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Huge Deer Survived Nasty Fight
Deer truly are built to survive. Take this 4-1/2-year-old Alabama buck that I shot last week as an example. When the deer appeared in the food plot before me, he appeared to be the picture of good health. He … Read More
The Black Belt Might Be The Best Place to Shoot a Deer During the Rut
Well, if Alabama’s Black Belt region isn’t the best place to shoot a buck during the rut, it has to rank right up there. Imagine a place where you can sit in a deer stand and see deer not only … Read More
Pythons a Threat to Deer Hunting? Updated
Updated: Think pythons can’t kill an adult whitetail? Check out THIS exclusive gallery provided by Everglades biologist Skip Snow. Also, I contacted noted herpetoligst (snake and amphibian scientist) Gary Casper, to get his take on the possibility of Burmese pythons … Read More
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Women Hunters Make the Best Ambassadors
It’s no secret that women hunters are one of the fastest growing demographics in our sport. It also seems to be true that hunting is beginning to shed some of its redneck stereotypes thanks in large part to mainstreaming in … Read More
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Want to Find More Sheds? Look for the Blood Trail
Never thought I would see the day when I would be taking up a bloodtrail in an attempt to find a whitetail shed. Well, that’s exactly what I did today. Unfortunately, I didn’t find the shed. This was truly a … Read More
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Dan Schmidt’s Top Picks from Day 2 at SHOT Show
Another interesting day is coming to a close at the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas. Not to belabor the point, but this really is one of the most exciting years for innovation that we’ve … Read More
Top 2012 Products from SHOT Show
Checking in live from this year’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show! Day 1 of the world’s largest hunting trade show was as busy as I can ever recall, and I’ve been attending this show since 1995. There is literally … Read More
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Wolves and Deer Hunters: A New Year
Following last month’s announcement that gray wolves will return to state management in the northern Great Lakes on Jan. 27, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced today that a limited gray wolf hunting and trapping season is being planned for late 2012. This is … Read More
Waterholes: The Best Way to Attract Deer?
I’ll never forget the first time I bowhunted whitetails over a manmade water source. It was in the mid-1990s, and I was hunting the famed bluffs of Buffalo County, Wisconsin. This was my first trip to this land of Boone-and-Crockett-class … Read More
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Baiting Equals Pressure for Gun-Hunters
Using bait while deer hunting is legal in more than one-half of the states with huntable whitetail populations. Each year, hunters literally spend millions of dollars annually on corn, apples, carrots, pumpkins, sugar beets, sweet potatoes and just about anything … Read More
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