These are the most common excuses you’ll hear for why someone didn’t get a deer this year. With the fall and hunting season upon us, hopes are high for a new year full of new opportunities. Opportunities to make up for last season’s mistakes and fill that freezer with a ton of fresh venison. Of
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This lucky hunter got the second chance of a lifetime on this buck. Hunting, especially bowhunting, is a pursuit with very little margin for error. One miscalculation, one screw up, one movement at the wrong time can bring a swift end to your hunt as you watch your quarry bound away, white flag tail in
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This duck hunter tried to lower the boom on some waterfowl and almost got clobbered by his flying gun barrel. There are varying reasons why the barrel of your shotgun might fly off in your face when you fire it, including the possibility that you didn’t tighten it correctly, or worse, it actually exploded from
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Jawbone aging is the easiest way to learn how old the buck you shot this season was. By using jawbone aging to determine a harvested deer’s age, you’ll gain a lot of information about the local deer herd and whether or not your management strategies are having the effect you’d like. Now it’s time for you
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The most popular hunting destinations are out there waiting for you. Here’s how to prepare for them. We may not be too objective, but American hunting destinations are some of the finest in the world. Between both sea shores of the U.S. lies some of the best hunting that can be had anywhere, and we’d
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Ever seen someone free locked bucks with a single shot? All too often, when two bucks end up getting their antlers locked, it ends with one or both dead. But that’s not the case for these two big Kansas bucks. In video captured by the officer’s body camera and posted to the Kansas Department of
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This shed conversion makes for a cozy hunting cabin! Every hunter dream about having their own piece of property specifically for hunting where they can get away from it all during the season every year. Because of the expenses of building and maintaining, owning a hunting cabin is a pipe dream for many of us.
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North Equity has announced the acquisition of several iconic publications from Bonnier Corporation. Field & Stream and Outdoor Life, two of the most famous outdoors publications in the U.S., will see a change in ownership for the first time in over a decade, as a private equity firm recently purchased a wide array of popular
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If you’re interested in how to butcher your own deer harvests, you might like this illustrated deer meat guide. This illustration by artist Nadia van der Donk shows where the different cuts of meat come from on a deer. A hind quarter alone from a single deer can provide a lot of meat that can last for months
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Would you eat a raccoon? Well, if you’re hungry enough you will eat just about anything. But where is the line drawn for you? Learn the right way to clean and cook a raccoon for your dining delight. Because it’s all about the joy of cooking, right? If bbq raccoon sounds like something you’d try,
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