Author Archives: D&DH Editor Dan Schmidt

Great Gonzos! We’re Going Live with Nuge at Noon (CST)!

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Submit a question for our live lunch Wednesday with Ted Nugent, and you could walk home with a collectible autographed photo of the Motor City Madman for your hunting den, camp or cabin! Nugent will be joining Dan Schmidt and … Read More

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Public Land Hunting in the Big Woods

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If you want to have some real fun this fall, check out the next big thing. It’s interactive, downloadable and filled with apps. Unfortunately, it’s not available on iPad, Nook or Kindle Fire. It’s the big woods, of course, and … Read More

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B&C Fires King Buck Measurers

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  The Boone and Crockett Club today sent a statement to two of its longest-standing official measurers: You can have an opinion, but we’ll give it to you. Earlier today, Ron Boucher of Vermont and Craig Cousins of Wisconsin learned … Read More

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Top 5 Ways to Hunt Pressured Deer

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High expectations run rampant among today’s hunters. In fact, it’s probably the No. 1 topic I run across on a daily basis working at Deer & Deer Hunting. North America’s antler craze is officially in high gear, and there really … Read More

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The Best I’ve Seen: Top Hunters & Gunshots

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I’ve been wanting to write this column for years. Finally figured it was time to bite the bullet and just start churning it out in segments. People keep asking for it, but it’s going to come in in bursts, so … Read More

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Whitetail Wisdom is on List of Top 25 Hunting Blogs

I am greatly honored and humbled to learn that my Whitetail Wisdom blog has been included in the list 25 Hunting Bloggers You Should Follow on Twitter. The list was compiled this week by Steven Remington and Will Jenkins, and … Read More

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What’s the Best Weather for Deer Hunting?

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by Daniel E. Schmidt Most states offer early archery seasons, and in recent years these seasons have featured unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures in the 40s and highs in the 60s might make for comfortable tree-stand vigils, such temperatures literally shutdown … Read More

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Nugent Still Supports Romney, Even Though Republican Lied

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by Daniel E. Schmidt I just got off the phone with Ted Nugent, and the voice I heard wasn’t one of a man who is scared or in turmoil. What I heard was the same firebrand that has rocked stadiums … Read More

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Ted Nugent Pleads Guilty to Killing Black Bear in Alaska in 2009

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Ted Nugent has agreed to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in southeast Alaska three years ago. The incident stems from a hunt where Nugent continued to hunt after shooting a bear with his bow and … Read More

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In Passing: Wisconsin Loses Hunting Proponent

With heavy hearts, we learn of the passing of former Milwaukee Journal Outdoors Editor Bob Riepenhoff. Bob was a mainstay in Wisconsin outdoors journalism for decades; spending more than a dozen years at the hunting-fishing-trapping helm of the state’s largest … Read More

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