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Hunter Shares Message of Safety Immediately After Treestand Gives Way

JT Harden/Facebook

Don’t be a statistic: routinely check stands and tether yourself in before climbing up. A general lack of awareness results in a high number of treestand-related injuries and deaths each season. Sadly, these accidents are mostly preventable and should never occur. The following video message comes to us from a deer hunter named JT Harden who filmed himself immediately after his stand

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Looking Back at One of the Most Memorable Archery Moose Kill Videos

Facebook: Kill’n Stix

If you didn’t see this incredible archery kill shot, you missed out. Moose are the giants of the deer family. They can weigh over 1,000 pounds and demolish anything in their path if they so choose. Most hunters who have the opportunity to make this once-in-a-lifetime hunt decide to harvest the animal via rifle at

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Curious Buck Checks Out Bowhunter and His Fallen Big Brother

Facebook: Backyard Outdoors

We’re used to deer generally being skittish, but this little buck has absolutely no fear! Whitetail deer are predisposed to have a healthy fear of humans. The slightest sound, smell or movement determined as foreign to them will elicit a tail of white high in the air followed by a quick retreat. Every once in a while, though, a deer comes

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44,000-Year-Old Cave Art Hunting Scene is Oldest Ever Discovered

YouTube:Ancient Architects

A cave art hunting scene found on an Indonesian Island may be the oldest piece of storytelling art ever. Ever since humans first learned how to hunt, we have been fascinated with documenting our hunts and sharing the tales from our pursuit of wild animals. Ancient humans often documented the animals they hunted in cave

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5 Premier Hunting Destinations Outside of Africa

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Awesome Places To Hunt Outside of Africa

Africa is known for being the premier big game hunting destination, but there are still some awesome places to hunt outside of the Dark Continent. Here are a few examples. There’s not a darn thing wrong with hunting in Africa. However, a hunt there is not for everybody. Additionally, hunters who have already gone on

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Cape Buffalo Takes Hit After Hit From Big Bore Rifles Before Going Down

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Watch How Many Hits This Cape Buffalo Takes Before Going Down

You won’t believe how many hits this cape buffalo takes from hunters armed with heavy hitting rifles before finally going down. These hunters were hunting cape buffalo in the African bush when they encountered a lone bull lying down in the grass. The PH identified it as an “Old Dagga Boy,” and they elected to

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5 of the Worst Things You Can Do While Deer Hunting

These are the top five reasons why some almost never made it back home after a day in the woods. Deer hunting season is as much about camaraderie and fellowship as it is about success and failure. With that in mind, trying to discern smart planning from stupid things done in order to score a

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Gear Review: The Pocket Shot 2.0, Pocket Shot Hammer and Arrow Kit

Travis Smola

The Pocket Shot 2.0 is a winner. Just over a year ago, I reviewed the original Pocket Shot slingshot. This circular slingshot has been on the market for a few years now it’s one of the more interesting new products out there. Since then, Pocket Shot has sent me two other products. Their Pocket Shot

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CWD Map of America Shows How Quickly It’s Spread in Last 20 Years

This time series map of chronic wasting disease in America shows how rapidly it is spreading. From 1962 to 1979, chronic wasting disease knowingly occurred in only two states, Colorado and Wyoming, according to this time series CWD map by Louisiana State University AgCenter. Not to be confused with epizotic hemorrhagic disease, chronic wasting disease remained

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Baby Bobcats Pay Deer Hunter a Visit in Treestand

Iowa DNR/Wendell Van Beek

One Iowa hunter got some unexpected visitors when three baby bobcats made a playground out of his treestand. The beginning of archery season gets most deer hunters excited. That was certainly the case for Wendell Van Beek a couple years ago. As he was sitting in his stand in November of 2016, a bobcat family came into

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