This Texas teen downed a monster of a feral hog. Everything is bigger in the state of Texas, including the feral hogs! One Texas teenager recently downed a pig that tops what most hunters will ever see in the Lone Start State, a 400-pounder taken in Columbus. The Houston Chron reports the lucky hunter was 13-year-old
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While it’s very popular for varmint hunting, especially when chambered in a bigger cartridge, an AR-15 can also be very effective for deer hunting. Primarily available in relatively small caliber–high velocity cartridges like the .223 Remington–AR-15s are very popular for hunting animals like coyotes and prairie dogs. However, many people understandably have reservations about using
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Try to find the mountain lion in this video before it walks out into the open. You’ll be surprised when the big cat shows up out of nowhere. The hunter in this video is calling for bobcats, but instead attracts a mountain lion to his decoy. The hunter didn’t have mountain lion tags with him,
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A game warden uses a gun to save a deer’s life. When the rut is officially in full swing and the bucks are starting to fight over does, things can get a little hairy in the hunting woods. And sometimes, unfortunately, deer end up in a life-or-death struggle when two bucks lock antlers. You may
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Can a Glock really be used to kill big bucks? There seems to be two very black and white opinions when it comes to Glock handguns. Most people either love them or just outright hate them. Personally, I fall into the former group myself. Although I had never really considered one as a deer hunting firearm.
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If a deer hunter drew up his or her worst-case scenario, it would unfold exactly like this. A lot of things can go wrong in the deer woods, resulting in not filling your tag by the end of the season. However, this is about as painful as it can possibly get. I would imagine a feeling of helplessness
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You won’t believe how this one 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, Canada. Newcomb shot a big, color-phase bear with his recurve bow after it tried to climb into the blind with him. While that was going
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The Joint Venture and the Rainwater Basin By Jeff Kurrus Late this fall, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Rainwater Basin (RWB) Joint Venture Coordinator Andy Bishop, who toured me through the Basin, meeting ranchers and landowners who have very intimate knowledge of this landscape and how they benefit from the wetlands, …
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This big buck’s reaction to getting pummeled by a bowhunter’s arrow may surprise you. Getting your shot and harvest on film to enjoy for years to come isn’t easy, but man is it worth it. But, rarely do you get the reverse angle of your shot exit on a buck like this one. You can
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Bowhunters need to get close to their quarry to make an ethical shot. But this is a little too close. Black bears can be pretty curious animals. This big color phase bear gave Bear Hunting Magazine Editor Clay Newcomb a little more than he bargained for on his Saskatchewan hunt when it came in to check him out. It got
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