My most successful seasons seem to happen when I least expect it. I did not expect to get a deer this year. I truly didn’t. Between new responsibilities here at Wide Open Spaces and a packed schedule that included doctor’s appointments and a glut of high school sporting events I had to report on for
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An absurdly huge and pregnant copperhead was found and killed right outside the door. Employees of the C&C Tree Service in Canton, Georgia, got the shock of their lives when they were removing some dead timber on the back of the company’s property. Two huge copperhead snakes were uncovered, one that turned out to be
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Here are some taxidermy options for that big buck you harvested this year. Were you fortunate enough to harvest a nice buck this year? If you were, your next thought after how you were going to cook the backstraps was probably how you were going to display your latest harvest. After all, you worked hard
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The brand new, just announced Savage Renegauge semi-automatic shotgun introduces a reimagined gas system and resets the standard once again. The new 12 gauge Savage Renegauge shotgun is about to hit the market, and we got an exclusive chance to see it and shoot it before anyone else. While on a special hunting and shooting
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Here are some under the radar sportsmen and women to keep an eye on. The hunting industry has no shortage of famous TV personalities who everyone knows. like Jim Shockey, Michael Waddell, or Lee and Tiffany Lakosky. Some have even found some mainstream TV show success like the Meateater Steven Rinella, who can be found
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You’d think that anti-hunters and animal rights would tire of saying ridiculous things. Here are a few more of the stupidest. As we mentioned in Part I of this two-part series, I shared a photograph on my Stumpjack Outdoors page of a hunter holding a very large wolf. The photo generated over 10,000 reactions and
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This 8-year-old is now the youngest person to ever shoot an elk in Michigan. Michigan has a small herd of elk (only around 1,000 animals), but it is a resilient one. Every year countless hunters in the Great Lakes State apply for a limited number of permits to hunt one. Only a few are successful
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The relaunch of a legendary cartridge marks a new start for Hornady Frontier ammunition. Once in a while, an opportunity comes along that you can’t pass up. That was the case for the leaders of Hornady when they were presented with the chance to reintroduce Frontier ammo. They used the original Lake City brass and
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Watch Steven Rinella break down some famous hunting scenes from movies. As a lover of both hunting and film, it can be a bit frustrating to watch hunting in movies. I’ve touched upon this subject before on how filmmakers tend to over-simplify hunting or go with cheesy clichés. If you haven’t seen it before, GQ
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Since not all of our outdoor gear can be waterproof, we need waterproof backpacks. I’m not sure what you pack on your kayaking or camping trips, but I know that my smartphone, compass, and granola bars aren’t typically ready for a dunk in the water. Although it may be hard finding a travel backpack that’s
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