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5 Best Pellet Guns for Squirrels and Other Varmints

Air guns aren’t just for plinking at bottles anymore. These powerful hunting tools are just right for bushytails and other critters. Pellet guns aren’t what they used to be. They’re a lot more than the overblown toy Daisy BB guns of the old days. Today’s high-powered air rifles or airguns are excellent for small game hunting, capable of taking small game and large game alike. But less […]

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Winter Trout Fishing: How to Catch Them After the Snow Falls

Conservation, Fishing |

Getty: Adventure_Photo

Let’s talk about doing some winter trout fishing! Trout are a cold water species, but that doesn’t automatically make them easy to catch in the colder months of the year. Even with that in mind, there are many reliable tactics that’ll put some fresh trout in your creel this winter. From coast to coast, winter […]

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These Are the Hunts You Can Sleep In For (and Avoid Waking Up Early)

Hunting |

Getty Images: FantasyImages

Ever just want to sleep in during hunting season? Here are five reasons why you can! Even though we wait all year to hunt, we may still find that some of the hardest work is getting up early day after day to try and beat our favorite wild game to the punch. We push ourselves […]

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Unexpected Buck Growl Vocalization Catches Hunters in Treestand Off-Guard

Hunting |

YouTube: Country Traditions Outdoors

Have you ever heard a buck “roar” before? Most hunters are familiar with the basic whitetail deer communication sounds. Things like the basic grunt, tending buck grunt, the social and estrous bleat, the snort wheeze, and of course, that shrill, annoying alert sound that does make when they bust you. However, deer vocalizations are more […]

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The Mel Johnson Buck: The World Record Archery Buck That Has Stood for 50+ Years and Counting

Archery, Bows, Hunting |

YouTube: Steve McIntosh

The biggest typical whitetail ever killed with archery equipment still stands as No. 1 after 50+ years! In the deer hunting world, the typical whitetail buck records are some of the most sacred. They are the records every hunter wants to break, and because of the unpredictable nature of whitetail antlers, they are also the hardest […]

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