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Argentine Hunter Killed by Elephant in Namibia


This is the second big-game hunter to be killed by an elephant this year. Jose Monzalvez, a well-known 46-year-old Argentine hunter, was trampled to death by an elephant while tracking a herd in Namibia’s Kalkfeld district. Monzalvez was one in a group of five, including one other Argentine and three Namibians. According to the Namibian Press Agency, a lone

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The Camelbak Quick Stow Flask is Their Debut Collapsible Water Bottle


WATCH THE VIDEO NOW Camelbak keeps up the good work with collapsible water bottles. The Mossy Oak licensee event we attended featured something that not only hunters, but anybody heading into the backcountry could get some use out of. It’s the Camelbak Quick Stow Flask, and it does exactly what its name says it will. Camelbak

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Hey Metalheads, They Just Named an Ancient Crocodile After Lemmy from Motörhead


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British scientists just named a ferocious crocodile of the ancient seas after Lemmy Kilmister, the dearly departed lead singer of Motörhead. I once watched a show once featuring Lemmy and he said something like “we wanted to be so loud that if we moved in next door, your lawn would die” (later in life he

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ODNR to Offer Special Deer Hunts on Six State Nature Preserves

In a continuing effort to control deer populations, specifically those affecting native plant communities, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will coordinate special deer hunts at six state nature preserves across the state. High deer populations can have an adverse impact on many sensitive habitats at several state nature preserves. In addition to direct […]

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Here’s That Crazy Bear Jumping Video From the Jumper’s POV


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If you thought the first video was pretty nuts, then you’ll want to watch this! We recently nominated this fella as our Moron of the Month for August. In case you missed that announcement, you can read the full story, as well as see the video HERE. (It highlights a guy in a treestand who jumps down on a bear with a

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They Just Found Bigfoot, and He Was Wearing Raccoon Pelts


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A Minnesota man was hobnobbing in the North Carolina woods wearing a raccoon pelt suit when he was spotted by a group of Bigfoot hunters. On that day, Gawain MacGregor, a plumber from Minneapolis and self-described practitioner of Enkiduism, donned a homemade suit of raccoon pelts that he’d made for himself and took a stroll

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Tennessee Deer Mortality Attributed to Common Virus

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) offices are receiving reports of dead deer in scattered areas of the state. The timing and details of the reports are all indicative of hemorrhagic disease (HD). HD occurs at varying levels of severity each year in Tennessee’s deer herd. The catch-all term for this disease is hemorrhagic […]

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