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Tips for Iowa Public Land Whitetails

Here’s how to make the most of your next DIY Hawkeye State bowhunting adventure.
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Videos: Steering a Tiller Outboard With Your Right Hand Is Wrong!

Tiller outboard motors are designed to be steered with your left hand. No exceptions. And here’s why.
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Video: Super-Slow-Motion Camera Reveals Turkey Shotshell Patterns

Ever wonder what your turkey hunting loads look like in flight? Here’s your answer!
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Leave the Crowds for Public Land Whitetails

Ready to spend more time in places mature bucks feel secure? Here’s how to use water and other difficult access routes to find more-productive whitetail hotspots.
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Public Land Whitetails — A Reality Check

Pursuing whitetails on public land is a challenge. Period. But with the right mindset, it can be tremendously rewarding.
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Must-See Video: Bowhunter Kills 6-Bearded Wild Turkey

If you love bowhunting wild turkeys, this must-see video might become your all-time favorite.
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Unique Wild Turkey Video: Does This Injured Gobbler Fall Out of a Roost Tree?

Sometimes a particular wild turkey finds a way to escape day after day by zigging every time a hunter zags.
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Big Game Bowhunters: 3 Reasons to Aim for the ‘Vital V’

When pursuing everything from whitetails to elk, the best spot for bowhunters to aim is the “vital V.”
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Wild Turkey Video: Rarely Seen Reverse Camera Angle of Bow and Gun Shots on Gobblers

Using trail cameras to capture the reverse angle view of wild turkeys, Ted Miller finally kills an Iowa gobbler after missing twice — once with bow, once with gun.
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Whitetail Video: Nocturnal Bucks — Fact or Fiction?

Wildlife professors and researchers from the Mississippi State University Deer Lab reveal study results about whether some whitetail bucks are nocturnal.
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Revealed: New-for-2023 The Hunting Public/Bear Adapt Compound

Working with the team from The Hunting Public, Bear Archery recently announced its 2023 Bear Adapt solo-cam compound.
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Protecting a Habitat Diamond in the Rubies

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation lays groundwork for protecting 2,151 acres rich with wildlife — including predators.
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Whitetail Video: Dealing With Quartering-Toward Bow Shots

As bowhunters, we’re taught to take shots at broadside or slightly quartering-away big game animals only, but are there times when it’s okay to break this rule?
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Self-Filmed Video: Bowhunting Turkeys Without a Blind

Ground blinds work well for bowhunting turkeys, but they aren’t mandatory, provided you know how to set up properly.
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Wild Turkey Video: Florida Gobbler Trashes Stuffer Decoy

South Florida’s turkey season is the first one to open in the continental United States, and this video from opening day, March 6, 2021 showcases the Sunshine State in all its gobbling glory.
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My Favorite Whitetail Hunting YouTube Video of 2020

YouTube is packed with whitetail hunting videos, and while some of it is a waste of time, other content is outstanding. Here’s my favorite one of 2020.
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Video: An Effective and Simple System for Sharpening Fixed-Blade Broadheads

Sharpening fixed-blade broadheads isn’t difficult, provided you have the right tool and a bit of guidance.
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Video: Field Strategies for Bowhunting Wild Turkeys

Decoys are a vital component to most wild turkey bowhunts, which makes open fields prime ambush locations.
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Video: Spearing a Monster Sturgeon Through the Ice

A Wisconsin ice angler spears a 69-inch, 69-pound sturgeon that is estimated to be 54 years old. And it’s all captured on video.
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Must-See Video: The Walmart Bow/Public Land Whitetail Challenge

The guys from The Hunting Public have reached the end of their 2018/2019 deer pursuit, and their final hunting episode on YouTube is a fitting end to an outstanding season.
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Hunting Ethics: What Would You Do?

When it comes to hunting regulations, do you pick and choose which ones to follow? Do circumstances dictate your behavior in the field?
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Velvet Buck Video: Success on Public Land in Kentucky

The guys from The Hunting Public arrow their first whitetail of the year, a velvet buck on public ground in Kentucky.
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Video: How to Lure Whitetail Bucks With Horizontal Rubbing Posts

It won’t be long and whitetail bucks will be shedding velvet and rubbing. Here’s a rubbing posts trick for positioning a buck within bow range.