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2017 Wisconsin Deer Season Harvest Down Slightly Though Buck Harvest Increases

The harvest numbers are in for the nine-day 2017 Wisconsin deer firearm season. Here’s the story they tell. According to the state DNR, preliminary registration figures show that hunters harvested 195,738 deer (both antlered and antlerless) during the annual hunt. This was a slight decrease from 2016, when hunters registered 197,262 deer. But while the overall kill total dropped,

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Here’s How the Ruger Hawkeye FTW Hunter Performed on my New Mexico Mule Deer Hunt

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I got the chance to test out my Ruger Hawkeye FTW Hunter on a mule deer hunt in New Mexico. Here’s how it performed. Sturm, Ruger & Company rolled out the Ruger Hawkeye FTW Hunter in 2016. The FTW Hunter was their latest addition to the Hawkeye lineup and was designed as an all-weather precision hunting rifle.

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7 Awesome Military Surplus Items for Outdoorsmen

Adding military surplus gear to your collection is a smart move for outdoorsmen. Admit it, for every 10 new highly-advanced hunting camo patterns, there’s an old school one that’ll work just fine. And where did that old school pattern come from? The military, most likely. That’s just one reason military surplus gear is great. Sportsman’s

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Top 5 Reasons Unprepared Deer Hunters Still Score

Here are the best five reasons why unprepared deer hunters still fill their tag. Read them and weep. Even after reading these over, I’ll bet you’ll be able to list a few more, but for now sit back and try to understand the egregious reasons why when you and I scout, bushwack, set up, dog

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A Genius Hack for All Hunters That Could Save You Some Day

If you hunt a lot, chances are you’ve been stuck before or you’ll get stuck eventually. There is nothing worse than that feeling when you think you’re getting stuck. Your truck begins to slide into a spot you don’t want to be in and then your tires begin spinning and making this incredibly slippery rut

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Someone Reportedly Stole the 280-Inch Buck from Ohio

This giant Ohio buck has been making headlines, but the story just got strange. This mammoth of a buck was supposedly harvested in Ohio recently scored 280 inches. Which based off the photos, the score was believable because this buck has it alltine length, width, mass and a ton of scoreable points. But the debate got

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9 Turkey Hunts That You Gotta See

Here’s our list of the best turkey hunting stories from 2017. Remember back in the spring, when we were all turkey hunting as much as we could? Yeah, it seems like a long time ago to us, too. But that’s all the more reason to wrap up 2017 with a great group of lists focusing on

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Was the Rompola Buck Real?

By Daniel E. Schmidt The Rompola Buck. If you’ve been around the deer world as long as I’ve been, a few names need no introduction. That one is perhaps the most infamous. Was it real or just an elaborate fake? And, if it were real, how could it just seemingly disappear almost as fast as it appeared? Let’s back this up. This story starts back in November 1998. The […]

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It Takes Skill to Kill a Public-Land Black Bear on Foot with a Recurve Bow

It Takes Some Serious Skill To Kill A Public Land Black Bear On Foot With A Recurve Bow

Few hunters have what it takes to kill a public-land black bear with a recurve bow on foot. Not only did this hunter do that, but he did it twice in two days! The day after he shot a public-land black bear in Arkansas with his recurve bow, Bear Hunting Magazine Editor Clay Newcomb decided to see if

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You’ve Never Seen a Black Bear Fight Like This One in Saskatchewan

This hunter had a front-row seat for the black bear fight of the century during his hunt in Saskatchewan. You won’t believe how it ends. Bear Hunting Magazine Editor Clay Newcomb and his friends Mark and Ryan got a whole lot more than they bargained for on their spring bear hunt in Saskatchewan. Newcomb shot a big, color-phase bear with

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