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I Tried Small Game Hunting From a Treestand, Here’s What Happened


I really wanted to clear out those squirrels that sound like deer. It happens to everyone, more than once a season. You’re sitting in your tree stand and you hear movement. Leaves rustling and scraping. So loud that it has to be a deer, right? Then out hops a squirrel. Well, now it’s payback time.

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I Wanted to See How Far Doomsday Preppers Could Go: Here Are 19 Answers I Got


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Doomsday preppers are a sophisticated bunch with a tremendous resolve, but sometimes they go a little overboard… or do they? To exist in the world of the preppers, sometimes you have to stay a little ahead of the next guy or get caught with your pack-ratting pants down. While it’s definitely not a game the

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Video: One Heck of a Close Call for This Kayak Angler


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This could have turned out bad. Really bad. We’re seeing more and more close calls or boat-on-boat crashes these days, the majority a result of excessive speed and not operating your craft appropriate to the conditions you are faced with. We’d say the following video falls under this category. As you’re about to see, a peaceful

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Feta Stuffed, Bacon Wrapped Venison Backstrap on the Traeger


There’s nothing quite like venison backstrap, especially when stuffed with feta cheese, wrapped in bacon and smoked on the Traeger Grill. Let’s face it, I either had you at “venison backstrap” or “bacon,” but there’s even more to this recipe. Follow the directions below to create this beautiful masterpiece. Ingredients 1 Venison Backstrap 1 cup Miller’s Brine

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