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Making my pasture more attractive to geese
I looked out in the pasture a couple of weeks ago, in the middle of a pretty nasty snowstorm, and I watched about 250 Canada geese hover a foot over the ground right out in […]
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There’s plenty of hunting this time of year
The holiday season is upon us. It’s a time of joy and celebration, as you rush from store to store, spending all your money on gifts for loved ones. Maybe even a few gifts for […]
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The geese are coming … be ready
You can be a hunter and also be a birdwatcher. In fact, being a birdwatcher can actually help you when you hunt. The more practice you get watching ducks, for instance, the better you’ll be […]
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There are plenty of public places for waterfowl
Waterfowl hunting has become more of a private land activity in the last decade or so. A lot of waterfowlers have resorted to leasing blinds on ponds and in farm fields. That’s a great way […]
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It turns out I don’t have to go far for geese
I looked out in the pasture a couple of weeks ago, in the middle of a pretty nasty snowstorm, and I watched about 250 Canada geese hover a foot over the ground right out in […]
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I need to get back out in the duck marsh soon
There are a number of reasons I haven’t hunted waterfowl as aggressively as I did when I was younger. The main reason is my lack of a good retriever. I had a two good retrievers […]
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The geese are on their way
You can be a hunter and also be a birdwatcher. In fact, being a birdwatcher can actually help you when you hunt. The more practice you get watching ducks, for instance, the better you’ll be […]
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Waterfowl hunting is a money pit
A friend of mine recently asked me what he’d need to get started hunting ducks. He’s pretty well-off, and he asked if money were no object, what would I get? The first thing that came […]
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You don’t need a private lease to hunt waterfowl
Waterfowl hunting has become more of a private land activity in the last decade or so. A lot of waterfowlers have resorted to leasing blinds on ponds and in farm fields. That’s a great way […]
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There’s an easy way to gauge range for goose hunting
If you’ve done any goose hunting, you’ve probably heard the term “skybusting.” You may know it means shooting at birds that are out of your shotgun’s effective range, but do you know if you’re guilty […]