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A Beginner's Guide to Tracking Wildlife by Identifying Scat (Poop)

If you’re looking to be a successful hunter or tracker, you must first learn to recognize animal sign, including poop. There’s a story in every dropping: what an animal is eating, where an animal is going or where it’s been.

January 18, 2019

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Why I Like a Lever-Action Rifle for Deer Hunting

While bolt-action and, more recently, AR-platform rifles now dominate the whitetail woods, lever-action rifles for deer hunting still have their place. More recently, they've even gained in popularity.

January 18, 2019

Shaw ERS-10: 6.5 Creedmoor or .308 Win.

Shaw now offers hand-built, feature-rich, semi-custom MSRs chambered in either 6.5 Creedmoor or .308 Winchester starting at less than a grand.

January 18, 2019

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Are State Agencies Over-Stepping Their Bounds by Regulating Deer Urine Products?

The use of these hunting lures is now under scrutiny. Is your state regulating deer urine products? Are they legal or illegal in your state?

January 15, 2019

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Bowhunting Lone Star Muleys

Texas isn’t just a great whitetail destination. Plenty of wide-racked muleys lurk in the state’s northern half, where spot-and-stalk opportunities abound.

January 14, 2019

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The 11th Hour Kansas Buck: 50 Hours and a Fruitless Rut Until This Happened

An Arizona archer heads to Kansas for the hunt of a lifetime. Will a never-say-die attitude be enough? Plus, a bonus: tips for calling deer.

January 11, 2019

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Whitetail Hunters: A Simple Decoying Trick for Avoiding Tag Soup in 2019

Did your 2018 whitetail season come to close with an unpunched deer tag? If so, then it’s time to use this simple and affordable decoying trick to change your luck next archery season.

January 10, 2019

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Game Warden Chronicles: A Dating App Helps Catch Whitetail Poacher

Photos on dating apps can often be revealing in more ways than one. A potential online relationship took quite a turn when a game warden saw the photo of a woman's "bigo buck" she shot illegally.

January 09, 2019

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Bowhunting Deer During Late Rifle Season Can Actually Improve Your Chances

Donning blaze orange and bowhunting deer during late rifle season can offer its own set of opportunities, especially in prime whitetail country.

January 07, 2019

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Frost Seeding Food Plots for Success

Believe it or not, it’s not too early to begin planning for the fall 2019 whitetail deer season, especially when it comes to food plots.

January 07, 2019

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Review: Stacked Outdoors Ladder Sticks

Stacked Outdoors Ladder Sticks enter a market segment filled with some topnotch products. How did they measure up in our late-December field test?

January 03, 2019

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Bowhunting Is Brotherhood

Few bonds are as strong as those formed in the bowhunting woods.

January 02, 2019

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Get Schooled: Big Manitoba Whitetails

A born-and-bred Arkansas archer discovers that big-bodied Canada whitetails look and act just a tad differently than deer in his home state.

January 01, 2019

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Late-Season Bow Tactics for Whitetails

How do you find whitetails after gun season has made them skittish? Here is where to look.

December 31, 2018

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Go-To Gear for Big-Timber Bucks

Mature whitetails are tricky to hunt anywhere, but the task is even tougher when the bucks live in mountains of the Northwest. Here’s a glimpse at the gear I use when pursuing big-timber bucks.

December 28, 2018

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Great Whitetail Bucks Can Still Be Taken Late in the Season

Three successful bowhunters share their tactics for taking late-season whitetails.

December 27, 2018

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Summit ‘The Peak’ Hang-On Treestands

If you want affordable hang-on stands to add to your arsenal for 2019, then check out The Peak from Summit Treestands.

December 27, 2018

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4 Top Trail Cams

If Santa didn’t leave one of these four top trail cams under your tree this year, perhaps it’s time to spend some gift card money on a post-Christmas treat for yourself.

December 26, 2018