the LaMoure Lobos winning the 1976 North Dakota State Class B basketball title after we moved there from Williston, the ‘80s are when most of my vivid memories begin.
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Thank You letter from Famers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry for the Hunter Palooza and HuntOnly.com donation of over $5,000....
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In the early 1980s trapping fox, coyotes, badgers, muskrat and a bonus mink did more than just pay for gas. Fur prices were strong and fox outnumbered coyotes to the point where a coyote pelt brought a nice reward, and the intense hunting and trapping effort helped keep numbers in check as well.
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HuntOnly.com held the 2nd Annual “Hunter Palooza” and not even Mother Nature could slow the event. Sportsmen and women flooded the fun filled event even with 3-4” of snow coming down. Hunter Palooza 2009 was a “must-attend” event for many hunters that included: gun raffles, silent auctions, food from Ledo’s of Waldorf and Chick-Fil-A, and more.
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Story Written by: Rebecca Francis. We watched the super cub fade away into the azure sky as we stood in the gravel bar with nothing but our backpacks and pure adrenalin, anticipating the adventure that was about to ensue.
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Last week’s discussion revolved around changing hunter attitudes for deer hunting in North Dakota, where many hunters now live in urban areas, and along with a healthy deer herd are now afforded what's almost a sure thing for drawing a license
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Rebecca Francis is an Extreme Hardcore Huntress... Here's her story: I nearly passed out from fear as a 700 lb. African lion charged me, finally dropping only 30 yards away after my fifth shot with a .375. I knew I was going to die the day I shot my 10 ½ ft. Alaskan brown bear at 24 yards with my bow. I watched my life pass before my eyes as I scaled the exposed cliffs stalking my 40 inch dall ram.
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My guess is that most deer hunters don't tire of the “Turdy Point Buck” tune on the radio until the backside of deer season. For a change, though, I'd sure enjoy listening to a refrain about hunting doe in North Dakota.
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I spent eight hours this last Saturday at the shooting range trying to develop a new load for my .264 Winchester magnum. A buddy of mine tried out a load for his .308 and I also got to shoot his .470 Nitro. What a cannon. It was a good day of shooting and spending time with friends. I also got to listen to some interesting chat about what a few seasons in the woods has taught fellow shooters about their choice in firearms.
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Here’s a question to ponder across the back fence or over a cup of coffee as all the major hunting seasons except deer gun get into full swing: When it comes to hunting success, what’s more important, habitat or access?
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Sad news has hit for anyone who has been watching this young buck grow over the past 2 years. The 3 year old deer had apparently damaged his antlers and caused some sort of infection which threatened his life. The people at Farming for Wildlife decided it was best to dart him and cut his antlers off so the infection didn’t spread. About a week after this, the infection killed him anyway.
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Hunting access issues across North Dakota and the United States can occasionally move from spark to wildfire in a matter of seconds. Just about everyone who has spent even a little time hunting has a story to relate, from a hesitant knock on a rural landowner’s door that led to a life-long friendship, to blocked roads to public lands and even verbal harassment of legal hunters.
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It’s not nearly as technical as we want it to be. I’ll try to use real life terms to communicate the truth about beliefs surrounding these two topics of discussion. By the way, the points mentioned here will hopefully simplify the process of deciding what gun to get your youngster for their first deer hunt (God bless you by the way).
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Walk into any fleet store and you will find an array of rifle shells in various calibers with descriptive names such as silvertip, ballistic tip, super shock tip, power point, etc. These names excite the shopper even though they may not have any idea what they are looking at. Let’s take a step back from the marketing glamour and have some simple talk about bullet basics.
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I can't single out any specific outdoor adventure that hooked me into a life of participation, and work, devoted to hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation. Many of my friends and coworkers have similar experiences. Most grew up in a family atmosphere that had outdoor recreation woven into its culture.
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Arrowing a big buck or knocking a thundering gobbler off his feet with 4 shot is one of the biggest thrills a hunter can have, but for some, they are missing out on an even bigger thrill while in the woods. Bringing a newcomer to the woods can be rewarding in many ways. It's not just about spending time in the woods, but about sharing those experiences with someone you care about. It adds a whole new element to an already enjoyable experience. This past year, my wife decided to give hunting a try. We picked her up a
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Every one who is serious about hunting is always looking for new properties with bigger deer more turkeys or just plain and simple more hunting opportunities. Sometimes this is because the family farm has been sold or the land you’ve always hunted for free has been leased to someone with a deep pocket book.
