If you have ever sighted in a rifle with friends before rifle season opens, you probably noticed that one hunter seems to shoot better than the rest. While most hunters are able to hold tight groups at a hundred yards, the shining star of the group holds tight groups at 200 or even 300 yards. Their setup seems similar to the rest of the group, but the truth is serious rifle hunters often tweak the ...
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On November 4, 2008 Barack Obama was elected as the next President of this country. On November 5, gun sales skyrocketed across the country and a year later gun sales are still brisk. Gun enthusiasts, deer hunters, and average Joe’s who don’t own a gun are buying lots and lots of guns. Most people are purchasing guns because they fear the Obama administration will soon try to ban semi-automatic fi ...
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November is a special time of year for many diehard deer hunters. Most deer hunters head to the woods as often as possible in hopes of tagging a trophy. November is often the only month that big bucks make a mistake and come out during daylight hours. Many times, we get only one chance to tag a trophy, and if we do one thing wrong, we may not get a second chance. This is why when hunting in Novem ...
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We held our 9th annual teal hunt this past September near my home town
of El Campo, Tx, when 11 disabled hunters come in for a weekend of duck hunting. Two
of our guys, Mikey Sellers from Louisiana & Josh Wilhelm from Texas, were new injuries and it was their first time back in the field. We have approximately eight landowners and several volunteers who give up their
time every year in ord ...
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While sitting in the deer stand this past weekend I found myself getting a
little bored after a few hours of seeing nothing, so I reached into my pocket
and pulled out my iPhone. While searching the apps for "hunt" I found one of
the best deer hunting games you could possibly ask for. It is called Big Buck
Hunter Pro. This is the exact arcade game I have grown to love an ...
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It didn’t begin well. Any hunter can empathize with our situation. Our luggage made the plane transfer during the hour and a half layover in Chicago but the rifle case did not. The airline agents in Rapid City located our rifle case in Chicago. It would not arrive at our location in Alzada, Montana until the second day of our hunt. No hunter likes to miss opening day of deer season.
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The story of “Tuner” began back in mid-July when I filmed a buck behind my house that I quickly nick-named “Tuner” because of the inside “forks” on it G-4’s. At the time, I figured he was a shooter, but it’s always difficult to tell when they are in velvet.
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Most of you who know me personally are aware of the fact that I have been legally blind in my left eye since birth. Light and some larger shapes are discernible, but I am unable to tell you which direction the legs point on the monstrous "E" that tops the official medical eye chart. I have learned to live my life normally, in spite of the handicap, but accurately judging ...
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I have met some neat people while elk hunting over the years. Most of them are from the West. If you have ever traveled West, you know that things operate differently than they do in the East. Most people are not in a rush and seem to be very friendly. Western hunters do pick up the pace when they need to – especially when chasing elk. While I was elk hunting in New Mexico, I met two elk hunters ...
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If you are a bowhunter, you probably regularly shoot your bow in your backyard. Almost all of us own a foam target or two that we regularly shoot at to hone our archery skills. If you are serious about honing your archery skills, consider shooting at foam targets in your backyard and 3D targets with a few friends. There are several advantages to shooting at 3D targets, especially if you sh ...
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I constantly talk to hunters who want to give elk hunting a try. Most hunters get to hunt whitetails and that’s about it. I think the one big game animal every American hunter should hunt before he dies is elk. Elk are amazing animals and they live in breathtaking wilderness that most Midwestern deer hunters rarely, if ever, get to see unless we are hunting elk. I often speak about elk hunting at ...
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Hunting requires a lot of patience, especially if you are bowhunting. If you’re a bowhunter, you understand what I am saying. In the last five years, with both a bow and gun, I have harvested several big game animals on the last day of my hunt.... many of them mere moments before dark. A lot of my hunts begin the same way. Months before leaving for a hunt, I shoot my bow until I am consist ...
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Africa for many of us is still an unfulfilled dream that simmers in our mind overpowering our nostrils with the heavy aroma of mystery and adventure. It is my fondest hope to travel there someday before my stay on this magnificent earth is ended by that final punching of life’s daily time clock. I do not feel compelled to harvest a kaleidoscope of the unique and exotic animals ...
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A storm front pushing down from western Canada looked ominous as we crossed the
Colorado state line into Wyoming. It's also one of the things I love about
being at elevation - you can see rain storms from 20 miles away. By
the time we reached Wheatland, forty miles north of Cheyenne, the line of clouds had passed and the sun was shining
again in places. It was forecasted to be perfect antel ...
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It was fourth down and inches to go and I had vowed, in blood, to score.
In the still morning, just as the first shafts of sunlight began to filter through the heavy canopy of the thick forest, I sensed a sneeze coming on. I tried to fight it, and then muffle it, but still the release of the building pressure shattered the silence ...
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My broad heads seek early season whitetail like a man. The forest’s canopy is choked with heavy green foliage wrapping around limbs, while the floor is scattered with gold nuggets of prized acorns. There’s no better time to hunt Buffalo County, Wisconsin than right now!
The Wisconsin archery season is underway. The weather has been unseasonably warm, which burns much opportunity of spot ...
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Legendary mountain man Jeremiah Johnson roamed throughout Colorado and other mountainous regions. He must have listened to the elk bugle just as we did on our recent hunting trip. He probably caught trout from the same streams we fished. We can never be sure, but imagining my footsteps tracing over his certainly adds a mysterious romance to the overall experience of my elk hunt.
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By noon on our fifth day in South Africa, we were on the third leg of our African adventure. This time we were heading to the Baviaans River Valley in the Eastern Cape and Andrew Pringle’s huge family ranch.
Following our arrival and a light snack, Beth, Paul, and I along with our ph Scott de Villiers negotiated ...
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While I’ve yet to even start hunting here in Iowa , many bowhunters in several states are already hard at it on some dandy bucks! Here in Iowa , our season opens on October 1 st ; thank goodness! The life of a hunting entrepreneur is not one of spending all one’s time in the field. In fact, I’m a desk jockey most of the time, writing emails, doing design work and living what ...
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If you have ever been on an elk hunt, you know how much work it can be. Hiking for miles up and down the steep mountains at high elevations can be a lot of work, especially if you have a disability like I do. Elk hunting tests your physical and mental strength. They are smart animals that don’t always respond to calls the way you would like them to. When you put all of that together, the result is ...
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