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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Bowhunting Is Brotherhood

Few bonds are as strong as those formed in the bowhunting woods.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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National Park Service Acknowledges Lingering Questions about Reindeer, Caribou and Flight

We consider the relationship between reindeer and caribou, while evaluating the research on a reindeer's ability to fly. And how do we define the act of flying anyway? What is it really?
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How to Beat Buck Fever

From whitetails to wild turkeys, close encounters with game provides practice unlike anything at the range and helps you beat buck fever.
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Big-Timber Whitetails of the Northwest

Big-timber whitetails of the rugged Northwest are ready and waiting. Are you up for the ultimate archery whitetail challenge?
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Top 10 Grand View Outdoors Stories of 2018

From an article examining the best time to deer hunt to hot new bow reviews for the upcoming year, these were your Top 10 favorite Grand View Outdoors stories of 2018.
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Top 10 Whitetail Journal Stories of 2018

From The New York Times’ coverage of CWD to the eight best new deer rifles for extreme conditions, these were your Top 10 favorite Whitetail Journal stories of 2018.
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Whitetail Bowhunters: Best to Shoot With a Quiver On or Off?

Most whitetail deer hunters remove their quiver after climbing into a treestand. Do you? If so, maybe you should rethink your choice.