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June is a time of optimism and hope, not only for anglers who may have spent much of May recovering from floods, but also for farmers who hurried to recoup lost time and are now crossing their fingers hoping the late spring will catch up and those memories will be erased by a good crop.
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HuntOnly.com brings you the latest innovation in Trail Cameras and Hunting Websites. HuntOnly.com and Smart Scouter have teamed up to bring you the “Real-Time Trail Camera Photo Gallery”. The Trail Cam Gallery is updated every hour, 24/7 with the latest Trail Camera Photos from our cameras!
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CHATFIELD, MN — Four new World’s Records were officially recognized during the Pope and Young Club’s 26th Biennial Convention and Awards Banquet in Denver, Colorado, this spring. Species: Polar bear Score: 26 10/16 Location: Cape Brown, Northwest Territories Bowhunter: Jimmie Ryan Year: 2008 This bear bested a World’s Record that had stood since Richard McIntire’s Alaska polar bear shot in 1958 (which was tied by a 2002 bear from Nunavut).
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I recieved this in an e-mail this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family On his way to Alaska to tape his TV show, Tred Barta suffered a rare occurrence called a spinal stroke affecting his T2-T10 vertebrae. Since there are only 12 of these Thoracic bones, that’s a very large area. He is currently paralyzed from just below the chest down. Prognosis is way up in the air at the moment. Some medicos predict permanent paralysis while others have given him up to a 60-percent chance of at least partial recovery. His message to
For many hunters November is a peak and valley, the best of times and the worst of times. As North Dakota’s popular deer gun hunting season opens and closes, thousands of hunters begin and end their hunting activities within the 16 ½ days the regular season takes place.
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I’m secure enough to proclaim I’m not much of an expert at most things. Regardless of the topic or subject at hand, there’s always going to be someone who knows more or has done it better. That doesn’t bother me.
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State Century Code has defined hunting in North Dakota. Albeit for legal purposes, the definition is rather cumbersome, but NDCC20.1-01 and section 21 defines hunting as: “shooting, shooting at, pursuing, taking, attempting to take, or killing any game animals and game birds; searching for or attempting to locate or flush any game animals and game birds; luring, calling or attempting to attract game animals and game birds; hiding for the purpose of taking or attempting to take game animals and game birds; and walking, crawling or advancing toward wildlife while possessing implement or equipment useful in the taking of game
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Hunting is an accepted and embraced heritage in North Dakota, and even those who don't hunt have a stake as they enjoy the matrix of critters that form the fabric of our outdoors wonderland.
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Many parents with young children spend a fair amount of time at the doctor’s office, myself included. Often when I return home, my first stop is at the computer desk to check the Internet to find out a little bit more about the illness, treatment and generally become better educated on the issue.
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Nobody wants to see wildlife starve. It happens sometimes, but even in a winter such as this, not as much as most people think. Even in mild winters, Game and Fish is asked about feeding animals, and over time the response to such questions has changed.
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The Southern Maryland Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is holding the 17th Annual Hunting Heritage Banquet on Saturday March 28th 2009 from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at the elegant Middleton Hall in Waldorf, MD.
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Organized coon hunting has been around for many years, and while no one can say for certain the turn of 20th century is as good of time as any to say it at least began to build in popularity. Coon hunting is usually done with specially trained dogs and seems to be a bigger part of traditions in the south, although there are coon hunters all over this great country.
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HuntOnly.com held the first annual “Hunter Palooza”!! The event featured raffles for items donated from a host of businesses including; Fred’s Sports of Waldorf, Creative Whitetails Taxidermy, along with a food and gift card donation by Outback Steakhouse of LaPlata, MD.
