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Move the shooting range closer to you
I realize this idea won’t work for everyone, but if you have a handful of acres and live outside city limits, you might be able to build your own backyard shooting range. All you need […]
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Old idea put to a new use is a great hunting gadget
There’s still a little bit of elk season left, as long as you have the right license. And even if you don’t, you only have to wait another 300 days or so for the next […]
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CWD is still spreading through the state
Ten or fifteen years ago, the rapid spread of Chronic Wasting Disease through our deer herds was highly alarming. It was found first in one small population of deer in the southeast corner of the […]
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Turns out I don’t know much about white-tailed deer
I subscribe to a news feed that compiles all sorts of outdoors-related stories every week. I don’t always get to them right away, but whenever I find myself with a few spare minutes, I try […]
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You don’t have to limit out to have a perfect hunt
It seems weird to say tromping over every square inch of two full sections of prairie can be relaxing, but after several weeks of dealing with a crazy workload at the day job, the five […]
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Do your homework before buying a new hunting and fishing truck
With all the choices for off-road-worthy vehicles, and with the hefty price tags most of them carry, if you’re going to buy a new one, you need to do your homework before you get yourself […]
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Practice calling coyotes somewhere soundproof
Coyotes are very wary critters. It doesn’t take long before they’re well-educated about hunters. The good news is that they reproduce pretty fast, so there’s always a new crop of dogs that haven’t been initiated […]
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I may have found a new addiction
I need to find someone with coon dogs who’ll let me go hunting with him sometime. I’ve been reading a lot about raccoon hunting, and it sounds like my kind of activity. First of all, […]
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An aluminum pickup? You bet.
It’s simple physics. A heavier vehicle won’t do as well on fuel as a lighter one. Likewise, a bigger engine will use fuel faster than a smaller one will. But those of us who hunt […]
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Mistakes happen; ethical hunters own up to them
It’s not hard to accidentally make a mistake while you’re hunting. Wild animals don’t always behave predictably, the weather can make things difficult, or you can simply get the many rules confused. Mistakes can happen. […]