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Plenty bowhunting opportunities exist at ground level—part II

If you want to hunt places unsuitable for treestands or prefer your feet firmly planted on Mother Earth, try hunting at ground level in a blind of natural cover.

December 20, 2012

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Plenty bowhunting opportunities exist at ground level—part I

If you want to hunt places unsuitable for treestands or prefer your feet firmly planted on Mother Earth, try hunting at ground level in a blind of natural cover.

December 20, 2012

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10 steps for beating deer season's cold temps

Cold-weather hunting is cool—if you stay warm. Follow these tips to be toasty when the north wind blows.

December 06, 2012

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Early season tactics for muzzleloader bucks — part 2

You don’t have to wait for the late season to bag a monster buck with a muzzleloader.

November 12, 2012

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Early season tactics for muzzleloader bucks — part 1

You don’t have to wait for the late season to bag a monster buck with a muzzleloader.

November 12, 2012

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Calling Whitetail on the prowl—part 5

You’ll call in more bucks when you go looking for them!

October 29, 2012

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Calling Whitetail on the prowl—part 4

You’ll call in more bucks when you go looking for them!

October 29, 2012

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Calling Whitetail on the prowl—part 3

You’ll call in more bucks when you go looking for them!

October 29, 2012

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Calling Whitetail on the prowl—part 2

You’ll call in more bucks when you go looking for them!

October 29, 2012

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Calling Whitetail on the prowl—part 1

You’ll call in more bucks when you go looking for them!

October 29, 2012

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Rut Hunter’s Almanac: Strategy for the chaos—part 2

A mindset for working with those few factors within your control.

October 03, 2012

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Rut Hunter’s Almanac: Strategy for the chaos—part 1

A mindset for working with those few factors within your control.

October 03, 2012

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Bowhunting The Spring 5—Part 3

Deer season may be half a year away, yet spring fields and streams teem with small-game opportunities for big-game practice.

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Power Scouting—Part 3

Here’s how to find the best deer stand site in 500-1,000 acres in one day or less.

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Power Scouting—Part 2

Here’s how to find the best deer stand site in 500-1,000 acres in one day or less.

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Power Scouting—Part 1

Here’s how to find the best deer stand site in 500-1,000 acres in one day or less.

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Building a recordbook buck—part 3

Like water to the desert, the right application of Quality Deer Management can have trophy deer blooming all over the place

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Building a recordbook buck—part 2

Like water to the desert, the right application of Quality Deer Management can have trophy deer blooming all over the place.

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Building a recordbook buck—part 1

Like water to the desert, the right application of Quality Deer Management can have trophy deer blooming all over the place.

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The Science Of The Rut — Part 2

In Part 1 we looked at the role a doe plays in the rut. Now let’s examine the buck’s role.

November 10, 2011

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The Science Of The Rut — Part 1

Here’s a quick, practical, scientific look at the rut and how to best hunt it.

November 10, 2011

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Whopper Whitetails — The Biggest Bucks On Record

Many hunters kill trophy deer each year, but very, very few manage to take bucks like these one-of-a-kind monsters.

November 01, 2011

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Mule Deer Are Different—Part 2

From the terrain where they live to the deer themselves, mule deer are definitely a breed apart.

September 19, 2011

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Bowhunting Tactics That Deliver Trophies—Part 2

Topo maps provides hunters the ability to more effectively conduct in season scouting on new properties. Here''s how to read them.

September 02, 2011

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Misting Scents For Whitetails

One reader takes a page from the predator hunter’s handbook and tries “misting” scents on the wind to lure in a buck.

August 22, 2011

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Barton’s Deer Blind

Tired of freezing on stand? So was bowhunter Bob Barton who built an ingenious deer blind complete with comforts of home—and the deer are no wiser.

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What’s The Very Best Deer Gun?

Hunters have argued forever over which gun is “the best” for whitetail. Here are tips from an expert on how to pick a good deer gun.

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Wisconsin Whoppers — Two Record Bucks In One Year

Two monster whitetails establish new record-book benchmarks in the Badger State.

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Stalking Whitetails in Big Timber

The tried-and-true tradition of tracking big-woods bucks remains alive and well in the North Country. Here’s how to do it.

November 01, 2010