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Whitetail Deer Hunters Have No Off-Season When It Comes To Planning

Higgins shot this great buck from a stand he hung in spring, giving the woods time to really settle down before he returned months later.

For us serious whitetail fanatics, there is no off-season. We think about whitetails 365 days a year and for the worst of us, we don’t even think about fishing or turkeys. For us, its whitetails and nothing but whitetails. We … Read More

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Talking Turkey Sometimes Takes Strange Twists, Turns With Calls

Being in the right place is a key, but sometimes hunters have to try multiple calls to get a gobbler to respond. (Photo: Stephen Bauer/NWTF)

It’s always been amazing to me how turkeys respond to a hunter’s call after two or maybe three, or more, have been tried with the hope of getting a response. By Alan Clemons, Managing Editor Turkey hunting and deer hunting … Read More

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Our Editors’ and Writers’ Top Deer Hunting Gear Picks For 2013

The new Moultrie Panoramic 150 has a quiet, sliding lens that takes images with a wide field of view day or night. It's a great camera for your hunting land or home security plans.

We’ve offered some of our selections for the best deer hunting gear for 2013 in the last few weeks, and here are some more picks worth considering! When you’re hunting, you want top quality hunting gear that works and helps … Read More

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Keys to Finding the Best Scopes for Crossbows, Rifles Shotguns & Muzzleloaders

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Best scopes for the money? Need to get some answers to basic questions about hunting optics? Listen to this great advice on how to outfit your deer hunting rig with the top optics.

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Deer Talk: Expert Advice on the Best Scopes for Rifles, Shotguns and Crossbows

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Which reticle is best for your hunting rifle’s scope? Does it matter if you’re using a 3-9×40 scope or should you bump up to a 3-9×50? Does that bigger number mean you’ll have better results? Hunters often have these questions, … Read More

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CVA Muzzleloaders Tops Among Deer Hunters

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CVA is again ranked as the nation’s No. 1 muzzleloading brand in recent survey titled “Top Hunting and Shooting Equipment Brands for 2012,” published by Southwick Associates. The survey ranked the brands hunters and shooters purchased most frequently in various … Read More

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Shed Hunt 2013: Let the Deer Antler Games Begin

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    by Lon Sherman I really love deer hunting, but my passion of late has been looking for antler sheds on the properties near my home in central Wisconsin where I grew up. I just returned from a long … Read More

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Justin Moore Concert Leads to Romance … and Bowhunting

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Introducing someone new to deer hunting often has a great result when they discover what many others already know: they love it! Erich Smelka and Lindsey Meyer have been dating about three years. He’s a lifelong hunter, having grown up … Read More

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Poacher Sought For Killing Cow Elk

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The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking the public’s assistance in finding the individual or individuals responsible for illegally killing a cow elk in a poaching incident in northern Arizona. The poaching may have occurred during the weekend of … Read More

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Connecticut Bans More than 100 Types of Guns

The Beretta AR-70 is just one of the guns now banned for new sales in Connecticut.

Breaking news out of Connecticut: The state has passed one of the strictest anti-gun laws in the nation, with verbiage that will ban more than 100 types of guns. Included in this ban will be semi-autos and autos made by … Read More

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