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5 Best Gifts for Hunters of 2021: Affordable, Useful, & Fun

5 Best Gifts for Hunters of 2021: Affordable, Useful, & Fun

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Products featured on Wide Open Spaces are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our links, we may earn a commission. It’s nearly hunting season, which means it’s a great time to start stocking up on hunting gifts for the hunter in your life. These are the best hunting gifts to […]

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Survival Lighters: What Type Should You Carry and Bring into the Wilderness?

Survival Lighters: What Type Should You Carry and Bring into the Wilderness?

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Here’s what you should consider when choosing a lighter for survival. In the wilderness, either on a camping or hiking expedition, an extended hunting trip, or in a survival situation, the ability to start a fire is of paramount importance. Everyone should have multiple methods for fire starting included in their survival gear. In addition […]

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The Largest Wild Buck Ever Caught on Camera, as Filmed by Drury Outdoors

The Largest Wild Buck Ever Caught on Camera, as Filmed by Drury Outdoors

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Largest Buck Ever

This is the kind of deer you absolutely, positively don’t want to miss! With the peak of the season getting closer and closer, it’s fun to daydream, isn’t it? What you’re about to see is possibly the largest buck ever caught on camera. Watch the video below: We were extremely proud to be able to […]

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Fishing State Park

Fishing State Park

Going to blog about a blog today.  The current issue of Nebraskaland magazine has an article by Justin Haag, Nebraska’s Fishing State Park?  Simply put, follow the link! Justin’s article is an excellent run down of the fishing opportunities on and near Ft. Robinson.  There are a bunch, and if you are spending any time …

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How to Plan an All-Girl Hunt for Both Beginners and Experienced Hunters

How to Plan an All-Girl Hunt for Both Beginners and Experienced Hunters

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Forget winery tours and beach trips–a hunting adventure is the best kind of all-girls getaway. Here’s how to plan a hunt for both seasoned outdoorswomen and newbies. Pick Your Quarry The timing, location, and cost of your hunt will largely depend on your intended game. Upland can be a great choice for first-timers, and whitetail […]

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5 Chilling Real-Life ‘Man-Eaters’ Just in Time for Halloween

5 Chilling Real-Life ‘Man-Eaters’ Just in Time for Halloween

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It’s October and Halloween is upon us. But these real-life monsters are scarier than anything you see in movies.  Keeping that in mind, we’ve done some research and assembled a list of five of the most chilling real-life incidents of man-eating animals. For whatever reason, these carnivores all developed a taste for human flesh and […]

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Shifting my focus

I’d say the thrill of qualifying for next year’s Bassmaster Classic is finally starting to sink in, but one of the best things about achieving that goal is that it has allowed me to shift more of my focus and attention to my daughter Hillary’s tournament fishing.

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