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Written by: Old Pole: The second morning of the official elk hunt had as high of expectations as we did on day one. The first day I followed a trail I didn’t know I could find and walked farther and higher and spent more time in a Rocky Mountain Wind Tunnel than anybody else in the camp. And it was fun. I saw a ton of elk that first day, but during this late season cow hunt, I didn’t have any that were in the range of my comfort level. So the second day, I was determined I was going
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As a first year attendee I really didn't know what to expect of a show of this caliber. I knew quite a bit about who was going to be there and what the show was about, but what to really expect I was unsure. Overall impressions were very good right from the start. There were ATA Show signs everywhere we went from the Airport and hotel to St. Elmo’s Steak House where we had dinner the last evening. We missed the first day so I won’t be able to comment on that, but first thing Friday morning we found
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I don't claim to know a lot about habitat conservation, other than to say I know that we need it, for a variety of reasons. I've lost at least two good deer hunting areas to development since 1997 (obviously those areas also contained songbirds, small mammals, trees, shrubs, herbs, forbes (wildflowers), butterflies and other invertebrates. I've also noticed the destruction of good wildlife habitat (for housing or business development projects) in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico and many other states. As a result of this I find myself becoming more interested in, and hopefully more knowledgeable about,
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The field staff members of Huntonly.com - a website created and managed by hunters as a resource for the hunting community - have donated 15 deer to Maryland’s Farmers and Hunters Feeding The Hungry (FHFH) program. The deer were harvested throughout Southern Maryland during Maryland’s deer hunting season. Through the FHFH program, farmers and hunters deliver their legally harvested deer or other big game to a participating meat processor. The meat is processed, packaged and frozen and made available to local food banks at no charge. According to FHFH, one deer can provide 200 meals.
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1.Based on hunter reports, about one deer in 30,000 is an albino. 2.Melanistic deer are very dark sometimes even black and results from overproduction of pigment and is less common than albinism. 3.Albinism is a recessive trait and both parents must carry the gene before it can occur in their offspring.
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This was Written by Tom Dickson, DNR information officer If you don't hunt, you might wonder what's so appealing about this activity. Why, for example, would anyone sit for hours in a chilly duck blind? Or trudge mile after mile through soggy cattail sloughs? And what's the thrill in trying to kill an animal, anyway? If hunters want to be outdoors and see animals, can't they just watch wildlife without shooting them?
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For many years the debate has raged about which caliber is best in the brush. Equally debated is if any caliber is good in the brush. When most writers refer to the brush, generally they refer to Northern Tier states and whitetail deer. Brush, however covers a good deal of the Country. Brush is defined as bushes and young trees densely packed in a particular geographic area. For this topic, I am going to stick with Northern states, as their topography is covered with more brushy areas, on average.
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Living hundreds of miles from your hunting property can really make it tough to put in the time needed to prepare for the upcoming season. Combine the time needed to do so and the soaring gas prices and it’s nearly impossible to do enough preseason scouting to put yourself in a good position to harvest a bruiser come this fall. But, with today’s advances in trail camera technology, these constraints can put less of a burden on your whitetail success. There was a time when a hunter had to do all of his scouting via field edges and talking to
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Back in the early 80’s (as best as I can recall, it may have been earlier), Oklahoma started an experiment with some of their WMA’s that had a lot of bottom land. They would take a certain area of green timber and build dikes around it then flood it in the fall. The water depth would normally be around 18 inches to 2 feet, some areas a little more, some areas had less. This was in an effort to attract migrating ducks to the flooded timber in an effort to provide them with a resting area where they could feed
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Hunting seasons are opening all over the New York/New England area, with bow season in New Hampshire and Connecticut already open. Are you an early season hunter? If you are, chances are your scouting is about done and your blind or stand placement is decided. If you are a procrastinator, you are still waiting. The problem is, is the land you want to hunt still available to you? Forget baseball, football and soccer (soccer?), get away from your TV and get out and about. Getting your hunting season planned, your area checked and your gear lined up is a lot
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Hunting fields and food plots seems to be a pretty popular subject going by the number of emails I receive. With a little scouting and pre-planning, you can have that field visiting Buck strung up in no time! First off, it really doesn’t matter if the field you’re hunting is an agriculture field, a grown over field or a food plot so long as the Deer are using it for food, cover or passing through. These tactics will help you find the best treestand locations.
