If you’ve always wanted to know what a Stormy Kromer hat is, we’re here to explain. It all started when George “Stormy” Kromer, a semi-pro baseball player and railroad engineer, kept losing his hat while traveling on the train. He subsequently asked his wife, Ida, to sew a band onto his favorite ball cap to
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Any true hunter has to love seeing justice served to those who hunt illegally. Sometimes, it takes a little extra effort to catch people who call themselves sportsmen, but are really nothing short of crooks. Cruising backroads in search of game, or road hunting, is legal in some areas. That’s not the case in Tennessee,
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It’s a term that sportsmen and women should take ownership of, but do you actually know what a Hunter’s Moon is? The Hunter’s Moon is naturally associated with people like us: the type of folks who harvest game animals. But what exactly does it mean, and where did it come from? Also known as the
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This hunt will leave you pumped for the upcoming seasons! The fall is rapidly descending upon us and with that come the hunting seasons we have all so desperately been waiting for. We need the outdoor break after everything 2020 has thrown at us. Which is why we appreciate hunting YouTube channels like the Hunting
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This isn’t quite what hunters mean when they say they got skunked. Has this ever happened to you? There are many things, unfortunately, that get in our way when we just want to get out and do some deer hunting. Chief among them is one little critter with the best self-defense mechanism ever. Watch the
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This half-ton, ground-pounding bull elk has decided to turn the tables. Whatever these people are hunting or filming, they just realized how happy they are for a tall tree. During the regular season, a beautiful 6×6 bull like this one would need no invitation to hang on your wall, but this time he just puts
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Are you ready for your first deer hunt? Then here’s a review of what you’ll need. There’s no deer hunting experience like the first. Whether it’s a young hunter’s first time in the woods, or just another opening day for a seasoned veteran, the start of deer season is always special. However, if it is
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We got to check out the Primary Arms GLx 30mm Cantilever Mount, creating an optimal combo of scope and mount for a hog hunt and more. We’ve all been there. You finally order the scope you’ve been saving for and realize you have no way to mount it. Then once you start shopping around for
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Traditional archery has a way of embedding itself irrevocably into one’s psyche, and there are a few folks for whom it goes well beyond shooting or hunting. Grandpa loved to feed his hogs. He would trudge across the narrow tar-and-gravel coal road there in the bottom of the hollow in his high-top work shoes and…
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These bowfishermen take things to the next level. After having little success above water, these three guys had an epiphany. They needed to get down in the water with the carp. Could it be possible to shoot fish with archery equipment while in the water? Watch this hilarious video of underwater bowfishing. This clip may be the
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