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My son messed up my archery antelope plans
My oldest son has always been good about making sure he doesn’t mess up my hunting season. It’s been that way since the day he was born, which was August 14. He was polite enough […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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Celebrate work by playing all day
In my opinion, everybody should go hunting each weekend of the hunting season. You don’t have to go after elk or deer every time. Change it up a little. Hunt doves on the first weekend, […]
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Don’t tick off your fishing guide
Quite often, the OutdoorHub sends some very useful information my way. If you aren’t an OutdoorHub subscriber, you should be. But enough advertisements. Back to my point. I don’t get the chance to fish with […]
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I’m still on the fence about AirSoft games
When AirSoft guns first started hitting the market, in models that were nearly exact replicas of actual firearms, I was stoked. While the weight and recoil of a 1911 can’t be duplicated with an air […]
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Fall may be hunting season, but fishing’s excellent
If you want to catch trout, you don’t fish when the temperatures are in the nineties. The fish might bite, but they won’t bite as frequently as they will when it’s cooler. So as fall […]
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What good are mosquitoes, anyway?
Bees, butterflies, and other insects play a crucial role in the health of the natural world. They move pollen from plant to plant, which provides genetic diversity among the plants, and ensures that there are […]
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How far is too far a shot for hunting?
There are a lot of shooters working on their long-range shots these days. Most of those folks confine their long-distance shooting to the range, where they try to tighten up their groups and get more […]
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Hunting season’s here, and I’m ready
I’ve never been the kind of hunter who can get an elk on a one-day hunt. I know there are guys out there who just drive up to the woods, hop out of their truck, […]
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It’s time for the annual refletching catastrophe
Every year, I sit down at the kitchen table and scrape the old fletchings off my arrows. Well, at least that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 10 years or so. Before that, when […]
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Give those regs a good once-over before hunting
I have a pre-hunting-season ritual I go through every year. Well, I guess I have several rituals. It’s not that I’m superstitious, but I figure it can’t hurt, right? The ritual I’m talking about is […]