You have a current Nebraska spring wild turkey hunting permit and habitat stamp. You go hunting. You set up along a field edge bordering old-growth, open woodland habitat. You strike your slate call: “Yelp, yelp, yelp.” You pause for a moment. A gobble echoes nearby. It sounds like a jake, a nearly one-year old male wild turkey born …
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Step one to any successful food plot is the obtaining a soil sample, it’s the most crucial part to the success of the entire operation. Have you ever wondered how much a food plot costs? Like, truly every dollar spent from the first step to the last? The guys from Top Pin Outdoors are taking
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Watch as this little boy gives directions to his hunting spot. It only takes a few moments to realize that Dad has taught his boy well! NEVER let anyone know exactly where you’re going to be hunting (or fishing) because they will soon tell everyone else! We hope you get a smile and good belly laugh to hear how he describes the various country roads and bridges one will need […]
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Timing was everything for this image. It’s quite amazing that a camera caught this. We set up these trail cameras a couple years ago on each sides of a creek that ran parallel to two trails. The trail cameras were set up where a third trail intersected both, giving us the best chance to capture
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Nebraskans have become accustomed to seeing wild turkeys from border to border but it has not always been that way. When I was growing up in southwestern Nebraska in the 1970s and ‘80s, it was much more of a rarity to see them. Similar to many wildlife species, wild turkeys are native to Nebraska but …
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This awesome video shows Jack Brittingham’s hunt that ended with him arrowing the new Pope & Young world record Alaska brown bear. Hunting any large predator with a bow, particularly a brown or grizzly bear, can be a pretty exciting experience. Jack Brittingham’s 2004 hunt where he arrowed what turned out to be the new
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Watch as a trespassing hunter encounters a unique booby trap. This is one of the more inventive methods we’ve seen anyone use to fend off trespassing hunters. Early in the clip, this gentleman triggers a tripwire that sprays paint all over him and his rifle. The uploader commented that it was a video captured by
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Polar Bear tubes are a life-changing alternative to ice. Polar Bear tubes are an amazingly simple solution to the drawbacks of keeping ice cold. Polar Bear tubes are super easy to make DIY-style, and the cost is extraordinarily low for each tube. The original idea for the Polar Bear tubes comes from Bill Shelton. Materials
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This video capture of an Alaskan bull moose is absolutely stunning! We’ve seen our fair share of moose footage over the years. Most of it get us pretty pumped up. This video clip, which Kathleen Barth shot, might just take the cake for the coolest out there, though. First off, this moose is a brute! Good luck
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Would your turkey hunt turn into a coyote hunt? So here’s the situation: you’re on an early season turkey hunt in West Virginia set up about 150 yards from a roosted tom who has been gobbling his head off all morning. However, a coyote shows up and offers you a shot before you see any
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