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How Many Watermelons Will a Crossbow and a .223 Shoot Through?


Watch as the Gould brothers figure out how many watermelons a crossbow and a .223 will shoot through.  In the video below, the Gould brothers find out a few new things about firing weaponry into watermelons. They lined several watermelons and put the Ravin R15 to the test. The crossbow penetrated 6 full-sized melons!  After shooting the crossbow, they

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EHD Outbreak Kills Hundreds of Deer in Tennessee

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A severe wave of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease has already killed hundreds of deer in East Tennessee.  Tennessee State wildlife leaders have shared that the state has experienced its worst EHD outbreak in decades. The news comes at an extra difficult time, with the deer season underway. The EHD wipeout could hinder the population for years to come.

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Montana Sportsmen’s Group Critical of Arby’s Elk and Venison Sandwich Promos

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A Montana wildlife organization is criticizing Arby’s restaurants for their venison and elk sandwich promotion, but probably not for the reason you might think. Some Arby’s restaurants are once again adding venison sandwiches, and now elk sandwiches, to their menus. Last year the restaurants that participated in the promotion were hugely successful with it, and

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Americans Are Getting Outside in Record Numbers

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A new study shows that Americans are participating in wildlife-related activities in record numbers, resulting in billions of dollars being added to the economy. Every five years since 1955, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife has conducted a survey to track participation in outdoors activities. The recent release of the last survey results shows that

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South Dakota Teen Sets Up in Playhouse, Takes Down Goat-Killing Mountain Lion


A teenager near Pringle, South Dakota set on stand in his backyard to cull a young mountain lion after it began to kill his family’s animals. And you thought that a Little Tykes Playhouse was only good for playing in. Enter one fearless teenager from the Mount Rushmore State who took it upon himself to

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Watch as a Freaked Out Deer Terrorizes a Fashion Store


A young deer crashed into a fashion store window and was trapped, bleeding inside. The deer was terrified after an hour of being trapped in a Staten Island boutique. The cops finally tranquilized the animal, but not before it was caught on surveillance video. It looked like, for a moment, the deer was merely checking itself out

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