Will Activists End Your Hunting?
David Hart For years, the anti-hunting movement was little more than a fringe element that served as a running joke among hunters. Animal rights activists were socially-inept members of the…
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Five Fantastic Duck Spreads
M. D. Johnson Clint Eastwood said these words in his movie, Heartbreak Ridge, as he attempted to ready his recruits for the rigors of combat. What Dirty Harry was spotlighting was…
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Riflescope Magic
USA Staff Ballistic reticles have become all the rage. In some ways this is a good thing because it helps hunters hit at longer distances. It can be a bad…
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Deer Calling Simplified
M. D. Johnson Grunts, bleats, and rattles are elemental sounds in the grand scheme of things, regardless of the creature making the sounds. However, there might be a bit more…
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Beau Beasley “You should have been there, Beau,” said my good friend, fishing guide Captain Tommy Mattioli of Matty-J-Charter Service. “The stripers were everywhere, breaking the surface of the water…
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The Old Stick and String
J. Guthrie I started bow hunting when I was 14 years old. Mom and dad picked up an old Ben Pearson recurve bow and a quiver full of mismatched arrows…
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Tracy Breen After a long rain or a snow melt when waters are muddy is a great times to fish for walleyes. But according to professional angler and guide, Ernie…
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Woodcock Ways
David Hart Molly was on her third point of the morning and we were just 15 minutes into the hunt. The first two, however, were false points, nothing but fresh…
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The Twinkling 25
Tony Kinton Late in 1969 Remington added to its commercial line one of the grandest little rounds ever devised, the .25-06. The round dates back to 1920 with the work…
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Capt. Bert Deener Big, bruiser redfish pull like a freight train and seem to never give up. Whether you call them spottail bass, channel bass, redfish, or the accepted common…
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