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Is Pressure to Kill a Mature Buck Tainting Your Season?

Some of the most incredible whitetail-woods moments don’t end with a mature buck on the ground.
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Test Soil Now for Productive Food Plots Later

Soil test results will include recommended application rates of lime and nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (also called potash) for the specific plants you want to grow.
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Review: An In-Depth Look at the T/C Venture Weather Shield Rifle

T/C’s Venture rifle offers deer hunters an iconic pedigree at a blue-collar price.
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How to Use Cues, Food and Objects to Stop a Buck

It's easier to shoot a stationary target than one that's moving, so make sure you know how to stop a buck. Food plots can do the trick, but so can decoys, calls, obstructions and, yes, even scare tactics.
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High-Fence: Is It Hunting or More Like Collecting?

High-fence hunting verses fair-chase hunting is a historically contentious debate among hunters, but the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease has raised the stakes.
Black bear Photo by Wisconsin DNR

Bear Hunting Permits Reduced After Population Declines

Wisconsin conservation officials reduced the number of bear hunting permits for the 2019 season after data showed a decline in the state's population of bruins.
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FOX News Reports CWD “Could Possibly” Spread to Humans

Experts from the University of Minnesota warn the spread of CWD to humans is probable, while research from the University of California San Diego suggests it’s not.
Nocturnal pressured deer

Nocturnal, Pressured Deer: When Whitetails Adjust to You, Here’s How You Adjust to Them

Trying alternative methods, focusing on your collected information, accessing remote areas and getting closer to bedding areas can all offer great opportunities at a pressured, mature buck.
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Four Deer-Hunting Ground Rules From a Seasoned Outfitter

The advantages of driving verses walking to your treestand are great. Use the engine noise and headlights for cover. Plus, tips for recovering deer, wind and treestand location and food-plot hunting.
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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.
Overhunting your deer stand

Here's How to Know If You're Overhunting Your Treestand

Research suggests that deer, especially mature bucks, know when a stand is being overhunted.
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New Archery World Record Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

Following a special panel judging session, the Pope and Young Club recently announced a new archery World Record Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.
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Wintertime Whitetail Aid

Consider whitetail wintertime grocery needs and give your herd the boost it needs to make it through the icy months.
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SA Sports Empire Hellhound 370

This season, whitetail hunters will want to take a closer look at SA Sports’ Empire line of crossbows, useful for blind and stand hunting.
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Non-Native, Invasive Plants Are Wreaking Havoc on Your Deer Habitat

Non-native, invasive plants don’t just overwhelm native plant communities. They rob deer habitat of valuable food sources.
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Deer Hunters: 3 New Whitetail Products from Tink’s

During the Archery Trade Association Show each winter, companies unveil their latest and greatest products. Here are three new-for-2019 scent-related items from Tink’s.
California Desert Bighorn Sheep Photo by California Department of Fish and Wildlife

CDFW Investigating Die-Off of Desert Bighorn Sheep

Wildlife biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are investigating what appears to be a significant mortality event associated with respiratory disease among the San Gorgonio desert bighorn sheep population in Riverside County.