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Hey y’all. Last time I spoke about “good” hunting rifles that hunters on a budget should consider. I appreciate the response I received. It seems there is no shortage of folks who cannot spend $900 – 1200 on a hunting rifle. The problem has been getting reliable comparisons and information on weapons in the working person’s spendable range. I did hear from a couple folks that thought I was off base and that quality firearms are not expensive because they hold their value, are built better, last longer blah, blah, blah. Of course they are built better…but the point is
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Hey y’all. A number of folks have posed the question to me: What is the best cheap gun? I have been around long enough not to step into that one. Once a writer invokes the word “best” he is proclaiming superior knowledge on that subject. The readers, many times, will disagree with the expert in whole or in part. I will, instead, address what are some “good” cheap weapons. The first thing the prospective buyer should do is answer some basic questions: What is your budget? Who is the gun for? Are they experienced in the handling of firearms? What
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Hey y’all. This time I am going to be writing about optics. There is nothing better to startan argument with than optics. But before we start the arguing; I have a couple of items. They deal with the trip to sporting goods store and the possible nightmare that awaits. It was always the practice that quality sporting goods store employed personnel that were trained or at least had experience in the items that they were in care of. Then came big box mentality and a new meaning for customer service. I am sure many of you have agonized, trying to
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Using deer scent and calls is still somewhat a mystery to some hunters. What scent should we use and when should we use a particular scent are just some of the questions I hear regularly on my seminars. Then there are hunters that think using scent and calling is a hunting strategy. It is not! Using scent and calls only work if they are part of a sound hunting strategy based on thorough scouting. Fail to realize this fact and the use of calls and scent become useless. In fact you are liable to scare deer away. Then there are
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I remember 15 years ago when I went out to scout for a good place to hang my stand in anticipation of my very first bowhunt. To say I got frustrated would be an understatement for what I felt. I knew that I had to scout very different from the way I would when rifle hunting. This was very different, a bow is a short-range weapon and to be successful the stand has to be in a location that brings deer close to the hunter. In my case not much more than 25 yards preferably a closer. Looking at the
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Whitetail deer have mastered the skills of survival. They have incredible senses and quickly learn how to avoid danger. There are many reasons deer stay in bed on any given day, learning more about why and when they may decide to stay put can help you become a more successful hunter. Weather can have a strong influence on deer movement. On days where the wind is blowing above 10mph deer movement seems to slow drastically. Of course if 15mph winds are normal for your area, this will have little effect on deer movement. Here in Maryland there are many days
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In this article we will look at the different signs deer make and their meaning. In general signpost communication is both, a visual and olfactory marker for other deer. Signposts include both rubs and scrapes. Deer use these signposts to convey a message to other deer or as an orientation marker, similar to directional signposting we use on our roads. A smart hunter will learn how to interpret and understand deer sign. Understanding deer sign is as important to a successful hunter as understanding a deer’s behavior in correlation to food sources, topography, seasonal and environmental changes.
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I learned a lot about the woods, plants and animals from my father and the old men of the hunting camp. Today I sometimes have to force myself to recall the wisdom of those men. Each time I do so my hunting success improves dramatically. The recent controversy surrounding the Scent-Lok company and their supposed promise that their carbon lined apparel is 100% capable of eliminating human odor got me thinking about how hunting is today compared to the time of our fathers and grandfathers. Today hunting is all about science and modern technology. Hunting has moved from a simple
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Recently I came upon some information about the economic impact hunting has in North America and decided that I should write about it so that other hunters can see too what good we hunters do for our countries economy and wildlife conservation in general. With the ongoing bashing of our hunting tradition by politically motivated radical groups and organizations that portray hunters as beer-swigging redneck slobs and trigger happy morons that are just as capable of killing a human as they are an animal it might be time to set the record straight and provide some heavy weight ammunition, no
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On a cold and blustery November morning in 1996 I sat in my tree stand located on a narrow bench of a steep slope from where I had an excellent view of deer activity. At the base of the slope was a large cornfield. The deer would feed all night on the corn and in the morning headed towards the top of the ridge passing by my stand and eventually into a thicket of young pines. It was the perfect set up for a morning stand.
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“There are no bucks on public land worth hunting.” This is an expression that I hear many times when the talk is about hunting on public land. Others have said: “You can’t have a quality hunt on public land, there are to many hunters.” Yes, hunting on public land can be tough, frustrating and downright humiliating. You also have to share the woods with other hunters and at times it seems that there are more hunters in the woods than deer especially on opening day. But make no mistake about it. There are bucks on public land, even big bucks.
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Technology has affected the way we do almost everything, and hunting is no exception. Today technology is used in nearly every aspect of hunting, from truck navigation to get to the hunting property, handheld GPS to get to the Treestand, Range finder to aid in distance judging, to green lights so as not to spook game and carbon filled clothing to aid in human scent reduction. Technology is here to stay and hunting forums are just another benefit and a powerful tool that hunters should be taking advantage of. The internet has changed everyday life for most people and hunters
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There was a time when hunter would visit the hardware store, pick up a bag of nails and some wood and head to their favorite spot to erect a stand. Treestands, when used correctly, are one of the whitetails hunter’s greatest advantages over their prey. In this day and age, hunters have a vast array of methods to get above a whitetail. The type of treestand you choose depends on the situation and surroundings you’re hunting in. First and foremost, a hunter must read the manufactures instructions on the gear they are using. He or she must also remember to
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Whoever said “you don’t know how good you got it till it’s gone” should receive a literary award. I’m dead serious. What other statement could ring so true? Especially since I am saying it now. I can only fondly remember how good I once had it, hunting in the Midwest with plenty of private ground for me to roam and easily mess up a good hunt. I never had to do this crazy new wave thing called “scouting” (I mean really, aren’t the birds supposed come to you all the time?) or ever had to beg a complete stranger to
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By now, in most parts of the country, the rut is starting to wind down. Although there may be a few does that come into estrous yet, the majority has already been bred and bucks have trying to recover for a strenuous last few weeks. During the rut, bucks actively search for does for the majority of the day. Unlike the summer months, when their lives revolve around food and water, bucks are actively searching for does the majority of the time during late October and November Instead of feeding heavily and resting, bucks rarely feed and quickly burn up
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I got a phone call in June of 2004 from Don Tyschuk owner and Outfitter of Alberta Whitetail Connection. I knew Don from a previous hunt in 2000 which was the first time I had hunted Alberta Canada. Don wanted to know if I could make the trip up to hunt with him because he had a cancellation so I jumped on the opportunity because Don only hunts 7 rifle hunters a year. The first year I hunted with him I took a nice 10 point but I had something bigger on my mind this time. My hunt would begin
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Of course the name Mitch Rompola has come up every year on message boards everywhere since that famous November 13th 1998. Most everyone has seen the pictures of the “Potential World Record Whitetail” taken on this day. The controversy that surrounds Mitch Rompola, and this famous whitetail is unreal. I for one, loved the story and to read about all the “it’s a fake” theories, ect. Well I came across this video the other day, I don’t know much about it, other then it says that it is Mitch Rompola narrating and filming the recovery of this famous deer.
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2006 Election: What it means to you and your Hunting As a hunter, you might think that this 2006 congressional election has little to do with you and hunting. But in fact, there are a few issues that can affect you directly. To make a better choice next week at the polls, here’s what you need to know: CPR: The nation’s current craze with bio-fuel may threaten decades of work done to preserve wildlife. The Conservation Reserve Program sets aside millions of acres that act as natural habitat for the surrounding fish and wildlife. If our government puts biofuels
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Whitetail deer communicate through many different senses: vocally, visually, and through scents. Combining these can be a deadly combination. A scrape is a visual sign post. Unlike rubs, which are seldom revisited once first created, some scrapes are reworked rather frequently. A whtietail buck makes a scrape to mark his territory and to communicate to other whitetail deer in the area. He leaves his scent behind for other deer to know that he is in the area and this is his ground. By making mock scrapes, you’re showing him that there is another whitetail buck in the area that
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Something that I have always loved doing is fox hunting at night, so when my friend Glenn called me and asked if I wanted to go, I couldn't get changed fast enough. While driving to Glenn’s to pick him up, I was mentally going over all the spots that have produced for me in the past and evaluating the ambush sites. When we arrived at our first site there was a calm in the air that made it feel like tonight was going to be a good night; little did we know just how good. The sun had just
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The Transformation The sound of breaking sticks as I pave my way through the woods, the solitude and peacefulness of sitting on stand, and the adrenaline that rushes through my body while I wait for the perfect shot opportunity has created an obsession within me. The feeling that comes over me during those few seconds is the most addicting feeling I have ever experienced. Unlike most hunters, I didn’t grow up surrounded by many hunters. My grandfather hunted, but I seldom was able to hunt with him since he lived in West Virginia.
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The anticipation of the season to come is already forcing me to lose sleep. My TiVo is starting to fill up with the latest hunting shows, and I find myself daydreaming of the heart pounding action that is bow hunting. Yes there are still months to go before I will actually be perched in a tree, but it’s already starting. My mind becomes so consumed with hunting it’s hard to focus on anything else. I catch myself thinking of the close encounters with giant whitetails of years past and wondering if I will get the shot opportunity this year.
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